§ 423.36 - Swimming.

§ 423.36 Swimming.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 88 FR 80992, Nov. 21, 2023.

(a) You may swim, wade, snorkel, scuba dive, raft, or tube at your own risk in Reclamation waters, except:

(1) Within 300 yards of dams, power plants You may not swim past signs, fences, buoys, or barriers marking public access limits to, or within, 100 yards of Reclamation structures including, but not limited to, dams, powerplants, pumping plants, spillways, stilling basins, water conveyance gates, intake structures, stilling basins, and outlet works;

(2) Within 100 yards of buoys or barriers marking public access limits;

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In canals, laterals, siphons, tunnels, and drainage works;

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3) At public docks, launching sites, and designated mooring areas; or

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4) As otherwise delineated by signs or other markers.

(b) You must display an international diver down, or inland diving flag in accordance with State and U.S. Coast Guard guidelines when engaging in any underwater activities.

(c) You must not dive, jump, or swing from dams, spillways, bridges, cables, towers, or other structures.

[73 FR 75349, Dec. 11, 2008, as amended at 88 FR 80992, Nov. 21, 2023]