[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: 33CFR66.05-5]

[Page 157]
 
                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. 66.05-5  Definitions.

    (a) The term State waters for private aids to navigation means those 
navigable waters of the United States which the Commandant, upon request 
of a State Administrator, has designated as waters within which a State 
government may regulate the establishment, operation, and maintenance of 
marine aids to navigation, including regulatory markers. The Commandant 
will entertain requests to make such designations with respect to 
navigable waters of the United States not marked by the Federal 
government. These designations when approved will be set forth in 
separate sections by States in this subpart and will briefly describe or 
identify waters so designated.
    (b) The term Uniform State Waterway Marking System (USWMS) means the 
system of private aids to navigation which may be operated in State 
waters. Subpart 66.10, which describes the USWMS, expires on December 
31, 2003.
    (c) The term State Administrator means the official of a State 
having power under the law of the State to regulate, establish, operate 
or maintain maritime aids to navigation on waters over which the State 
has jurisdiction.
    (d) The term State aids to navigation means all private marine aids 
to navigation operated in State waters for private aids to navigation, 
whether owned by a State, political subdivisions thereof or by 
individuals, corporations, or organizations.
    (e) The term regulate State maritime aids to navigation means to 
control the establishment, disestablishment, operation and maintenance 
of State aids to navigation.

[CGFR 66-32, 31 FR 10320, July 30, 1966, as amended by CGD 97-018, 63 FR 
33573, June 19, 1998]