persons referred to by the applicant for a character reference, requesting that he furnish certain information concerning the applicant, which is supporting papers to the application.

§ 20.60-30 Report of fitness. When a candidate for enlistment submits his application for enlistment in the Coast Guard, the recruiting officer mails a copy of Coast Guard form 2678 to a former employer or school official, of the applicant, who is requested to furnish certain information concerning the applicant, which is a supporting paper to the application.

Subpart 20.65-Retiring Review Board

§ 20.65-1 Application for review. Any Coast Guard officer retired or released to inactive service, without pay, for physical disability, pursuant to the decision of a retiring board may request review of the findings and decision of such board. An application requesting a review must be in writing and addressed to the Retiring Review Board, Coast Guard Hearquarters, Washington 25, D. C. Forms for application for review may be obtained from said Board.

§ 20.65-5 Hearings and review. The Retiring Review Board will hold hearings, if necessary, and review the evidence in accordance with the procedures set forth in Part 11 of this chapter. As far as practicable the hearings of the Board will be conducted in accordance with the pertinent instructions contained in a publication known as "Coast Guard Courts and Boards, 1935." Access may be had to this publication at any Coast Guard office or unit.

§ 20.65-10 Notification. Final action in the case will be by letter to the officer requesting the review.

Subpart 20.70-Board of Review, Discharges and Dismissals

§ 20.70-1 Petition for review. A person receiving an honorable discharge certificate, Coast Guard form 2510; certificate of discharge under honorable conditions, Coast Guard form 2510A; undesirable discharge, Coast Guard form 2510B; bad conduct discharge, Coast Guard form 2510C; or dishonorable discharge, Coast Guard form 2510D, and which he deems inappropriate may petition for a review of such discharge or dismissal by submitting one copy of

Coast Guard form 10034, discharge review petition, authorized by 38 U. S. C. 693 (h) and regulations in 34 CFR Part 21, promulgated pursuant thereto, except that a dismissal by a sentence of a General Court Martial cannot be reviewed. This form will be furnished on individual request, addressed to the Board of Review, Discharges and Dismissals, Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington 25, D. C. The individual will be notified of the action taken by the board, which is final.

§ 20.70-30 Application for certificate in lieu of discharge. A person whose Discharge Certificate has been lost or destroyed without privity or procurement on his part, may make application for a certificate in lieu of discharge on Coast Guard Form 9552, which form may be obtained from the Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard. This application should be sent to the Commandant, where the application will receive consideration and either be accepted or rejected and the applicant so notified.

$ 20.70-35 Certificate in lieu of discharge (yellow). In case the applicant had received a discharge under other than honorable conditions, and should affirmative action be taken on the application for certificate in lieu of discharge, the Commandant will issue the applicant a certificate in lieu of discharge (yellow), Coast Guard form 9553A.

§ 20.70-40 Certificate in lieu of discharge (white). In case the applicant had received a discharge under honorable conditions, and in case affirmative action is taken on the application for certificate in lieu of discharge the Commandant will issue a certificate in lieu of discharge (white), Coast Guard form 9553.

Subpart 20.75-Desertion

§ 20.75-1 Declaration and reward for deserter from U. S. Coast Guard. Coast Guard form 2840, Declaration and Reward for Deserter from the U. S. Coast Guard, will be prepared and issued by Coast Guard Headquarters and Commanding officers of vessels and stations outside the continental United States after a man has been declared a deserter. A copy of this form will be sent to the Chief of Police of the city given as the home address of the deserter and to the Chief of Police or police officials in the

cities adjacent to the port in which absence occurred. A copy of this form should be presented when delivering the man described on the form.

§ 20.75-10 Notification of return of a deserter. Coast Guard form 2842, Notification of Return of a Deserter, will be prepared and issued by Coast Guard Headquarters upon the receipt of information that a deserter, for whom a reward for apprehension has been offered on the form referred to in § 20.75–1, has returned or has been apprehended. This form will be sent to the Chief of Police of the city given as the home address of the deserter, to the Chief of Police or police officials in the cities adjacent to the port in which absence occurred and such others as may be

necessary.

Subpart 20.80-Aids to Navigation

§ 20.80-1 Notice to Mariners. These notices, Coast Guard Form 2535, are mailed to the public, also posted in public places for the purpose of dissemination of information of changes in aids to navigation. The regulations in § 402.2 of this title set forth the information as to how or where copies of such notices may be obtained. Coast Guard form 2545 will be sent to addressees on Local Notice to Mariners mailing lists, yearly or whenever the list is in need of revision, by Coast Guard District Commanders for the purpose of revising the mailing lists.

$20.80-5 Distribution and sale of publications. The regulations in § 402.3 of this title indicate where copies of light and buoy lists may be obtained.

§ 20.80-10 Private aids to navigation. Any person desiring to establish a private aid to navigation or discontinue such aid shall submit Coast Guard form 2554 in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 402.4 of this title.

District Commander to persons, firms, companies or corporations owning, occupying, or operating bridges over any navigable water, to advise them concerning their responsibility relative to maintaining lights on bridges for the security of navigation.

§ 20.85-5 Approval of fog signals. The regulations in § 403.1 of this title require that when the Engineer Department of the War Department has issued regulations requiring such signals, the District Commander of the district in which the structure is located, shall pass upon the size, weight, tone, and characteristic of the bell, or the efficiency and characteristic of any other signal. The District Commander will give notification of his decision.

§ 20.85-10 Approval of bridge lights. Approval of lights and other signals required by 34 Stat. 85, as amended (33 U.S.C. 494), must be obtained from the Commander of the Coast Guard District in which the structure is located. Applications for approval shall be by letter addressed to the District Commander of the appropriate district in accordance with the requirements set forth in § 403.1 of this title. The applicant will be notified of the decision of the District Commander.

§ 20.85-20 Visibility of lights. Lights required by the regulations in § 403.1 of this title shall be located with colors and arcs of illumination as specified, and of such power as in the opinion of the Commandant is required for the safety of navigation.

§ 20.85-30 Lights on sheer booms. The color and characteristics of the lights required by § 403.1 of this title shall be determined by the District Commander, with the approval of the Commandant.

§ 20.85-40 Bridges infrequently used and unusual cases. (a) Bridges infrequently used, may on the recommendation of the proper District Commander, with the approval of the Commandant, be exempted from certain provisions of Part 403 of this title, provided such lights as may in the opinion of the appropriate District Commander be maintained for the security of navigation.

(b) The lighting of structures not covered by the regulations in Part 403 of this title shall be referred to the Commandant for his decision. In special

cases the Commandant may, in his discretion, if satisfied that the safety of navigation is adequately protected, waive or modify the requirements of the regulations in Part 403 of this title.

§ 20.85-50 Additional lights on high bridges without draws. The regulations in § 403.2 of this title provide that additional lights may be required upon the recommendation of the proper District Commander, with the approval of the Commandant.

§ 20.85-60 Draw span of deck and half-through bridge. The regulations in § 403.3 of this title provide that where there is but one permanent channel passing beneath the bridge, the lighting

of the unused channel may be omitted with the permission of the proper District Commander.

§ 20.85-70 Appeals. An applicant may appeal the decision of a District Commander to the Commandant, United States Coast Guard, within 30 days from the date of disapproval by letter or such other means as he desires. The decision of the Commandant is final.

APPENDIX A-WAIVERS OF NAVIGATION AND VESSEL INSPECTION LAWS AND REGULATIONS

NOTE: For the text of waivers of navigation and vessel inspection laws and regulations, see Appendix A to Chapter I of Title 46.

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202.25 The Port of New York. 202.42 Brunswick River near Wilmington, N. C. [Added]

§ 202.14 Stonington Harbor, Conn.; special anchorage area. The following described area in the northeastern part of Stonington Harbor, Connecticut, is hereby designated as a special anchorage area wherein vessels not more than sixty-five feet in length, when at anchor, shall not be required to carry or exhibit anchor lights:

Northerly of a line beginning at the shore at a point 150 feet north of the main steamboat pier formerly owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, and extending to a point 150 feet north of the northwest

corner of said pier on a line extending from said corner to the east abutment of the railroad bridge at the head of the harbor; and easterly of the line extending from said corner to said east abutment. (Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 150; 33 U.S.C. 180) [Regs., Oct. 16, 1946 (CE 813.3— Stonington Harbor, Conn.) 11 F.R. 13111]

§ 202.15 Narragansett Bay (including Newport Harbor) and Bristol Harbor, R. I. (a) The Anchorage Grounds. All bearings are referred to true meridian.

EAST PASSAGE OF NARRAGANSETT BAY 1

(1) Anchorage A, East of Conanicut Island. To the westward of a line bearing 9° from the easternmost Dumpling to latitude 41°30′30′′ N., thence bearing 12° toward the black and red can buoy at Fiske Rock, thence bearing 311°30' from bell buoy 8A at Bishop Rock Shoal, thence bearing 351° from Rose Island Light; and to the southward of latitude

1 Chart filed with original document.

41°32'07'' N. which parallel passes through a point 130 yards north of Gould Island Light; except that anchorage is forbidden in the approach of the Jamestown Ferry within a zone 300 yards wide to the southward of a line bearing 103° from a point 100 yards north of the existing ferry landing toward the spire of Trinity Church, Newport.

NOTE 1. That portion of the area to the northward of the approach of the Jamestown Ferry shall be restricted for the anchorage of vessels of the United States Navy. In that portion of the area to the southward of the approach of the Jamestown Ferry the requirements of the Navy shall predominate.

NOTE 2. Temporary floats or buoys for marking anchors or moorings in place will be allowed in this area. Fixed mooring piles or stakes will not be allowed.

(2) Anchorage B, Coasters Harbor Island to Coggeshall Point. To the northward of a line bearing 303° from the north end of the breakwater west of Coasters Harbor Island toward the torpedo testing range buoy 1; to the eastward of a line bearing 19° from the easternmost Dumpling through bell buoy 12A northwest of Dyer Island, thence bearing 39° toward the lighted bell buoy 16 southwest of Arnold Point; to the southward of a line bearing 132° from the southeast corner of the pier at Homestead, Prudence Island; to the westward of a line bearing 205° and coinciding with the westerly limit of the prohibited area north of Coggeshall Point; and to the southward of a line bearing 132° through buoy N14A; except that anchorage is forbidden between the south limit of the cable area to Gould Island and latitude 41°32'15'' N., between latitude 41°33'12'' N. and latitude 41°33'30'' N. which parallels pass through points 490 yards south and 117 yards north of the north end of Midway Pierhead, respectively, and in the cable area opposite Coggeshall Point.

NOTE 1. In this area the requirements of the Navy shall predominate.

NOTE 2. Temporary floats or buoys for marking anchors or moorings in place will be allowed in this area. Fixed mooring piles or stakes will not be allowed.

(3) Anchorage C, Rose Island.-(i) East of Rose Island. To the westward of a line bearing 338° toward the black and red can buoy south of Gull Rocks; to the southward of a line bearing 248° through Buoy C5; to the eastward of a line bearing 158° through Mitchell Rock Buoy C3 to a point 100 yards south of

Mitchell Rock Buoy C3; and to the northward of a line bearing 68° from a point 100 yards south of Mitchell Rock Buoy C3.

(ii) North of Rose Island. To the westward of a line bearing 351° from buoy C5 through the black and red can buoy north of Gull Rocks; to the southward of a line bearing 292° from the cupola at the Naval War College; to the eastward of a line bearing 199° from bell buoy 12A northwest of Dyer Island toward the eastern most Dumpling; and to the northward of latitude 41°30'22'' N. which parallel passes through a point 230 yards north of buoy N8.

NOTE 1. In this area the requirements of the Navy shall predominate.

NOTE 2. Temporary floats or buoys for marking anchors or moorings in place will be allowed in this area. Fixed mooring piles or stakes will not be allowed.

(4) Anchorage D, West of Goat Island. To the southward of a line bearing 247° from Newport Harbor Light; to the eastward of a line bearing 176°30' from Rose Island Aero Light toward the northerly radio tower at Fort Adams; and to the northward of a line bearing 117° from the cupola with gables at Jamestown to longitude 71°20′ W., thence bearing 95° to Goat Island Shoal Light.

NOTE 1. In this area the requirements of the Navy shall predominate from May 1 to October 1, subject at all times to such adjustments as may be necessary to accommodate all classes of vessels which may require anchorage room.

NOTE 2. Temporary floats or buoys for marking anchors or moorings in place will be allowed in this area. Fixed mooring piles or stakes will not be allowed.

CODIFICATION: In § 202.15 (a), the headnote of subparagraph (5) was amended to read "Anchorage E, South of Coasters Harbor Island," and the center heading preceding subparagraph (8) was amended to read "West Passage of Narragansett Bay," by Regulations, The Adjutant General, July 1, 1946 (CE 8002121 (Narragansett Bay, R. I.)-SPEWR), 11 F.R. 7939.