CHAPTER I-COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION

Part

123

SUBCHAPTER A-GENERAL

General provisions

Jurisdiction

Coast Guard areas, districts, marine inspection

zones, and captain of the port zones ........

4

OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Pa-

perwork Reduction Act

Coast Guard Auxiliary

6

Protection and security of vessels, harbors, and

waterfront facilities

56

United States Coast Guard Reserve

60

Decorations, medals, ribbons and similar devices

United States Coast Guard general gift fund

Waivers of navigation and vessel inspection laws

and regulations

61

64

65

Rules of practice, procedure, and evidence for for-

mal administrative proceedings of the Coast

Guard ......

Vessel bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone regulations

Adjustment of civil monetary penalties for infla-

Index to Subchapter A-General

92

103

108

111

52

Board for Correction of Military Records of the

Coast Guard .......

127

53

Coast Guard whistleblower protection ....

133

54

Allotments from active duty pay for certain sup-

port obligations

135

Private aids to navigation

153

67

Aids to navigation on artificial islands and fixed

structures ....

161

70

72

Interference with or damage to aids to navigation

Marine information

175

176

74

76

Charges for Coast Guard aids to navigation work

Sale and transfer of aids to navigation equipment

Index to Subchapter C-Aids to Navigation

178

179

181

SUBCHAPTER D-INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION RULES

Note: Application of the 72 COLREGS to terri-

tories and possessions ....

Annex I: Positioning and technical details of lights

and shapes

211

85

Annex II: Additional signals for fishing vessels

fishing in close proximity

215

Annex III: Technical details of sound signal appli-

Inland navigation rules: implementing rules

Inland rules: Interpretative rules ........

220

223

Index to Subchapter E-Inland Navigation Rules ...

225

SUBCHAPTER F-VESSEL OPERATING REGULATIONS

95

Operating a vessel while under the influence of al-

cohol or a dangerous drug

227

96

Rules for the safe operation of vessels and safety

management systems

229

Index to Subchapter G-Regattas and Marine Pa-

rades

309

CROSS REFERENCES: United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury: 19 CFR
Chapter I.

Coast Guard regulations relating to shipping: 46 CFR Chapter I.

Federal Communications Commission: Stations on shipboard in the maritime services: 47

CFR, part 80.

Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation: 46 CFR Chapter II.

Federal Maritime Commission: 46 CFR Chapter IV.

NOTE: Other regulations issued by the Department of Transportation appear in Titles 14,

I, II, III; 23, I, II, III; 33, I, IV; 44, IV; 46, I, II, III; 48, Chapters 12 and 63, and 49 Subtitle A,

I, II, III, IV, V, and VI.

ABBREVIATIONS:

The following abbreviations are used in this chapter:

BMC=Chief Boatswains Mate. CGFR=Coast Guard Federal Register document
number. CG=Coast Guard. EM=Electrician's Mate. LS=Lightship. NC-Flag hoist
meaning, “I am in distress and require immediate assistance." NCG=Call letters for
any Coast Guard Shore Radio Station. OAN=Aids to Navigation Division.
PTP-Training and Procurement. U.S.C.G.=United States Coast Guard.