[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR207.260]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 207_NAVIGATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  207.260  Yazoo Diversion Canal, Vicksburg, Miss., from its mouth 

at Kleinston Landing to Fisher Street; navigation.



    (a) Signals. Vessels navigating the canal will be governed by the 

Pilot Rules for Western Rivers (rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico 

and their tributaries) prescribed by the U.S. Coast Guard. (See part 95 

of this title.) \1\

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    \1\ Part 95 was removed by CGD 82-029, 47 FR 19519, May 6, 1982.

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    (b) Rafts. Rafts will be permitted to navigate the canal only if 

properly and securely assembled. Each section of a raft shall be so 

secured within itself as to prevent the sinking of any log, and so 

fastened with chains or wire rope that it cannot be separated or bag out 

or materially change its shape. All logs, chains, and other means used 

in assembling rafts shall be in good condition and of ample size and 

strength to accomplish their purpose. No section of a raft will be 

permitted to be towed unless the logs float sufficiently high in the 

water to make it evident that the section will not sink en route. Rafts 

shall not be of greater dimensions than 50 feet wide by 600 feet long, 

and if longer than 300 feet they shall be handled by two tugs; and in 

all cases they must be handled by sufficient tug power to make headway 

and guide the raft so as to give half the channel to passing vessels.

    (c) Mooring. At stages below 20 feet on the Vicksburg Gage, no 

vessel or raft shall be moored along the west bank of the canal between 

points Latitude 32[deg]21[min]16[sec], Longitude 90[deg]53[min]05[sec] 

and Latitude 32[deg]20[min]55[sec], Longitude 90[deg]53[min]18[sec], 

which is approximately 1200 feet above and 1200 feet below the public 

boat launch (foot of Clay Street) at Vicksburg City Front. No vessel or 

raft shall be moored along the west bank of the canal at any stage from 

the mouth of the Yazoo Diversion Canal where it enters into the 

Mississippi River to Latitude 32[deg]20[min]21[sec], Longitude 

90[deg]53[min]44[sec], which is approximately 1200 feet from the mouth 

of the canal. No vessel or raft shall be moored along the east bank of 

the canal at any stage from the mouth of the Yazoo Diversion Canal where 

it enters into the Mississippi River to Latitude 32[deg]20[min]12[sec], 

Longitude 90[deg]53[min]41[sec], which is approximately 750 feet from 

the mouth of the canal. When tied up, boats, barges, or rafts shall be 

moored by bow and stern lines parallel to the bank and as close in as 

practicable. Lines shall be secured at sufficiently close intervals to 

insure the vessel or raft will not be drawn away from the bank by winds, 

current, or other passing vessels. No vessel or raft shall be moored 

along the banks of the canal for a period longer than five (5) calendar 

days without written permission from the District Engineer, Corps of 

Engineers, Vicksburg District Office, 4155 E. Clay St., Vicksburg, 

Mississippi 39180-3435.

    (d) [Reserved]

    (e) Refuse in canal. No person shall roll or throw any stones, 

ashes, cinders, barrels, logs, log butts, sawdust, shavings, refuse, or 

any other material into the canal or the approach thereto, or place any 

such material on the bank or berm so that it is liable to be rolled, 

thrown, or washed into the canal.

    (f) Preservation of works of improvement. Masters and pilots of all 

craft using the canal shall avoid damaging any revetment, dike, 

floodwall, or other work of improvement placed in or adjacent to the 

canal. They shall not disturb any gages or marks set as aids to 

navigation in the canal or approaches thereto.

    (g) Fairway. A clear channel not less than 175 feet wide as 

established by the District Engineer shall be left open at all times to 

permit free and unobstructed navigation by all types of vessels.



[13 FR 9562, Dec. 31, 1948; 42 FR 57962, Nov. 7, 1977, as amended at 63 

FR 24428, May 4, 1998]