[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: 33CFR66.01-1]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 66--PRIVATE AIDS TO NAVIGATION--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart 66.01--Aids to Navigation Other Than Federal or State
 
Sec. 66.01-1  Basic provisions.

    Source: CGFR 68-152, 33 FR 19816, Dec. 27, 1968, unless otherwise 
noted.


    (a) No person, public body or instrumentality not under the control 
of the Commandant, exclusive of the Armed Forces, shall establish and 
maintain, discontinue, change or transfer ownership of any aid to 
maritime navigation, without first obtaining permission to do so from 
the Commandant.
    (b) For the purposes of this subpart, the term private aids to 
navigation includes all marine aids to navigation operated in the 
navigable waters of the United States other than those operated by the 
Federal Government (part 62 of this subchapter) or those operated in 
State waters for private aids to navigation (subpart 66.05).
    (c) Coast Guard authorization of a private aid to navigation does 
not authorize any invasion of private rights, nor grant any exclusive 
privileges, nor does it obviate the necessity of complying with any 
other Federal, State or local laws or regulations.
    (d) With the exception of radar beacons (racons) and shore based 
radar stations, operation of electronic aids to navigation as private 
aids will not be authorized.

[CGFR 68-152, 33 FR 19816, Dec. 27, 1968, as amended by CGD 85-057, 51 
FR 11448, Apr. 3, 1986]