[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: 33CFR67.01-5]



[Page 164-165]

 

                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 67_AIDS TO NAVIGATION ON ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS AND FIXED STRUCTURES

--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart 67.01_General Requirements

 

Sec. 67.01-5  Definitions.



    (a) Structures. The term ``structures'' as used in this part shall 

include all fixed structures, temporary or permanent, for which a Corps 

of Engineers' permit is issued. It shall include, but is not necessarily 

limited to, all drilling platforms, Mobile Offshore Drilling Units 

(MODUs) when attached to the bottom, production platforms, quarters 

platforms, pipe line riser platforms, manifold platforms, loading 

platforms, boat landings, caissons, well protective structures, tank 

battery barges submerged on station, drilling barges submerged on 

location, breakwater barges submerged on location, artificial islands 

and all other piles, pile clusters, pipes, or structures erected in the 

waters.

    (b) Class ``A'', ``B'', or ``C'' structures. The term ``Class A, B, 

or C structures'' refers to the classification assigned to structures 

erected in areas in which corresponding requirements for marking are 

prescribed.

    (c) Line of demarcation. The term ``line of demarcation'' means the 

dividing line used administratively to distinguish between the areas in 

which structures shall conform to Class ``A'' and Class ``B'' or ``C'' 

requirements.

    (d) Outer Continental Shelf. The term ``Outer Continental Shelf'' 

means all submerged lands lying seaward and outside the area of lands 

beneath navigable waters as defined in the Submerged Lands Act (sec. 2, 

67 Stat. 29, 43 U. S. C. 1301), and of which the subsoil and seabed 

appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and 

control.

    (e) Reliable operation. The term ``reliable'' as used in this part 

shall mean



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that dependability which will insure to the highest degree reasonably 

possible the uninterrupted operation of lights and sound signals as 

private aids to navigation for safety of marine commerce.

    (f) Sound signal. The term ``sound signal'' as used in this part 

shall mean the audible sound signal, authorized as a private aid to 

navigation, to mark a structure for the safety of marine commerce 

whenever the visibility has been reduced by fog, mist, rain, falling 

snow, smoke, dust, or other phenomena.



[CGFR 58-17, 23 FR 3377, May 20, 1958, as amended by CGFR 63-18, 28 FR 

4026, Apr. 14, 1963; USCG-2001-10714, 69 FR 24983, May 5, 2004]