33 C.F.R. § 109.10 Special anchorage areas.
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
An Act of Congress of April 22, 1940, provides for the designation of special anchorage areas wherein vessels not more than sixty-five feet in length, when at anchor, will not be required to carry or exhibit anchorage lights. Such designation is to be made after investigation, by rule, regulation, or order, the procedure for which will be similar to that followed for anchorage grounds under section 7 of the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1915, as referred to in §109.05. The areas so designated should be well removed from the fairways and located where general navigation will not endanger or be endangered by unlighted vessels. The authority to designate special anchorage areas was transferred to and vested in the Secretary of Transportation by section 6(g)(1)(D) of the Department of Transportation Act (80 Stat. 931) and delegated to the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard under §1.46 of Title 49 CFR, who has redelegated pursuant to the authority to establish special anchorage areas to each Coast Guard District Commander in §1.05–1(e)(1)(i). (33 U.S.C. 471, 180, 258, 322, and 499; 49 CFR 1.46(c) and 1.45(b)) [CGD 79–096, 44 FR 51585, Sept. 4, 1979, as amended by USCG–1998–3799, 63 FR 35526, June 30, 1998]
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 109—GENERAL
§ 109.10 Special anchorage areas.
