36 C.F.R. § 3.24   Regulation of personal watercraft (PWC).


Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property


Title 36: Parks, Forests, and Public Property
PART 3—BOATING AND WATER USE ACTIVITIES

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§ 3.24   Regulation of personal watercraft (PWC).

(a) Is personal watercraft (PWC) use prohibited in units of the National Park System? Yes, the use of personal watercraft in units of the National Park System is prohibited, except in designated areas.

(b) How will the National Park Service designate areas for PWC use? We will designate areas for personal watercraft through the Federal Register, using special regulations, except for the park areas identified in the following Table 1, where personal watercraft use may be designated using the criteria and procedures of §§1.5 and 1.7 of this chapter:

                     Table 1_Park Designated PWC Use------------------------------------------------------------------------                  Name                       Water type        State------------------------------------------------------------------------Amistad National Recreation Area........  Impounded Lake.  TXBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.  Impounded Lake.  MTChickasaw National Recreation Area......  Impounded Lake.  OKCurecanti National Recreation Area......  Impounded Lake.  COGateway National Recreation Area........  Open Ocean/Bay.  NYGlen Canyon National Recreation Area....  Impounded Lake.  AZ/UTLake Mead National Recreation Area......  Impounded Lake.  AZ/NVLake Meredith National Recreation Area..  Impounded Lake.  TXLake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.  Impounded Lake.  WAWhiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National       Impounded Lake.  CA Recreation Area.------------------------------------------------------------------------

(c) How does the grace period apply? For the park areas identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this section, this section provides a two-year grace period (April 20, 2000 to April 22, 2002) from the requirements of this section. During the grace period no authorizing administrative action is needed to allow PWCs to continue to operate in the park areas identified in this section. Table 2 follows: 

                   Table 2_Special Regulation PWC Use------------------------------------------------------------------------                  Name                       Water type        State------------------------------------------------------------------------I. National Seashores:    Assateague Island National Seashore.  Open Ocean/Bay.  MD/VA    Cape Cod National Seashore..........  Open Ocean/Bay.  MA    Cape Lookout National Seashore......  Open Ocean/Bay.  NC    Cumberland Island National Seashore.  Open Ocean/Bay.  GA    Fire Island National Seashore.......  Open Ocean/Bay.  NY    Gulf Islands National Seashore......  Open Ocean/Bay.  FL/MS    Padre Island National Seashore......  Open Ocean/Bay.  TXII. National Lakeshores:    Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore....  Natural Lake...  IN    Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore...  Natural Lake...  MIIII. National Recreation Area: Delaware   River..........  PA/NJ Water Gap National Recreation Area.IV. National Preserve: Big Thicket        River..........  TX National Preserve.------------------------------------------------------------------------

[65 FR 15089, Mar. 21, 2000]

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