[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: 33CFR89.1] [Page 222] TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PART 89_INLAND NAVIGATION RULES: IMPLEMENTING RULES--Table of Contents Subpart A_Certificate of Alternative Compliance Sec. 89.1 Definitions. Subpart A_Certificate of Alternative Compliance Sec. 89.1 Definitions. 89.3 General. 89.5 Application for a Certificate of Alternative Compliance. 89.9 Certificate of Alternative Compliance: Contents. 89.17 Certificate of Alternative Compliance: Termination. 89.18 Record of certification of vessels of special construction or purpose. Subpart B_Waters Upon Which Certain Inland Navigation Rules Apply 89.21 Purpose. 89.23 Definitions. 89.25 Waters upon which Inland Rules 9(a)(ii), 14(d), and 15(b) apply. 89.27 Waters upon which Inland Rule 24(i) applies. Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2071; 49 CFR 1.46(n)(14). Source: CGD 80-157, 47 FR 13801, Apr. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted. As used in this subpart: Inland Rules refers to the Inland Navigation Rules contained in the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-591) and the technical annexes established under that act. A vessel of special construction or purpose means a vessel designed or modified to perform a special function and whose arrangement is thereby made relatively inflexible. Interference with the special function of the vessel occurs when installation or use of lights, shapes, or sound-signaling appliances under the Inland Rules prevents or significantly hinders the operation in which the vessel is usually engaged. [CGD 80-157, 47 FR 13801, Apr. 1, 1982, as amended by CGD 83-028, 49 FR 33876, Aug. 27, 1984]