1625-0019 Stat/Authority

§ 87.3

33 CFR Ch. I (7–1–01 Edition)

(g) A signal consisting of a square
flag having above or below it a ball or
anything resembling a ball;
(h) Flames on the vessel (as from a
burning tar barrel, oil barrel, etc.);
(i) A rocket parachute flare or a hand
flare showing a red light;
(j) A smoke signal giving off orangecolored smoke;
(k) Slowly and repeatedly raising and
lowering arms outstretched to each
side;
(l) The radiotelegraph alarm signal;
(m) The radiotelephone alarm signal;
(n) Signals transmitted by emergency position-indicating radio beacons;
(o)
Signals
transmitted
by
radiocommunication systems, including survival craft radar transponders
meeting the requirements of 47 CFR
80.1095.
(p) A high intensity white light flashing at regular intervals from 50 to 70
times per minute.
[CGD 81–007, 47 FR 16174, Apr. 15, 1982, as
amended by CGD 89–024, 55 FR 3947, Feb. 6,
1990; CGD 94–011, 63 FR 5732, Feb. 4, 1998]

§ 87.3 Exclusive use.
The use or exhibition of any of the
foregoing signals except for the purpose of indicating distress and need of
assistance and the use of other signals
which may be confused with any of the
above signals is prohibited.
[CGD 81–007, 47 FR 16174, Apr. 15, 1982]

§ 87.5 Supplemental signals.
Attention is drawn to the relevant
sections of the International Code of
Signals, the Merchant Ship Search and
Rescue Manual, the International Telecommunication Union Radio Regulations and the following signals:
(a) A piece of orange-colored canvas
with either a black square and circle or
other appropriate symbol (for identification from the air);
(b) A dye marker.
[CGD 81–007, 47 FR 16174, Apr. 15, 1982, as
amended by CGD 89–024, 55 FR 3947, Feb. 6,
1990]

PART 88—ANNEX V: PILOT RULES
Sec.
88.01

88.03 Definitions.
88.05 Copy of rules.
88.09 Temporary exemption from light and
shape requirements when operating
under bridges.
88.11 Law enforcement vessels.
88.12 Public safety activities.
88.13 Lights on moored barges.
88.15 Lights on dredge pipelines.
AUTHORITY: 33 U.S.C. 2071; 49 CFR 1.46.
SOURCE: CGD 80–158, 47 FR 16175, Apr. 15,
1982, unless otherwise noted.

§ 88.01

Purpose and applicability.

This part applies to all vessels operating on United States inland waters
and to United States vessels operating
on the Canadian waters of the Great
Lakes to the extent there is no conflict
with Canadian law.
§ 88.03

Definitions.

The terms used in this part have the
same meaning as defined in the Inland
Navigational Rules Act of 1980.
§ 88.05

Copy of rules.

After January 1, 1983, the operator of
each self-propelled vessel 12 meters or
more in length shall carry on board
and maintain for ready reference a
copy of the Inland Navigation Rules.
§ 88.09 Temporary
exemption
from
light and shape requirements when
operating under bridges.
A vessel’s navigation lights and
shapes may be lowered if necessary to
pass under a bridge.
§ 88.11

Law enforcement vessels.

(a) Law enforcement vessels may display a flashing blue light when engaged
in direct law enforcement or public
safety activities. This light must be located so that it does not interfere with
the visibility of the vessel’s navigation
lights.
(b) The blue light described in this
section may be displayed by law enforcement vessels of the United States
and the States and their political subdivisions.
[CGD 80–158, 47 FR 16175, Apr. 15, 1982, as
amended by CGD 90–032, 56 FR 33385, July 22,
1991]

Purpose and applicability.

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Coast Guard, DOT
§ 88.12

§ 88.13

Public safety activities.

(a) Vessels engaged in government
sanctioned public safety activities, and
commercial vessels performing similar
functions, may display an alternately
flashing red and yellow light signal.
This identification light signal must be
located so that it does not interfere
with the visibility of the vessel’s navigation lights. The identification light
signal may be used only as an identification signal and conveys no special
privilege. Vessels using the identification light signal during public safety
activities must abide by the Inland
Navigation Rules, and must not presume that the light or the exigency
gives them precedence or right of way.
(b) Public safety activities include
but are not limited to patrolling marine parades, regattas, or special water
celebrations; traffic control; salvage;
firefighting; medical assistance; assisting disabled vessels; and search and
rescue.
[CGD 90–032, 56 FR 33386, July 22, 1991]

§ 88.13

Lights on moored barges.

(a) The following barges shall display
at night and if practicable in periods of
restricted visibility the lights described in paragraph (b) of this section:
(1) Every barge projecting into a
buoyed or restricted channel.
(2) Every barge so moored that it reduces the available navigable width of
any channel to less than 80 meters.
(3) Barges moored in groups more
than two barges wide or to a maximum
width of over 25 meters.
(4) Every barge not moored parallel
to the bank or dock.
(b) Barges described in paragraph (a)
of this section shall carry two unobstructed all-round white lights of an
intensity to be visible for at least 1
nautical mile and meeting the technical requirements as prescribed in
§ 84.15 of this chapter.
(c) A barge or group of barges at anchor or made fast to one or more mooring buoys or other similar device, in
lieu of the provisions of Inland Navigation Rule 30, may carry unobstructed
all-round white lights of an intensity
to be visible for at least 1 nautical mile
that meet the requirements of § 84.15 of

this chapter and shall be arranged as
follows:
(1) Any barge that projects from a
group formation, shall be lighted on its
outboard corners.
(2) On a single barge moored in water
where other vessels normally navigate
on both sides of the barge, lights shall
be placed to mark the corner extremities of the barge.
(3) On barges moored in group formation, moored in water where other vessels normally navigate on both sides of
the group, lights shall be placed to
mark the corner extremities of the
group.
(d) The following are exempt from
the requirements of this section:
(1) A barge or group of barges moored
in a slip or slough used primarily for
mooring purposes.
(2) A barge or group of barges moored
behind a pierhead.
(3) A barge less than 20 meters in
length when moored in a special anchorage area designated in accordance
with § 109.10 of this chapter.
(e) Barges moored in well-illuminated areas are exempt from the lighting requirements of this section. These
areas are as follows:
CHICAGO SANITARY SHIP CANAL
(1) Mile 293.2 to 293.9
(3) Mile 295.2 to 296.1
(5) Mile 297.5 to 297.8
(7) Mile 298 to 298.2
(9) Mile 298.6 to 298.8
(11) Mile 299.3 to 299.4
(13) Mile 299.8 to 300.5
(15) Mile 303 to 303.2
(17) Mile 303.7 to 303.9
(19) Mile 305.7 to 305.8
(21) Mile 310.7 to 310.9
(23) Mile 311 to 311.2
(25) Mile 312.5 to 312.6
(27) Mile 313.8 to 314.2
(29) Mile 314.6
(31) Mile 314.8 to 315.3
(33) Mile 315.7 to 316
(35) Mile 316.8
(37) Mile 316.85 to 317.05
(39) Mile 317.5
(41) Mile 318.4 to 318.9
(43) Mile 318.7 to 318.8
(45) Mile 320 to 320.3
(47) Mile 320.6
(49) Mile 322.3 to 322.4
(51) Mile 322.8
(53) Mile 322.9 to 327.2

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§ 88.15

33 CFR Ch. I (7–1–01 Edition)
CALUMET SAG CHANNEL

PART 89—INLAND NAVIGATION
RULES: IMPLEMENTING RULES

(61) Mile 316.5
LITTLE CALUMET RIVER

Subpart A—Certificate of Alternative
Compliance

(71) Mile 321.2
(73) Mile 322.3

Sec.
89.1 Definitions.
89.3 General.
89.5 Application for a Certificate of Alternative Compliance.
89.9 Certificate of Alternative Compliance:
Contents.
89.17 Certificate of Alternative Compliance:
Termination.
89.18 Record of certification of vessels of
special construction or purpose.

CALUMET RIVER
(81)
(83)
(85)
(87)
(89)
(91)

Mile
Mile
Mile
Mile
Mile
Mile

328.5 to 328.7
329.2 to 329.4
330 west bank to 330.2
331.4 to 331.6
332.2 to 332.4
332.6 to 332.8
CUMBERLAND RIVER

Subpart B—Waters Upon Which Certain
Inland Navigation Rules Apply

(101) Mile 126.8
(103) Mile 191
[CGD 80–158, 47 FR 16175, Apr. 15, 1982, as
amended by CGD 94–011, 63 FR 5732, Feb. 4,
1998]

§ 88.15

Lights on dredge pipelines.

Dredge pipelines that are floating or
supported on trestles shall display the
following lights at night and in periods
of restricted visibility.
(a) One row of yellow lights. The
lights must be:
(1) Flashing 50 to 70 times per
minute,
(2) Visible all around the horizon,
(3) Visible for at least 2 miles on a
clear dark night,
(4) Not less than 1 and not more than
3.5 meters above the water,
(5) Approximately equally spaced,
and
(6) Not more than 10 meters apart
where the pipeline crosses a navigable
channel. Where the pipeline does not
cross a navigable channel the lights
must be sufficient in number to clearly
show the pipeline’s length and course.
(b) Two red lights at each end of the
pipeline, including the ends in a channel where the pipeline is separated to
allow vessels to pass (whether open or
closed). The lights must be:
(1) Visible all around the horizon, and
(2) Visible for at least 2 miles on a
clear dark night, and
(3) One meter apart in a vertical line
with the lower light at the same height
above the water as the flashing yellow
light.

89.21 Purpose.
89.23 Definitions.
89.25 Waters upon which Inland Rules
9(a)(ii), 14(d), and 15(b) apply.
89.27 Waters upon which Inland Rule 24(i)
applies.
AUTHORITY:
1.46(n)(14).

33

U.S.C.

2071;

49

CFR

SOURCE: CGD 80–157, 47 FR 13801, Apr. 1,
1982, unless otherwise noted.

Subpart A—Certificate of
Alternative Compliance
§ 89.1 Definitions.
As used in this subpart:
Inland Rules refers to the Inland
Navigation Rules contained in the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980
(Pub. L. 96–591) and the technical annexes established under that act.
A vessel of special construction or purpose means a vessel designed or modified to perform a special function and
whose arrangement is thereby made
relatively inflexible.
Interference with the special function of
the vessel occurs when installation or
use of lights, shapes, or sound-signaling appliances under the Inland
Rules prevents or significantly hinders
the operation in which the vessel is
usually engaged.
[CGD 80–157, 47 FR 13801, Apr. 1, 1982, as
amended by CGD 83–028, 49 FR 33876, Aug. 27,
1984]

§ 89.3 General.
Vessels of special construction or
purpose which cannot fully comply

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