[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR62.32]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 62--UNITED STATES AIDS TO NAVIGATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B--The U.S. Aids to Navigation System
 
Sec. 62.32  Inland waters obstruction mark.

    (a) On inland waters designated by the Commandant as State waters in 
accordance with Sec. 66.05-5 of this chapter and on non-navigable 
internal waters of a State which have no defined head of navigation, a 
buoy showing alternate vertical black and white stripes

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may be used to indicate to a vessel operator that an obstruction to 
navigation extends from the nearest shore to the buoy.
    (b) The black and white buoy's meaning is ``do not pass between the 
buoy and the shore''. The number of white and black stripes is 
discretionary, provided that the white stripes are twice the width of 
the black stripes. Prior to December 31, 2003, this aid shall not be 
used on a waterway which has a red and white striped obstruction marker 
defined in Sec. 66.10-15(e)(3) of this chapter, unless all obstruction 
markers are replaced.

[CGD 97-018, 63 FR 33573, June 19, 1998]