[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: 33CFR209.310]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

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

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 209_ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  209.310  Representation of submarine cables and pipelines on 

nautical charts.



    (a) The policy of the Corps of Engineers with respect to showing the 

locations of submarine cables and pipelines on nautical charts published 

by the Corps of Engineers is as follows:

    (1) Within protected waters such as harbors, rivers, bays, estuaries 

or other inland waterways the location of submarine cables and pipelines 

is to be indicated by shaded areas marked ``Pipeline area'' or ``Cable 

area''. The extent of the limits of the area will be governed by local 

conditions but shall include the immediate area which overlies the cable 

or pipeline.

    (2) Ordinarily, the shaded area on a chart which depicts a cable 

area or pipeline area should not exceed 500 feet on each side of the 

location of the cable or pipeline except on small scale charts where an 

area of that width would not be of sufficient prominence.

    (3) The shaded area will be designated ``cable area'' or ``pipeline 

area'' as appropriate, but no other information as to the character or 

ownership of the installation will appear on the chart.

    (b) District engineers will furnish copies of all permits issued for 

submarine cable and pipelines to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, ATTN: N/CG222, Rockville, 

MD 20852, with his/her recommendation of whether or not the installation 

should be shown on NOAA nautical charts. National Ocean Service must be 

notified of the commencement and completion dates for all permitted 

activities under this section. (Note: Decisions to publish these cables 

and pipelines on NOAA nautical charts lie solely within NOAA's 

discretion.)



[51 FR 45765, Dec. 22, 1986]