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Subchapter C—Aids to Navigation SUBCHAPTER CÐAIDS TO NAVIGATION CROSS REFERENCE: Corps of Engineers, De- Subpart AÐGeneral partment of the Army, see Chapter II of this title. § 62.1 Purpose. (a) The Coast Guard administers the PART 60 [RESERVED] U.S. Aids to Navigation System. The system consists of Federal aids to navi- PART 62ÐUNITED STATES AIDS TO gation operated by the Coast Guard, NAVIGATION SYSTEM aids to navigation operated by the other armed services, and private aids Subpart AÐGeneral to navigation operated by other per- sons. Sec. (b)(1) This part describes the general 62.1 Purpose. characteristics of the U.S. Aids to 62.3 Definition of terms. Navigation System, and the details, 62.5 Marking for marine parades and regat- policies and procedures employed by tas. the Coast Guard in establishing, main- taining, operating, changing or dis- Subpart BÐThe U.S. Aids to Navigation continuing Federal aids to navigation. System Regulations concerning the marking of 62.21 General. wrecks, structures, and other obstruc- 62.23 Beacons and buoys. tions are found in 33 CFR part 64. Regu- 62.25 Lateral marks. lations concerning private aids are 62.27 Safe water marks. found in 33 CFR part 66. Regulations 62.29 Isolated danger marks. concerning the marking of artificial is- 62.31 Special marks. lands and structures which are erected 62.32 Inland waters obstruction mark. on or over the seabed and subsoil of the 62.33 Information and regulatory marks. Outer Continental Shelf of the United 62.35 Mooring buoys. States or its possessions are found in 33 62.37 Lighthouses. CFR part 67. Regulations concerning 62.39 Large navigational buoys. the marking of bridges are found in 33 62.41 Ranges. CFR part 118. Regulations concerning 62.43 Numbers and letters. aids to navigation at deepwater ports 62.45 Light characteristics. are found in subchapter NN of this 62.47 Sound signals. chapter. 62.49 Intracoastal Waterway identification. (2) The regulations found in 33 CFR 62.51 Western Rivers Marking System. subpart 66.10 expire on December 31, 62.53 Racons. 2003, at which time the provisions of 62.54 Ownership identification. this part will apply. (c) The Coast Guard maintains sys- Subpart CÐMaritime Radiobeacons tems of marine aids to navigation con- 62.55 General. sisting of visual, audible, and elec- 62.57 Carrier type operation. tronic signals which are designed to as- 62.59 Calibration service. sist the prudent mariner in the process 62.61 Caution. of navigation. The aids to navigation system is not intended to identify Subpart DÐPublic Participation in the Aids every shoal or obstruction to naviga- to Navigation System tion which exists in the navigable wa- ters of the United States, but rather 62.63 Recommendations. provides for reasonable marking of ma- 62.65 Procedure for reporting defects and rine features as resources permit. The discrepancies. primary objective of the aids to navi- AUTHORITY: 14 U.S.C. 85; 33 U.S.C. 1233; 43 gation system is to mark navigable U.S.C. 1333; 49 CFR 1.46. channels and waterways, obstructions SOURCE: CGD 86±031, 52 FR 42640, Nov. 6, adjacent to these waterways, and ob- 1987, unless otherwise noted. structions in areas of general naviga- tion which may not be anticipated. 139 VerDate 11<SEP>98 11:06 Sep 25, 1998 Jkt 179127 PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\179127T.XXX pfrm01 PsN: 179127T § 62.3 33 CFR Ch. I (7±1±98 Edition) Other waters, even if navigable, are protecting life and property, or to as- generally not marked. sist in the observance and enforcement [CGD 86±031, 52 FR 42640, Nov. 6, 1987, as of special regulations. For marine pa- amended by CGD 88±018, 54 FR 48608, Nov. 24, rade and regatta regulations, see Part 1989; CGD 97±018, 63 FR 33573, June 19, 1998] 100 of this chapter. EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: By CGD 97±018, 63 FR 33573, June 19, 1998, § 62.1 was amended by Subpart BÐThe U.S. Aids to redesignating paragraph (b) as paragraph Navigation System (b)(1), and by adding paragraph (b)(2), effec- tive July 20, 1998. § 62.21 General. § 62.3 Definition of terms. (a) The navigable waters of the Certain terms as used in this sub- United States and non-navigable State chapter are defined as follows: waters after December 31, 2003, are (a) Aid to Navigation. The term aid to marked to assist navigation using the navigation means any device external U.S. Aids to Navigation System, a sys- to a vessel or aircraft intended to as- tem consistent with the International sist a navigator to determine position Association of Lighthouse Authorities or safe course, or to warn of dangers or (IALA) Maritime Buoyage System. The obstructions to navigation. IALA Maritime Buoyage System is fol- (b) Commerce. The term commerce, in lowed by most of the world's maritime addition to general, national and inter- nations and will improve maritime national trade and commerce of the safety by encouraging conformity in United States, includes trade and trav- buoyage systems worldwide. IALA el by seasonal passenger craft (marine buoyage is divided into two regions and air), yachts, houseboats, fishing made up of Region A and Region B. All boats, motor boats, and other craft, navigable waters of the United States whether or not operated for hire or follow IALA Region B, except U.S. pos- profit. sessions west of the International Date (c) Commandant. The term Com- Line and south of 10 degrees north lati- mandant means the Commandant of tude, which follow IALA Region A. the Coast Guard. Lateral aids to navigation in Region A (d) District Commander. The term Dis- vary from those described throughout trict Commander means the com- this Subpart. Non-lateral aids to navi- mander of a Coast Guard District. gation are the same as those used in Coast Guard Districts are listed in Part Region B. See § 62.25. Appropriate nau- 3 of this chapter. tical charts and publications should be (e) Corps of Engineers. The term Corps consulted to determine whether the of Engineers means the Corps of Engi- Region A or Region B marking schemes neers, Department of the Army. are in effect for a given area. (f) Person. The term person imparts (b) The U.S. Aids to Navigation Sys- both singular or plural, as the case de- tem is designed for use with nautical mands, and includes any Federal Agen- charts. Nautical charts portray the cy, State, Territory, possession, or physical features of the marine envi- public subdivision thereof, the District ronment, including soundings and of Columbia, and any corporation, com- other submarine features, landmarks, pany, association, club, or other in- and other aids necessary for the proper strumentality. navigation of a vessel. This crucial in- (g) Navigable Waters of the United formation cannot be obtained from States. The term Navigable waters of other sources, even ones such as topo- the United States is defined in § 2.05± graphic maps, aeronautical charts, or 25(a) of this part. atlases. The exact meaning of an aid to navigation may not be clear to the § 62.5 Marking of marine parades and mariner unless the appropriate chart is regattas. consulted, as the chart illustrates the (a) The Coast Guard may establish relationship of the individual aid to aids to navigation to mark marine pa- navigation to channel limits, obstruc- rades and regattas which are regulated tions, hazards to navigation, and to the by the Coast Guard for the purpose of total aids to navigation system. 140 VerDate 28<AUG>98 14:50 Sep 08, 1998 Jkt 179127 PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\179127T.XXX pfrm04 PsN: 179127T Coast Guard, DOT § 62.21 (c) The navigator should maintain Mariners. These broadcasts update the and consult suitable publications and Local Notice to Mariners with more instruments for navigation depending timely information. Mariners should on the vessel's requirements. This ship- monitor VHF±FM channel 16 to locate board equipment is separate from the Coast Guard Marine Information aids to navigation system, but is often Broadcasts. essential to its use. The following pub- (d) The U.S. Aids to Navigation Sys- lications are available from the U.S. tem is primarily a lateral system Government to assist the navigator: which employs a simple arrangement (1) The Light List, published by the of colors, shapes, numbers, and light Coast Guard and available through the characteristics to mark the limits of Government Printing Office or author- navigable routes. This lateral system is ized sales agents, lists federal and pri- supplemented by nonlateral aids to vate aids to navigation. It includes all navigation where appropriate. major Federal aids to navigation and those private aids to navigation, which (e) Generally, lateral aids to naviga- have been deemed to be important to tion indicate on which side of a vessel general navigation, and includes a an aid to navigation should be passed physical description of these aids and when the vessel is proceeding in the their locations. Conventional Direction of Buoyage. (2) The United States Coast Pilot, Normally, the Conventional Direction published by the National Ocean Serv- of Buoyage is the direction in which a ice and available through that agency vessel enters navigable channels from or authorized nautical chart sales seaward and proceeds towards the head agents, supplements the information of navigation. In the absence of a route shown on nautical charts. Subjects leading from seaward, the Conven- such as local navigation regulations, tional Direction of Buoyage generally channel and anchorage peculiarities, follows a clockwise direction around dangers, climatalogical data, routes, land masses.
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