[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR44.01-12]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 44_SPECIAL SERVICE LIMITED DOMESTIC VOYAGES--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A_Administration
 
Sec. 44.01-12  Voyage limits; special service.

    (a) Special service load lines may be assigned for operation not 
more than a specified limited distance offshore which shall not exceed 
20 nautical miles. The offshore distance shall be measured from the 
coastline except where a line of inland waters has been otherwise 
established.
    (b) For continental United States ports, special service load lines 
may be issued for operation between but not to exceed the extreme port 
limits specified below, or for operation between intermediate ports 
within the extreme limits specified:

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    (1) Central and Northern Atlantic Coast--From Norfolk, Virginia, to 
Eastport, Maine.
    (2) Southeast Atlantic Coast--from Key West, Florida, to 
Jacksonville, Florida, except that the special service load line is not 
valid for manned vessels during the hurricane season, i.e., July 1st to 
November 15th, both dates inclusive, unless the vessel is operated in 
accordance with a Coast Guard approved heavy weather plan.
    (3) Gulf of Mexico Coast--from the mouth of the Rio Grande River, 
Texas, to Key West, Florida, except that the special service load line 
is not valid for manned vessels during the hurricane season, i.e., July 
1st to November 15th, both dates inclusive, unless the vessel is 
operated in accordance with a Coast Guard approved heavy weather plan.
    (4) Pacific Coast--From San Francisco, California, to San Diego, 
California.
    (c) Assignment of special service load lines for voyage limits 
between the islands of a group over which the United States has 
jurisdiction shall be made only upon authorization by the Commandant, 
U.S. Coast Guard, after submittal to him of the information called for 
by Sec. 44.01-5(b).

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16755, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 79-142, 45 FR 
57402, Aug. 28, 1980]