[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR7.5]

[Page 69]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 7_BOUNDARY LINES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.5  Rules for establishing boundary lines.

    (a) For application of the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1201 et seq., the line is 12 nautical miles seaward of 
the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured.
    (b) Barges of 100 gross tons and over operating on the sheltered 
waters of British Columbia as defined in the United States-Canada treaty 
of 1933 (49 Stat. 2685, TS 869) are not required to be inspected as 
seagoing barges under 46 U.S.C. 3301.
    (c) Except as otherwise described in this part, Boundary Lines are 
lines drawn following the general trend of the seaward, highwater 
shorelines and lines continuing the general trend of the seaward, 
highwater shorelines across entrances to small bays, inlets and rivers.

[CGD 81-058, 50 FR 25230, June 18, 1985, as amended by USCG-2001-9044, 
68 FR 42602, July 18, 2003]

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