[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
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]