[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR62.1]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 62_UNITED STATES AIDS TO NAVIGATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 62.1  Purpose.









                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

62.1 Purpose.

62.3 Definition of terms.

62.5 Marking of marine parades and regattas.



              Subpart B_The U.S. Aids to Navigation System



62.21 General.

62.23 Beacons and buoys.

62.25 Lateral marks.

62.27 Safe water marks.

62.29 Isolated danger marks.

62.31 Special marks.

62.32 Inland waters obstruction mark.

62.33 Information and regulatory marks.

62.35 Mooring buoys.

62.37 Lighthouses.

62.41 Ranges.

62.43 Numbers and letters.

62.45 Light characteristics.

62.47 Sound signals.

62.49 Intracoastal Waterway identification.

62.51 Western Rivers Marking System.

62.53 Racons.

62.54 Ownership identification.



Subpart C [Reserved]



     Subpart D_Public Participation in the Aids to Navigation System



62.63 Recommendations.

62.65 Procedure for reporting defects and discrepancies.



    Authority: 14 U.S.C. 85; 33 U.S.C. 1222, 1233; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.



    Source: CGD 86-031, 52 FR 42640, Nov. 6, 1987, unless otherwise 

noted.







    (a) The Coast Guard administers the U.S. Aids to Navigation System. 

The system consists of Federal aids to navigation operated by the Coast 

Guard, aids to navigation operated by the other armed services, and 

private aids to navigation operated by other persons.

    (b)(1) This part describes the general characteristics of the U.S. 

Aids to Navigation System, and the details, policies and procedures 

employed by the Coast Guard in establishing, maintaining, operating, 

changing or discontinuing Federal aids to navigation. Regulations 

concerning the marking of wrecks, structures, and other obstructions are 

found in 33 CFR part 64. Regulations concerning private aids are found 

in 33 CFR part 66. Regulations concerning the marking of artificial 

islands and structures which are erected on or over the seabed and 

subsoil of the Outer Continental Shelf of the United States or its 

possessions are found in 33 CFR part 67. Regulations concerning the 

marking of bridges are found in 33 CFR part 118. Regulations concerning 

aids to navigation at deepwater ports are found in subchapter NN of this 

chapter.

    (2) The regulations found in 33 CFR subpart 66.10 expire on December 

31, 2003, at which time the provisions of this part will apply.

    (c) The Coast Guard maintains systems of marine aids to navigation 

consisting of visual, audible, and electronic signals which are designed 

to assist the prudent mariner in the process of navigation. The aids to 

navigation system is not intended to identify every shoal or obstruction 

to navigation which exists in the navigable waters of the United States, 

but rather provides for reasonable marking of marine features as 

resources permit. The primary objective of the aids to navigation system 

is to mark navigable channels and waterways, obstructions adjacent to 

these waterways, and obstructions in areas of general navigation which 

may not be anticipated. Other waters, even if navigable, are generally 

not marked.



[CGD 86-031, 52 FR 42640, Nov. 6, 1987, as amended by CGD 88-018, 54 FR 

48608, Nov. 24, 1989; CGD 97-018, 63 FR 33573, June 19, 1998]



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