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Title 33

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  1. Title 33 —Navigation and Navigable Waters
  2. Chapter I —Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
  3. Subchapter P —Ports and Waterways Safety
  4. Part 162   View Full Text
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Title 33Navigation and Navigable WatersPart / Section
Chapter ICoast Guard, Department of Homeland Security1 – 199
Subchapter PPorts and Waterways Safety160 – 169
Part 162Inland Waterways Navigation Regulations162.1 – 162.270
§ 162.1General.
§ 162.5Definitions.
§ 162.15Manhasset Bay, N.Y.; seaplane restricted area.
§ 162.20Flushing Bay near La Guardia Airport, Flushing, N.Y.; restricted area.
§ 162.30Channel of Tuckerton Creek, N.J.; navigation.
§ 162.35Channel of Christina River, Del.; navigation.
§ 162.40Inland waterway from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Del. and Md. (Chesapeake and Delaware Canal).
§ 162.65All waterways tributary to the Atlantic Ocean south of Chesapeake Bay and all waterways tributary to the Gulf of America east and south of St. Marks, Fla.
§ 162.75All waterways tributary to the Gulf of America (except the Mississippi River, its tributaries, South and Southwest Passes and Atchafalaya River) from St. Marks, Fla., to the Rio Grande.
§ 162.80Mississippi River below mouth of Ohio River, including South and Southwest passes.
§ 162.85Yazoo Diversion Canal, Vicksburg, Miss., from its mouth at Kleinston Landing to Fisher Street; navigation.
§ 162.90White River, Arkansas Post Canal, Arkansas River, and Verdigris River between Mississippi River, Ark., and Catoosa, Okla.; use, administration, and navigation.
§ 162.100Ohio River at Louisville, KY.
§ 162.105Missouri River; administration and navigation.
§ 162.110Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
§ 162.115Keweenaw Waterway, Mich.
§ 162.117St. Marys River, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
§ 162.120Harbors on Lake Michigan.
§ 162.125Sturgeon Bay and the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisc.
§ 162.130Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; general rules.
§ 162.132Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; communications rules.
§ 162.134Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; traffic rules.
§ 162.136Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; anchorage grounds.
§ 162.138Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; speed rules.
§ 162.140Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; miscellaneous rules.
§ 162.145Monroe Harbor, Mich.
§ 162.150Maumee Bay and River, Ohio.
§ 162.155Sandusky and Huron Harbors, Ohio.
§ 162.160Vermilion, Lorain, Cleveland, Fairport, Ashtabula, and Conneaut Harbors, Ohio.
§ 162.165Buffalo and Rochester Harbors, New York.
§ 162.175Black Rock Canal and Lock at Buffalo, New York.
§ 162.195Santa Monica Bay, Calif.; restricted area.
§ 162.200Marina del Rey, Calif.; restricted area.
§ 162.205Suisun Bay, San Joaquin River, Sacramento River, and connecting waters, CA.
§ 162.210Lake Tahoe, Calif.; restricted areas along south shore.
§ 162.215Lake Tahoe, Nev.; restricted area adjacent to Nevada Beach.
§ 162.220Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and Lake Mohave (Colorado River), Ariz.-Nev.
§ 162.225Columbia and Willamette Rivers, Washington and Oregon; administration and navigation.
§ 162.230Columbia River, Wash.
§ 162.235Puget Sound Area, Wash.
§ 162.240Tongass Narrows, Alaska; navigation.
§ 162.245Kenai River, Kenai, Alaska; use, administration, and navigation.
§ 162.250Port Alexander, Alaska; speed of vessels.
§ 162.255Wrangell Narrows, Alaska; use, administration, and navigation.
§ 162.260Channel leading to San Juan Harbor, P.R.; use, administration, and navigation.
§ 162.270Restricted areas in vicinity of Maritime Administration Reserve Fleets.
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