[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 33CFR26.09]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 26_VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE RADIOTELEPHONE REGULATIONS--
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Sec.  26.09  List of exemptions.

    (a) All vessels navigating on those waters governed by the 
navigation rules for Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary 
waters (33 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) are exempt from the requirements of the 
Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act and this part until May 6, 
1975.
    (b) Each vessel navigating on the Great Lakes as defined in the 
Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (33 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) and to 
which the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act (33 U.S.C. 1201-
1208) applies is exempt from the requirements in 33 U.S.C. 1203, 1204, 
and 1205 and the regulations under Sec.  Sec.  26.03, 26.04, 26.05, 
26.06, and 26.07. Each of these vessels and each person to whom 33 
U.S.C. 1208(a) applies must comply with Articles VII, X, XI, XII, XIII, 
XV, and XVI and Technical Regulations 1-9 of ``The Agreement Between the 
United States of America and Canada for Promotion of Safety on the Great 
Lakes by Means of Radio, 1973.''

[CGD 72-223R, 37 FR 28633, Dec. 28, 1972, as amended by CGD 74-291, 39 
FR 44980, Dec. 30, 1974; CGD 83-003, 48 FR 7442, Feb. 18, 1983; CGD 91-
046, 57 FR 14486, Apr. 21, 1992]