[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR162.240]

[Page 593]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 162--INLAND WATERWAYS NAVIGATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 162.240  Tongass Narrows, Alaska; navigation.

    (a) Definitions. The term ``Tongass Narrows'' includes the body of 
water lying between Revillagigedo Channel and Guard Island in Clarence 
Strait.
    (b) No vessel, except for public law enforcement and emergency 
response vessels, floatplanes during landings and take-offs, and vessels 
of 23 feet registered length or less, shall exceed a speed of 7 knots in 
the region of Tongass Narrows bounded to the north by Tongass Narrows 
Buoy 9 and to the south by Tongass Narrows East Channel Regulatory 
marker at position 5519[min]22.0[sec] N, 13136[min]40.5[sec] W 
and Tongass Narrows West Channel Regulatory marker at position 
5519[min]28.5[sec] N, 13139[min]09.7[sec] W, respectively.
    (c) No vessel shall while moored or at anchor, or by slow passage or 
otherwise while underway, unreasonably obstruct the free passage and 
progress of other vessels.
    (d) No vessel shall moor or anchor to any structure of the United 
States other than mooring piers, wharves, and floats without the consent 
of the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Office, Juneau, Alaska.

[CGD 75-082, 42 FR 51759, Sept. 29, 1977, as amended by CGD 77-217, 43 
FR 60458, Dec. 28, 1978; CGD 82-039, 47 FR 27266, June 24, 1982; USCG-
1998-3799, 63 FR 35532, June 30, 1998; CGD17-99-002, 64 FR 29557, June 
2, 1999, 64 FR 32103, June 15, 1999; CGD 17-99-002, 65 FR 18245, Apr. 7, 
2000]