[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: 33CFR67.25-5]



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                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 67.25_Class ``B'' Requirements

 

Sec. 67.25-5  Obstruction lights.



    (a) The obstruction lights shall be white lights as prescribed in 

Subpart 67.05 of this part and shall be of sufficient candlepower as to 

be visible at a distance of at least three nautical miles 90 percent of 

the nights of the year. The lights shall be displayed not less than 20 

feet above mean high water, but not at a height greater than that 

specified in Sec. 67.05-1(f), except that on Class ``B'' structures 

which are required to be marked by only one light, that light may be 

displayed not less than 10 feet above mean high water if the structural 

features preclude mounting the light within the range of heights 

otherwise specified in this section.

    (b) The District Commander may waive the requirement for obstruction 

lights on Class ``B'' structures if there is no hazard to navigation by 

so doing.



[CGFR 58-34, 23 FR 7701, Oct. 4, 1958, as amended by CGFR 62-32, 27 FR 

10101, Oct. 13, 1962]