[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: 33CFR66.01-1]



[Page 155-156]

 

                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 66_PRIVATE AIDS TO NAVIGATION--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart 66.01_Aids to Navigation Other Than Federal or State

 

Sec. 66.01-1  Basic provisions.









      Subpart 66.01_Aids to Navigation Other Than Federal or State



Sec.

66.01-1 Basic provisions.

66.01-3 Delegation of authority to District Commanders.

66.01-5 Application procedure.

66.01-10 Characteristics.

66.01-11 Lights.

66.01-12 May I continue to use the private aid to navigation I am 

          currently using?

66.01-13 When must my newly manufactured equipment comply with these 

          rules?

66.01-14 Label affixed by manufacturer.

66.01-15 Action by Coast Guard.

66.01-20 Inspection.

66.01-25 Discontinuance and removal.

66.01-30 Corps of Engineers' approval.

66.01-40 Exemptions.

66.01-45 Penalties.

66.01-50 Protection of private aids to navigation.

66.01-55 Transfer of ownership.



                 Subpart 66.05_State Aids to Navigation



66.05-1 Purpose.

66.05-5 Definitions.

66.05-10 State waters for private aids to navigation; designations; 

          revisions, and revocations.

66.05-20 Coast Guard-State agreements.

66.05-25 Change and modification of State aids to navigation.

66.05-30 Notice to Mariners.

66.05-35 Private aids to navigation other than State owned.

66.05-40 Corps of Engineers' approval.

66.05-100 Designation of navigable waters as State waters for private 

          aids to navigation.



           Subpart 66.10_Uniform State Waterway Marking System



66.10-1 General.

66.10-5 [Reserved]

66.10-10 [Reserved]

66.10-15 Aids to navigation.

66.10-35 Navigation lights.



    Authority: 14 U.S.C. 83, 84, 85; 43 U.S.C. 1333; Pub. L. 107-296, 

116 Stat. 2135; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.





    Source: CGFR 68-152, 33 FR 19816, Dec. 27, 1968, unless otherwise 

noted.





    (a) No person, public body or instrumentality not under the control 

of the Commandant, exclusive of the Armed Forces, shall establish and 

maintain, discontinue, change or transfer ownership of any aid to 

maritime navigation, without first obtaining permission to do so from 

the Commandant.

    (b) For the purposes of this subpart, the term private aids to 

navigation includes all marine aids to navigation operated in the 

navigable waters of the United States other than those operated by the 

Federal Government (part 62 of this subchapter) or those operated



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in State waters for private aids to navigation (subpart 66.05).

    (c) Coast Guard authorization of a private aid to navigation does 

not authorize any invasion of private rights, nor grant any exclusive 

privileges, nor does it obviate the necessity of complying with any 

other Federal, State or local laws or regulations.

    (d) With the exception of radar beacons (racons) and shore based 

radar stations, operation of electronic aids to navigation as private 

aids will not be authorized.



[CGFR 68-152, 33 FR 19816, Dec. 27, 1968, as amended by CGD 85-057, 51 

FR 11448, Apr. 3, 1986]