C.F.R. » Title 33 » CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER C—AIDS TO NAVIGATION › PART 64—MARKING OF STRUCTURES, SUNKEN VESSELS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS › Subpart A—General

33 C.F.R. § 64.06

Definition of terms

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As used in this part:

Hazard to navigation means an obstruction, usually sunken, that presents sufficient danger to navigation so as to require expeditious, affirmative action such as marking, removal, or redefinition of a designated waterway to provide for navigational safety.

High seas means those waters described in § 2.32(c) of this chapter.

Markings means the lights and other signals placed on or near structures, sunken vessels, and other obstructions for the protection of navigation.

Navigable waters of the United States means those waters described in § 2.36(a) of this chapter, specifically including the waters described in § 2.22(a)(2) of this chapter.

Obstruction means anything that restricts, endangers, or interferes with navigation.

Structures means any fixed or floating obstruction, intentionally placed in the water, which may interfere with or restrict marine navigation.

[CGD 78-156, 48 FR 11267, Mar. 17, 1983. Redesignated and amended by CGD 91-031, 57 FR 43402, Sept. 21, 1992; USCG-2001-9044, 68 FR 42601, July 18, 2003; USCG-2007-27887, 72 FR 45902, Aug. 16, 2007]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2007–2018 · leading case: Drummond v. Lawley, 38 So. 3d 41 (Ala. 2009).
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Drummond v. Lawley, 38 So. 3d 41 (Ala. 2009). · cites it 4× “" 33 C.F.R. § 64.06 . Thus, when the State of Alabama placed the pier off the shore of the Park in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, it was required to equip the structure with lights that had been approved by the Coast *48 Guard.”
In re Marquette Transp. Co., LLC, 292 F. Supp. 3d 719 (E.D. La. 2018). “" 33 C.F.R. § 64.06 . The percentage of the width of the waterway which is not obstructed is significant in determining whether the waterway is obstructed under the Act.”
Am. S.S. Co. v. Hallett Dock Co., 862 F. Supp. 2d 919 (D. Minnesota 2012). “Hallett CEO, Jerry Fryberger, answered ‘Tes” when asked whether “the concrete mooring house and the concrete and rebar obstruction presented a hazard to navigation in the slip.”
Targa Midstream Servs. Ltd. P'ship v. K-Sea Transp. Partners, L.P., 527 F. Supp. 2d 598 (S.D. Tex. 2007). “See 33 C.F.R. § 64.06 (“Obstruction means anything that endangers, or interferes with navigation.”
Cenac Towing Co., Inc. & Teppco Marine Servs., L.L.C. v. Johnny Defonte, Individually & D/B/A Port Bolivar Marine Servs., Inc. (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “Coast Guard’s United States Aids to Navigation System, 33 C.F.R. § 64.06 , 66.01-5 (2013). Appellants argue that appellee’s violation of federal laws bars or reduces his recovery for the damage to 10 his dock.”
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