[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: 33CFR207.476]



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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.  207.476  The Inland Route--lock in Crooked River, Alanson, Mich.; 

use, administration, and navigation.



    (a) General. The use, administration, and navigation of the lock 

shall be under the direction and supervision of the District Engineer, 

U.S. Army Engineer District, Detroit, Mich., and his authorized agents.

    (b) Authority of lockmaster. The lockmaster shall be charged with 

the immediate control and management of the lock, and of the area set 

aside as the lock area, including the lock approach channels. He shall 

see that all laws, rules, and regulations for the use of the lock and 

lock area are duly complied with, to which end he is authorized to give 

all necessary orders and directions in accordance therewith, both to the 

employees of the Government and to any and every person within the 

limits of the lock area, whether navigating the lock or not. No one 

shall cause any movement of any boat, craft or other floating object in 

the lock or approaches except by or under the direction of the 

lockmaster or his assistants.

    (c) Operation. The lock operating season will commence and close as 

determined by the district engineers, Corps of Engineers in charge of 

the locality, depending on conditions and the need for lockage services. 

Public notices will be issued announcing the opening and closing dates 

at least 15 days in advance of such dates.

    (d) Maximum allowable dimensions of craft. (1) Overall length--60 

feet.

    (2) Overall width--16 feet.

    (3) Height above water--15 feet when upper pool is at low water 

datum.

    (4) Draft--6 feet when lower pool is at low water datum.

    (e) Signals. (1) Craft desiring lockage in either direction shall 

give notice to the lock tenders, when not farther than 200 yards from 

the lock, by one long blast (of 10 seconds duration) followed by one 

short blast (of 3 seconds duration) of whistle, horn, or siren.

    (2) Craft not equipped with whistle, horn, or siren may signal for 

lockage by use of the signal provided for this purpose located near the 

extreme end of the guide wall to the starboard side of the craft, both 

upbound and downbound.

    (f) The procedures for transit of lock. (1) Stand clear of the lock 

while the red signal light shows.

    (2) When the green signal light shows and the lock horn sounds three 

blasts, approach and enter the lock.

    (3) Full control of the craft must be maintained while entering the 

lock.

    (4) After entrance to the lock is complete, the craft shall be 

securely moored to the cleats and bitts situated on the lock wall.

    (5) While moored in the lock, the operator of the craft shall 

maintain constant attention to the mooring lines, to provide slack or 

retain tautness as needed.

    (6) The craft shall remain securely moored until the exit lock gate 

is fully open and the lock horn sounds one blast.

    (7) When the exit lock gate is fully open and the lock horn has 

sounded one blast, the craft shall immediately leave the lock under full 

control of its operator.

    (g) Precedence at lock. The craft arriving first at the lock shall 

be first to lock through; but precedence will be given to craft 

belonging to the United States or other local government entities, such 

as state, county, or municipality. Arrival posts may be established 

above and below the lock. Craft arriving at or opposite such posts or 

markers will be considered as having arrived at the locks within the 

meaning of this paragraph.



[32 FR 9068, June 27, 1967, as amended at 48 FR 6707, Feb. 15, 1983]



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