§ 66.01-1 Basic provisions.

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Title 33 CFR: Navigation and Navigable Waters › Chapter I: COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY › Part 66: PRIVATE AIDS TO NAVIGATION › Subpart 66.01: Subpart 66.01—Aids to Navigation Other Than Federal or State › § 66.01-1: § 66.01-1 Basic provisions.

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(a) No person, public body, or instrumentality not under the control of the Commandant, exclusive of the Armed Forces, will establish and maintain, discontinue, change or transfer ownership of any aid to maritime navigation, without first obtaining permission to do so from the Commandant.

(b) For the purposes of this subpart, the term private aids to navigation includes all marine aids to navigation operated in the navigable waters of the United States other than those operated by the Federal Government (part 62 of this subchapter) or those operated in State waters for private aids to navigation (subpart 66.05).

(c) Coast Guard authorization of a private aid to navigation does not authorize any invasion of private rights, nor grant any exclusive privileges, nor does it obviate the necessity of complying with any other Federal, State or local laws or regulations.

[CGFR 68-152, 33 FR 19816, Dec. 27, 1968, as amended by CGD 85-057, 51 FR 11448, Apr. 3, 1986; USCG-2009-0416, 74 FR 27437, June 10, 2009; USCG-2012-0306, 77 FR 37312, June 21, 2012; USCG-2005-21869, 80 FR 5330, Jan. 30, 2015]

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