[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR164.70]

[Page 630]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 164_NAVIGATION SAFETY REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 164.70  Definitions.

    For purposes of Sec. Sec. 164.72 through 164.82, the term--
    Current edition means the most recent published version of a 
publication, chart, or map required by Sec. 164.72.
    Currently corrected edition means a current or previous edition of a 
publication required by Sec. 164.72, corrected with changes that come 
from Notices to Mariners (NTMs) or Notices to Navigation reasonably 
available and that apply to the vessel's transit. Hand-annotated river 
maps from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) are currently 
corrected editions if issued within the previous 5 years.
    Great Lakes means the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary 
waters including the Calumet River as far as the Thomas J. O'Brien Lock 
and Controlling Works (between miles 326 and 327), the Chicago River as 
far as the east side of the Ashland Avenue Bridge (between miles 321 and 
322), and the Saint Lawrence River as far east as the lower exit of 
Saint Lambert Lock.
    Swing-meter means an electronic or electric device that indicates 
the rate of turn of the vessel on board which it is installed.
    Towing vessel means a commercial vessel engaged in or intending to 
engage in pulling, pushing or hauling alongside, or any combination of 
pulling, pushing, or hauling alongside.
    Western Rivers means the Mississippi River, its tributaries, South 
Pass, and Southwest Pass, to the navigational-demarcation lines dividing 
the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the 
United States, and the Port Allen-Morgan City Alternative Route, and 
that part of the Atchafalaya River above its junction with the Port 
Allen-Morgan City Alternative Route including the Old River and the Red 
River and those waters specified by Sec. Sec. 89.25 and 89.27 of this 
chapter, and such other, similar waters as are designated by the COTP.

[CGD 94-020, 61 FR 35072, July 3, 1996]