[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: 33CFR66.05-10]

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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 66.05--State Aids to Navigation
 
Sec. 66.05-10  State waters for private aids to navigation; designations; 
revisions, and revocations.

    (a) A State Administrator who desires to regulate State maritime 
aids to navigation in the navigable waters of the United States not 
marked by the Federal Government, shall request the Commandant to 
designate the specific bodies of water involved as State waters for 
private aids to navigation.
    (b) The request shall be forwarded to the District Commander in 
whose district the bodies of water are located. The request shall give 
the name and description of the waterway; the extent of use being made 
of the waterway for marine navigation, in general terms; an appropriate 
chart or sketch of the area; and a general outline of the nature and 
extent of the State aids to navigation which the Administrator plans to 
establish in the waterway.
    (c) The District Commander shall review the request and consult with 
the State Administrator concerning the

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terms of an initial agreement to be entered into under provisions of 
Sec. 66.05-20. When they have arrived at terms of an agreement 
satisfactory to both, the District Commander shall forward the request 
to the Commandant with his recommendations and the terms of agreement 
mutually settled upon. If they cannot reach such agreement, the District 
Commander shall forward the request with his recommendations and a 
statement of the points agreed upon and the points remaining at issue.
    (d) Upon receipt of the request, the Commandant will determine 
whether or not approval of the request is in the public interest and 
will inform the State Administrator and the District Commander of the 
Coast Guard's decision. If the request is approved, the designation by 
the Commandant of the waters in question as State waters for private 
aids to navigation will be also defined and described in this subpart.
    (e) The Commandant may, upon his own initiative or upon request, 
revoke or revise any designations of State waters for private aids to 
navigation previously made by him. Written notice shall be given the 
State Administrator of the action contemplated by the Commandant. The 
State Administrator will be afforded a period of not less than 30 days 
from the date of the notice in which to inform the Commandant of the 
State's views in the matter before final action is completed to revoke 
or revise such designation.