§ 3.24 - Regulation of personal water-craft (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 UseNameWater typeStateAmistad 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 Recreation Area Impounded LakeCA

(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 UseNameWater typeStateI. National Seashores:Assateague Island National SeashoreOpen Ocean/BayMD/VACape Cod National SeashoreOpen Ocean/Bay MACape Lookout National SeashoreOpen Ocean/Bay NCCumberland Island National SeashoreOpen Ocean/BayGAFire Island National SeashoreOpen Ocean/BayNYGulf Islands National SeashoreOpen Ocean/BayFL/MSPadre Island National SeashoreOpen Ocean/BayTXII. National Lakeshores:Indiana Dunes National LakeshoreNatural LakeINPictured Rocks National LakeshoreNatural LakeMIIII. National Recreation Area: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaRiverPA/NJIV. National Preserve: Big Thicket National Preserve RiverTX