[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: 33CFR401.2]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

CHAPTER IV--SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 401_SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart A_Regulations

 

Sec.  401.2  Interpretation.



    In the regulations in this part:

    (a) Corporation means the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation;

    (b) Flashpoint means the lowest temperature of a flammable liquid at 

which its vapor forms an ignitable mixture with air as determined by the 

closed-cup method.

    (c) Manager means the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation;

    (d) Navigation season means the annual period designated by the 

Corporation and the Manager, that is appropriate to weather and ice 

conditions or vessel traffic demands, during which the Seaway is open 

for navigation;

    (e) Officer means a person employed by the Corporation or the 

Manager to direct some phase of the operation or use of the Seaway;

    (f) Passing through means in transit through a lock or through the 

waters enclosed by the approach walls at either end of a lock chamber;

    (g) Pleasure craft means a vessel, however propelled, that is used 

exclusively for pleasure and that does not carry passengers who have 

paid a fare for passage;

    (h) Preclearance means the authorization given by the Corporation or 

the Manager for a vessel to transit;

    (i) Representative means the owner or charterer of a vessel or an 

agent of either of them and includes any person who, in an application 

for preclearance of a vessel, accepts responsibility for payment of the 

tolls and charges to be assessed against the vessel in respect of 

transit and wharfage;

    (j) Seaway means the deep waterway between the Port of Montreal and 

Lake Erie and includes all locks, canals and connecting and contiguous 

waters that are part of the deep waterway, and all other canals and 

works, wherever located, the management, administration and control of 

which have been entrusted to the Corporation or the Manager;

    (k) Seaway station means a radio station operated by the Corporation 

or the Manager;

    (l) Tanker means any vessel specifically constructed for carrying 

bulk cargoes of liquid petroleum products, liquid chemicals, liquid 

edible oils and liquified gases in tanks which form both an integral 

part and the total cargo carrying portion of that vessel.

    (m) Tariff of Tolls means the same as Schedule of Tolls in Canada.

    (n) Tolls(s) or tolls and charges is included in the definition of 

fees in Canada.



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    (o) Towed means pushed or pulled through the water;

    (p) Transit means to use the Seaway, or a part of it, either upbound 

or downbound;

    (q) Vessel (ship in Canada) means any type of craft used as a means 

of transportation on water; and

    (r) Vessel traffic controller (ship traffic controller in Canada) 

means the officer who controls vessel traffic from a Seaway station.



(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 

12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471)



[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 45 FR 52377, Aug. 7, 1980; 65 

FR 52913, 52915, Aug. 31, 2000; 66 FR 15329, Mar. 16, 2001]



                          Condition of Vessels