Marking of Structures, Sunken Vessels, and other Obstructions..... Minimum lighting requirements Mooring (anchor) buoys... Mooring buoys Multiple obstruction lights. N Part 64 .67.05-20 .66.10-45 ...... 62.35 .67.01-5 Private Aids to Navigation other than Federal and State. Private aids to navigation other than State owned .66.01-45 67.40-25, 70.01-5, 70.05-5 67.35-10 Subpart 66.01 66.05-35 ...67.35-1 66.01-50 .62.63 194-123 D-01--7 SUBCHAPTER D-INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION RULES SPECIAL NOTE: Application of the 72 COLREGS to territories and possessions. a. Article III of the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisons at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), done at London, October 20, 1972, as rectified by Proces-Verbal of December 1, 1973, provides that a party may notify the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO, formerly Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization or IMCO) that it extends the application of the Convention to territory for which it is responsible for international relations. Since it is the intention of the United States that the 72 COLREGS apply to all U.S. territories and possessions to the same extent that the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1960 (60 COLREGS) (16 USC 794, TIAS 5813) previously applied, the United States has given notice to the SecretaryGeneral that the provisions of the 1972 COLREGS are applicable on July 15, 1977, to the following territories and possessions for which the United States is responsible for international relations: sensus of maritime nations rather than upon an express instrument. Because 72 COLREGS was elaborated as a treaty, and under usual treaty practice only parties are bound, there may be a period of time after the 72 COLREGS come into force during which the ships of a nation not party to 72 COLREGS might not be considered as being bound to comply with the convention. While it is most likely that the 72 COLREGS will rapidly achieve the status of customary international law, thereby obviating any concern on the part of the mariner as to whether a particular nation is a party, it does not necessarily follow that the courts in all nations will apply 72 COLREGS to the vessels of a non-party nation. In the absence of changes in their domestic law there may be certain nations that will feel compelled to continue 60 COLREGS in force, despite the coming into force of 72 COLREGS. The following nations are Contracting Parties for which 72 COLREGS will apply upon the Convention's entry into force: Palmyra Island Kingman Reef Howland Island Baker Island Jarvis Island Navassa Island b. In accordance with Article III, other parties to the Convention have notified the Secretary-General that application of 72 COLREGS is extended. These parties with their territorial extensions are listed in Table 1. TABLE 1. TERRITORIAL EXTENSIONS OF OTHER PARTIES TO 72 COLREGS Party to convention France German Democratic Republic Germany, Federal Republic Ghana Greece South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic USSR United Kingdom United States Hungary Iceland India Liberia Yugloslavia Zaire The following nations have accepted the 60 COLREGS but are not Contracting Parties to 72 COLREGS: Argentina Australia Austria Territories to which 72 COLREGS are extended Barbados Burma Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Kuwait United Kingdom Because earlier formulations COLREGS were not elaborated as treaties, they came into force by the almost simultaneous enactment of domestic legislation by the majority of maritime nations. The COLREGS were judicially considered as being customary international law, that is to say international law based upon the con Czechoslovakia Ecuador Egypt Gambia Lebanon Libyan Arab Republic Madagascar Maldives Morocco Oman Paraguay national Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) and those water upon which mariners shall comply with the Inland Navigation Rules. (b) The waters inside of the lines are Inland Rules waters. The waters outside the lines are COLREGS waters. (c) Geographic coordinates expressed in terms of latitude or longitude, or both, are not intended for plotting on maps or charts whose referenced horizontal datum is the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83), unless such geographic coordinates are expressly labeled NAD 83. Geographic coordinates without the NAD 83 reference may be plotted on maps or charts referenced to NAD 83 only after application of the appropriate corrections that are published on the particular map or chart being used. [CGD 82-029, 47 FR 19519, May 6, 1982, as amended by CGD 83-003, 48 FR 7442, Feb. 18, 1983; CGD 86-082, 52 FR 33810, Sept. 8, 1987] ATLANTIC COAST FIRST DISTRICT § 80.105 Calais, ME to Cape Small, ME. The 72 COLREGS shall apply on the harbors, bays, and inlets on the east coast of Maine from International Bridge at Calais, ME to the southwesternmost extremity of Bald Head at Cape Small. § 80.110 Casco Bay, ME. (a) A line drawn from the southwesternmost extremity of Bald Head at Cape Small to the southeasternmost extremity of Ragged Island; thence to the southern tangent of Jaquish Island thence to Little Mark Island Monument Light; thence to the northernmost extremity of Jewell Island. (b) A line drawn from the tower on Jewell Island charted in approximate position latitude 43°40.6' N. longitude 70°05.9′ W. to the northeasternmost extremity of Outer Green Island. (c) A Line drawn from the southwesternmost extremity of Outer Green Island to Ram Island Ledge Light; thence to Portland Head Light. |