[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: 33CFR64.11]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 64_MARKING OF STRUCTURES, SUNKEN VESSELS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS

--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart B_Sunken Vessels and Other Obstructions

 

Sec. 64.11  Marking and notification requirements.



    Source: CGD 78-156, 48 FR 11267, Mar. 17, 1983, unless otherwise 

noted. Redesignated by CGD 91-031, 57 FR 43402, Sept. 21, 1992.





    (a) The owner of a vessel, raft, or other craft wrecked and sunk in 

a navigable channel shall mark it immediately with a buoy or daymark 

during the day and with a light at night. The owner of a sunken vessel, 

raft, or other obstruction that otherwise constitutes a hazard to 

navigation shall mark it in accordance with this subchapter.

    (b) Owners of vessels sunk in waters subject to the jurisdiction of 

the United States or sunk on the high seas, if the owner is subject to 

the jurisdiction of the United States, shall promptly report to the 

District Commander, in whose jurisdiction the obstruction is located, 

the action they are taking to mark the sunken vessel, giving the 

following information (in addition to the information required by 46 CFR 

4.05, Notice of Marine Casualty and Voyage Records):

    (1) Name and description of the sunken vessel;



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    (2) Accurate description of the location of the vessel;

    (3) Depth of water over the vessel; and

    (4) Location and type of marking established, including color and 

shape of buoy or other daymark and characteristic of the light.

    (c) Owners of other obstructions may report the existence of such 

obstructions and mark them in the same manner as prescribed for sunken 

vessels.

    (d) Owners of marine pipelines that are determined to be hazards to 

navigation shall report and mark the hazardous portion of those 

pipelines in accordance with 49 CFR parts 192 or 195, as applicable.



    Note: Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lessees are subject to 

additional notification requirements provided in OCS Order No.1, 

paragraph 4 (44 FR 76216, December 21, 1979), issued by U.S. Geological 

Survey.



[CGD 78-156, 48 FR 11267, Mar. 17, 1983. Redesignated and amended by CGD 

91-031, 57 FR 43402, Sept. 21, 1992; USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35526, June 

30, 1998]