Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: April 5, 2024) |
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters |
Chapter I - Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security |
SubChapter P - Ports and Waterways Safety |
Part 165 - Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas |
Subpart F - Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas |
§ 165.807 - Calcasieu River, Louisiana - regulated navigation area.
Latest version.
-
§ 165.807 Calcasieu River, Louisiana - regulated navigation area.
(a) The following is a regulated navigation area - The Calcasieu River from the Calcasieu jetties up to and including the Port of Lake Charles.
(b) Unless otherwise authorized by the Captain of the Port, Port Arthur, Texas, tows on a hawser of 1000 gross tons or greater transiting the Calcasieu River are prohibited unless such tows have a tug of sufficient horsepower made up to the tow in such a manner as to insure that complete and effective control is maintained at all times. Inbound vessels only, may shift the tow or pick up an additional tug within 100 yards inside the entrance jetties provided that such action is necessary for reasons for prudent seamanship.
[CGD8-83-09, 49 FR 35500, Sept. 10, 1984]