CoUNITEDas STATESt Pilot® Great Lakes: Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Superior and St. Lawrence River 2018 (48th) Edition This edition cancels the 47th Edition and includes all previously published corrections. Weekly updates to this edition are available at nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html They are also published in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) U.S. Notice to Mariners. U.S. Department of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RDML Timothy Gallaudet, Ph.D., USN Ret., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere National Ocean Service Nicole R. LeBoeuf, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management II U.S. Coast Pilot 6 Pilot Coast U.S. 90° 88° 86° 84° 82° 80° 78° 76° 74° 72° Coast Pilot 6 – Chapter Index Chapter 4 – St. Lawrence River Above St. Regis 48° Chapter 5 – Lake Ontario Chapter 6 – Lake Erie MINNESOTA Chapter 7 – Detroit River LAKE SUPERIOR Chapter 8 – Lake St. Clair 13 Chapter 9 – St. Clair River Duluth ONTARIO Chapter 10 – Lake Huron Chapter 11 – Lake Michigan Ashland Sault St. Marie Chapter 12 – St. Marys River Chapter 13 – Lake Superior Marquette 12 46° Chapter 14 – Hudson River, New York Canals and Lake Champlain Montreal G E L O A R K G 4 I E A N R H E B V A I N U R Y E A C R N E G O R W I A N L . Green Bay H T S WISCONSIN C I 10 NEW Y ORK 44° M E K LAKE ONTARIO 5 A Toronto L Muskegon Bay City Milwaukee Syracuse Bu alo MICHIGAN 8 9 14 Detroit 11 LAKE ERIE 42° 7 Erie Chicago 6 P ENNSYLV ANIA Toledo Cleveland New York City 16 DEC2018 ILLINOIS INDIANA OHIO 16 DEC 2018 ¢ Preface III Preface he United States Coast Pilot is published by the National Ocean Service (NOS), National TOceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), pursuant to the Act of 6 August 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a and b), and the Act of 22 October 1968 (44 U.S.C. 1310). The Coast Pilot supplements the navigational information shown on NOAA nautical charts. The Coast Pilot is continually updated and maintained from inspections conducted by NOAA survey vessels and fi eld parties, corrections published in Notices to Mariners, information from other Federal agencies, State and local governments, maritime and pilots’ associations, port authorities, and concerned mariners. 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Update your Coast Pilot Check for weekly critical updates for this edition at nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html (See 33 CFR 164.33 Charts and Publications, chapter 2, for regulations.) You may print the specifi cally aff ected paragraphs to revise this book, or download an updated .pdf of the entire volume. A Weekly Record of Updates is provided for your convenience directly preceding the index. IV ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 6 16 DEC 2018 16 DEC 2018 U.S. Coast Pilot 6, Chapter 2 ¢ 35 Navigation Regulations (1) This chapter contains extracts from Code of Federal (2.004) Food and Drug Administration—21 CFR 1250 Regulations (CFR) that are of importance to mariners (2.005) United States Coast Guard—33 CFR 26, 81, 82, in the area covered by this Coast Pilot. Sections of little 88, 89, 90, 110, 117, 151, 160, 161, 162, 164 and 165; 46 value to the mariner are sometimes omitted. Omitted CFR 401 sections are signified by the following [...] (2.006) United States Army Corps of Engineers—33 CFR (2) Extracts from the following titles are contained in 207 and 334 this chapter. (2.007) Saint Lawrence Seaway Development (2.001) Corporation—33 CFR 401 Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade (2.008) National Park Service—36 CFR 7 Part 922—National Marine Sanctuary Program Regulations (2.009) Environmental Protection Agency—40 CFR 140 Title 21: Food and Drugs (2.010) Federal Communications Part 1250—Interstate Conveyance Sanitation Commission—47 CFR 80 Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters (3) <3-29 Deleted> Part 26—Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Regulations Part 81—72 COLREGS: Implementing Rules (30) <30-37 Deleted> Part 82—72 COLREGS: Interpretive Rules Part 88—Annex V: Pilot Rules (38) Part 89—Inland Navigation Rules: Implementing Rules TITLE 15–COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE Part 90—Inland Rules: Interpretive Rules Part 110—Anchorage Regulations (39) Part 117—Drawbridge Operation Regulations Part 922–National Marine Sanctuary Program Part 151—Vessels Carrying Oil, Noxious Liquid Substances, Garbage, Municipal or Commercial Waste, and Ballast Water Regulations Part 160—Ports and Waterways Safety-General Part 161—Vessel Traffic Management (40) Part 162—Inland Waterways Navigation Regulations Subpart A–General Part 164—Navigation Safety Regulations (in part) Part 165—Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas (41) Part 207—Navigation Regulations §922.1 Applicability of regulations. Part 334—Danger Zones and Restricted Area Regulations (42) Unless noted otherwise, the regulations in Subparts Part 401—Seaway Regulations and Rules (source identified A, D and E apply to all thirteen National Marine Title 36: Parks, Forests and Public Property Part 7—Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System Sanctuaries for which site-specific regulations appear in Title 40: Protection of Environment Subparts F through R, respectively. Subparts B and C Part 140—Marine Sanitation Device Standard apply to the site evaluation list and to the designation of Title 46: Shipping future Sanctuaries. Part 401—Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations (43) Title 47: Telecommunication §922.2 Mission, goals, and special policies. Part 80—Stations in the Maritime Service (44) (a) In accordance with the standards set forth in title III of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (2.002) These regulations can only be amended by the of 1972, as amended, also known as the National Marine enforcing agency or other authority cited in the regulations. Sanctuaries Act (Act) the mission of the National Marine Accordingly, requests for changes to these regulations Sanctuary program (Program) is to identify, designate should be directed to the appropriate agency for action. and manage areas of the marine environment of special In those regulations where the enforcing agency is not national, and in some cases international, significance due cited or is unclear, recommendations for changes should to their conservation, recreational, ecological, historical, be directed to the following Federal agencies for action: research, educational, or aesthetic qualities. (2.003) National Oceanic and Atmospheric (45) (b) The goals of the Program are to carry out the Administration—15 CFR 922 mission to: 36 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 6, Chapter 2 16 DEC 2018 (46) (1) Identify and designate as National Marine Preservation Act of 1974, 16 U.S.C. 469 et seq., and the Sanctuaries areas of the marine environment which are Archeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA), of special national significance; 16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq. The same degree of regulatory (47) (2) Provide authority for comprehensive and protection and preservation planning policy extended coordinated conservation and management of these to historical resources on land shall be extended, to the marine areas, and activities affecting them, in a manner extent practicable, to historical resources in the marine which complements existing regulatory authorities; environment within the boundaries of designated National (48) (3) Support, promote, and coordinate scientific Marine Sanctuaries. The management of historical research on, and monitoring of, the resources of these resources under the authority of the Act shall be consistent, marine areas, especially long-term monitoring and to the extent practicable, with the Federal archeological research of these areas; program by consulting the Uniform Regulations, ARPA (49) (4) Enhance public awareness, understanding, (43 CFR part 7) and other relevant Federal regulations. appreciation, and wise use of the marine environment; The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines (50) (5) Facilitate to the extent compatible with the for Archeology may also be consulted for guidance. primary objective of resource protection, all public and These guidelines are available from the Office of Ocean private uses of the resources of these marine areas not and Coastal Management at (301) 713–3125. prohibited pursuant to other authorities; (60) (51) (6) Develop and implement coordinated plans for §922.3 Definitions. the protection and management of these areas with (61) Act means title III of the Marine Protection, Research, appropriate Federal agencies, State and local governments, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1431 Native American tribes and organizations, international et seq., also known as the National Marine Sanctuaries organizations, and other public and private interests Act. concerned with the continuing health and resilience of (62) Assistant Administrator means the Assistant these marine areas; Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone (52) (7) Create models of, and incentives for, ways to Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric conserve and manage these areas; Administration (NOAA), or designee.