§ 409. Obstruction of navigable waters by vessels; floating timber; marking and removal of sunken vessels

An Act to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2005, to amend various laws administered by the Coast Guard, and for other purposes

To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources and the improvement and rehabilitation of the Nation’s water resources infrastructure

Liability of masters, pilots, etc., and of vessels engaged in violations

Exception as to floating loose timber, sack rafts, etc.; violation of regulations; penalty

High seas.

Notice

Thirty-day notice requesting comments

Final rule

Notice of proposed rulemaking

Final rule

Sixty-Day notice requesting comments

Final rule

Sixty-day notice requesting comments

Final rule

Notice of correction

Thirty-day notice requesting comments

Request for comments

Final special conditions; request for comments; correction

Final rule

Thirty-day notice requesting comments

Final rule

60-Day notice requesting comments

Notice of proposed rulemaking

That it shall not be lawful to tie up or anchor vessels or other craft in navigable channels in such a manner as to prevent or obstruct the passage of other vessels or craft; or to sink, or permit or cause to be sunk, vessels or other craft in navigable channels; or to float loose timber and logs, or to float what is known as sack rafts of timber and logs in streams or channels actually navigated by steamboats in such manners as to obstruct, impede, or endanger navigation. And whenever a vessel, raft, or other craft is wrecked and sunk in a navigable channel, it shall be the duty of the owner, lessee, or operator of such sunken craft to immediately mark it with a buoy or beacon during the day and, unless otherwise granted a waiver by the Commandant of the Coast Guard, a light at night, and to maintain such marks until the sunken craft is removed or abandoned, and the neglect or failure of the said owner, lessee, or operator so to do shall be unlawful; and it shall be the duty of the owner, lessee, or operator of such sunken craft to commence the immediate removal of the same, and prosecute such removal diligently, and failure to do so shall be considered as an abandonment of such craft and subject the same to removal by the United States as hereinafter provided for. The Commandant of the Coast Guard may waive the requirement to mark a wrecked vessel, raft, or other craft with a light at night if the Commandant determines that placing a light would be impractical and granting such a waiver would not create an undue hazard to navigation.