[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR3.24]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3_BOATING AND WATER USE ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3.24  Regulation of personal water craft (PWC).

    (a) Is personal watercraft (PWC) use prohibited in units of the 
National Park System? Yes, the use of personal watercraft in units of 
the National Park System is prohibited, except in designated areas.
    (b) How will the National Park Service designate areas for PWC use? 
We will designate areas for personal watercraft through the Federal 
Register, using special regulations, except for the park areas 
identified in the following Table 1, where personal watercraft use may 
be designated using the criteria and procedures of Sec. Sec. 1.5 and 
1.7 of this chapter:

                    Table 1--Park Designated PWC Use
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                  Name                       Water type        State
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Amistad National Recreation Area........  Impounded Lake.  TX
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.  Impounded Lake.  MT
Chickasaw National Recreation Area......  Impounded Lake.  OK
Curecanti National Recreation Area......  Impounded Lake.  CO
Gateway National Recreation Area........  Open Ocean/Bay.  NY
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area....  Impounded Lake.  AZ/UT
Lake Mead National Recreation Area......  Impounded Lake.  AZ/NV
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area..  Impounded Lake.  TX
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.  Impounded Lake.  WA
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National       Impounded Lake.  CA
 Recreation Area.
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    (c) How does the grace period apply? For the park areas identified 
in Tables 1 and 2 of this section, this section provides a two-year 
grace period (April 20, 2000 to April 22, 2002) from the requirements of 
this section. During the grace period no authorizing administrative 
action is needed to allow PWCs to continue to operate in the park areas 
identified in this section. Table 2 follows:

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                   Table 2--Special Regulation PWC Use
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                  Name                       Water type        State
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I. National Seashores:
    Assateague Island National Seashore.  Open Ocean/Bay.  MD/VA
    Cape Cod National Seashore..........  Open Ocean/Bay.  MA
    Cape Lookout National Seashore......  Open Ocean/Bay.  NC
    Cumberland Island National Seashore.  Open Ocean/Bay.  GA
    Fire Island National Seashore.......  Open Ocean/Bay.  NY
    Gulf Islands National Seashore......  Open Ocean/Bay.  FL/MS
    Padre Island National Seashore......  Open Ocean/Bay.  TX
II. National Lakeshores:
    Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore....  Natural Lake...  IN
    Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore...  Natural Lake...  MI
III. National Recreation Area: Delaware   River..........  PA/NJ
 Water Gap National Recreation Area.
IV. National Preserve: Big Thicket        River..........  TX
 National Preserve.
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[65 FR 15089, Mar. 21, 2000]