Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters Changes

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1. 4/25/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (1 section changed)

   1. Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

      1. Subchapter J—Bridges

         1. Part 117 - Drawbridge Operation Regulations

            1. Subpart B - Specific Requirements

            2. New Jersey

            3. § 117.723 Hackensack River.

4/24/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (1 section changed)

1. Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

   1. Subchapter J—Bridges

      1. Part 117 - Drawbridge Operation Regulations

         1. Subpart B - Specific Requirements

            1. Florida

            2. § 117.261 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from St. Marys River to Key Largo.

   4/23/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (4 sections changed)

   1. Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

      1. Subchapter G—Regattas and Marine Parades

         1. Part 100 - Safety of Life on Navigable Waters

            1. Subpart F - Ninth Coast Guard District

            2. § 100.901 Great Lakes annual marine events.

            3. Ohio

            4. § 117.853 Sandusky Bay.

            5. Eighth Coast Guard District

            6. Ninth Coast Guard District

            7. § 165.T08-0328 Safety Zone; Matagorda Ship Channel, Port Lavaca, TX

            8. § 165.939 Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes Zone.

      2. Subchapter J—Bridges

         1. Part 117 - Drawbridge Operation Regulations

            1. Subpart B - Specific Requirements

            2. Ohio

            3. § 117.853 Sandusky Bay.

            4. Eighth Coast Guard District

            5. Ninth Coast Guard District

            6. § 165.T08-0328 Safety Zone; Matagorda Ship Channel, Port Lavaca, TX

            7. § 165.939 Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes Zone.

      3. Subchapter P—Ports and Waterways Safety

         1. Part 165 - Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

            1. Subpart F - Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

            2. Eighth Coast Guard District

            3. Ninth Coast Guard District

            4. § 165.T08-0328 Safety Zone; Matagorda Ship Channel, Port Lavaca, TX

            5. § 165.939 Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes Zone

2. 4/21/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (1 section changed)

   1. Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

      1. Subchapter P—Ports and Waterways Safety

         1. Part 165 - Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

            1. Subpart F - Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

            2. Fifth Coast Guard District

            3. § 165.T05-1093 Safety Zone; Cable Laying Corridor, Atlantic Ocean, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

3. 4/17/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (1 section changed)

   1. Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

      1. Subchapter J—Bridges

         1. Part 117 - Drawbridge Operation Regulations

            1. Subpart B - Specific Requirements

            2. New Jersey

            3. § 117.739 Passaic River.

4. 4/15/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (3 sections changed)

   1. Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

      1. Subchapter G—Regattas and Marine Parades

         1. Part 100 - Safety of Life on Navigable Waters

            1. Subpart C - Fifth Coast Guard District

            2. § 100.T599-0319 Special Local Regulation; Bush River and Otter Point Creek; Between Perryman, MD and Edgewood, MD.

5. 4/11/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (2 sections changed)

   1. Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

      1. Subchapter N—Outer Continental Shelf Activities

         1. Part 147 - Safety Zones

            1. § 147.T01-0704 Safety Zone; Empire Wind 1 Wind Farm Project Area, Outer Continental Shelf, Lease OCS-A 0512, Offshore New York and New Jersey, Atlantic Ocean.

      2. Subchapter P—Ports and Waterways Safety

         1. Part 165 - Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

            1. Subpart F - Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

            2. Seventh Coast Guard District

            3. § 165.T07-0225 Security Zone; Intracoastal Waterway, Palm Beach, FL.

6. 4/07/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (2 sections changed)

   1. Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

      1. Subchapter J—Bridges

         1. Part 117 - Drawbridge Operation Regulations

            1. Subpart B - Specific Requirements

            2. Florida

            3. § 117.287 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

            4. § 117.307T Miami River, North Fork.

               
               

4/01/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (1 section changed)

1. § 117.1093 Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic Rivers and South Menomonee and Burnham Canals.

3/31/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (2 sections changed)

1. § 160.202 Definitions.

   • § 165.T05-1007 Safety Zones, Delaware River Dredging; Marcus Hook, PA.

3/28/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (1 section changed)

1. § 165.T11-200 Safety Zone; Pier 15 Fireworks; San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA.

3/27/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (1 section changed)

1. § 165.T24-0393 Regulated navigation area; Irishtown Bend Construction, Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, OH.

3/26/2025 § 100.501 Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast Guard District.

1. § 117.723 Hackensack River.

3/24/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (1 section changed)

1. § 117.853 Sandusky Bay.

3/17/2025 Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters (46 sections changed)

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2. Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security

   1. Subchapter A—General

      1. Part 3 - Coast Guard Areas, Districts, Sectors, Marine Inspection Zones, and Captain of the Port Zones

         1. Subpart 3.35 - Seventh Coast Guard District

            1. § 3.35-1 Seventh district.

         2. Subpart 3.40 - Eighth Coast Guard District

            1. § 3.40-1 Eighth district.

   2. Subchapter C—Aids to Navigation

      1. Part 62 - United States Aids to Navigation System

         1. Subpart B - The U.S. Aids to Navigation System

            1. § 62.51 Western Rivers Marking System.

      2. Part 72 - Marine Information

         1. Subpart 72.05 - Light Lists

            1. § 72.05-1 Purpose.

   3. Subchapter D—International Navigation Rules

      1. Part 80 - COLREGS Demarcation Lines

         1. Eighth District

            1. § 80.835 Point Au Fer, LA to Calcasieu Pass, LA.

   4. Subchapter G—Regattas and Marine Parades

      1. Part 100 - Safety of Life on Navigable Waters

         1. Subpart D - Seventh Coast Guard District

            1. § 100.703 Special Local Regulations; Recurring Marine Events, Sector St. Petersburg.

            2. § 100.721 Special Local Regulations; Clearwater Super Boat National Championship, Gulf of America; Clearwater Beach, FL.

         2. Subpart E - Eighth Coast Guard District

            1. § 100.801 Annual Marine Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District.

   5. Subchapter I—Anchorages

      1. Part 110 - Anchorage Regulations

         1. Subpart B - Anchorage Grounds

            1. § 110.194b Mississippi Sound and Gulf of America, near Petit Bois Island, Miss.

   6. Subchapter J—Bridges

      1. Part 117 - Drawbridge Operation Regulations

         1. Subpart A - General Requirements

            1. § 117.47 Clearance gauges.

   7. Subchapter N—Outer Continental Shelf Activities

      1. Part 147 - Safety Zones

         1. § 147.801 Boxer Platform safety zone.

         2. § 147.823 Enchilada Platform safety zone.

         3. § 147.839 Mad Dog Truss Spar Platform safety zone.

         4. § 147.847 Safety Zone; BW PIONEER Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading System Safety Zone.

         5. § 147.849 Safety Zone; Olympus Tension Leg Platform.

         6. § 147.851 Jack St. Malo Semi-Sub Facility Safety Zone.

         7. § 147.853 Petronius Compliant Tower Facility Safety Zone.

         8. § 147.855 Blind Faith Semi-Sub Facility Safety Zone.

         9. § 147.857 Tahiti SPAR Facility Safety Zone.

         10. § 147.859 Safety Zone; Gulfstar 1 SPAR, Mississippi Canyon Block 724, Outer Continental Shelf on the Gulf of America.

         11. § 147.861 Interim Big Foot TLP Construction Site safety zone.

         12. § 147.863 Turritella FPSO System Safety Zone.

         13. § 147.865 Titan SPAR Facility Safety Zone.

         14. § 147.867 Stampede TLP facility safety zone.

         15. § 147.869 Safety Zone; Appomattox FPS Facility, Outer Continental Shelf on the Gulf of America.

         16. § 147.871 Safety Zone, Constitution Spar, Outer Continental Shelf Facility, Green Canyon 680, Gulf of America.

         17. § 147.873 Safety Zone; Lucius Spar, Outer Continental Shelf Facility, Keathley Canyon 875.

         18. § 147.875 Safety Zone, Horn Mountain Spar, Outer Continental Shelf Facility, Mississippi Canyon 127.

         19. § 147.877 Safety Zone, Heidelberg Spar, Outer Continental Shelf Facility, Green Canyon 860.

         20. § 147.879 Safety Zone; Vito Floating Production System, Outer Continental Shelf Facility, Mississippi Canyon Block 939, Gulf of America

   8. Subchapter NN—Deepwater Ports

      1. Part 148 - Deepwater Ports: General

         1. Subpart A - General

            1. § 148.5 How are terms used in this subchapter defined?

      2. Part 150 - Deepwater Ports: Operations

         1. Subpart J - Safety Zones, No Anchoring Areas, and Areas To Be Avoided

            1. § 150.940 Safety zones for specific deepwater ports.

   9. Subchapter O—Pollution

      1. Part 151 - Vessels Carrying Oil, Noxious Liquid Substances, Garbage, Municipal or Commercial Waste, and Ballast Water

         1. Subpart A - Implementation of MARPOL 73/78 and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty as it Pertains to Pollution from Ships

            1. General

            2. § 151.06 Special areas.

            3. § 151.53 Special areas for Annex V of MARPOL 73/78.

            4. § 165.753 Regulated navigation area; Tampa Bay, Florida.

            5. § 165.801 Annual fireworks displays and other events in the Eighth Coast Guard District requiring safety zones.

            6. § 165.840 Regulated Navigation Area, Gulf of America: Mississippi Canyon Block 20, South of New Orleans, LA.

            7. Garbage Pollution and Sewage

            8. § 151.53 Special areas for Annex V of MARPOL 73/78.

            9. § 165.753 Regulated navigation area; Tampa Bay, Florida.

            10. § 165.801 Annual fireworks displays and other events in the Eighth Coast Guard District requiring safety zones.

            11. § 165.840 Regulated Navigation Area, Gulf of America: Mississippi Canyon Block 20, South of New Orleans, LA.

      2. Part 154 - Facilities Transferring Oil or Hazardous Material in Bulk

         1. Subpart F - Response Plans for Oil Facilities

            1. § 154.1020 Definitions.

      3. Part 155 - Oil or Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention Regulations for Vessels

         1. Subpart B - Vessel Equipment

            1. § 155.200 Definitions.

         2. Subpart D - Tank Vessel Response Plans for Oil

            1. § 155.1020 Definitions.

         3. Subpart I - Salvage and Marine Firefighting

            1. § 155.4025 Definitions.

      4. Part 156 - Oil and Hazardous Material Transfer Operations

         1. Subpart C - Lightering Zones and Operational Requirements for the Gulf of America

            1. § 156.300 Designated lightering zones.

            2. § 156.310 Prohibited areas.

   10. Subchapter P—Ports and Waterways Safety

       1. Part 162 - Inland Waterways Navigation Regulations

          1. § 162.65 All waterways tributary to the Atlantic Ocean south of Chesapeake Bay and all waterways tributary to the Gulf of America east and south of St. Marks, Fla.

          2. § 162.75 All waterways tributary to the Gulf of America (except the Mississippi River, its tributaries, South and Southwest Passes and Atchafalaya River) from St. Marks, Fla., to the Rio Grande.

       2. Part 165 - Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

          1. Subpart F - Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

             1. Seventh Coast Guard District

             2. § 165.753 Regulated navigation area; Tampa Bay, Florida.

             3. § 165.801 Annual fireworks displays and other events in the Eighth Coast Guard District requiring safety zones.

             4. § 165.840 Regulated Navigation Area, Gulf of America: Mississippi Canyon Block 20, South of New Orleans, LA.

             5. Eighth Coast Guard District

             6. § 165.801 Annual fireworks displays and other events in the Eighth Coast Guard District requiring safety zones.

             7. § 165.840 Regulated Navigation Area, Gulf of America: Mississippi Canyon Block 20, South of New Orleans, LA.

       3. Part 166 - Shipping Safety Fairways

          1. Subpart B - Designations of Fairways and Fairway Anchorages

             1. § 166.200 Shipping safety fairways and anchorage areas, Gulf of America.