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Code · CFR · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Part 117 · § 117.1

§ 117.1. Purpose.

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(a)This part prescribes the general and special drawbridge operating regulations that apply to the drawbridges across the navigable waters of the United States and its territories. The authority to regulate drawbridges across the navigable waters of the United States is vested in the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(b)Subpart A contains the general operation requirements that apply to all drawbridges.
(c)Subpart B contains specific requirements for operation of individual drawbridges. These requirements are in addition to or vary from the general requirements in Subpart A. Specific sections in subpart B that vary from a general requirement in Subpart A supersede the general requirement. All other general requirements in Subpart A, that are not at variance, apply to the drawbridges and removable span bridges listed in Subpart B. \[USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70307, Dec. 4, 2006\]
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