33 CFR § 143.15 - Lights and warning devices.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s143.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 143.15 - Lights and warning devices."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "143.15"
section_name: "Lights and warning devices."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "143"
part_name: "DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333(d)(1), 1348(c), 1356; 49 CFR 1.46; section 143.210 is also issued under 14 U.S.C. 946 and 31 U.S.C. 9701."
regulatory_source: "CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9382, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "143"
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# 143.15 Lights and warning devices.
(a) OCS facilities must meet the lights and warning devices requirements under part 67 of this chapter concerning aids to navigation on artificial islands and fixed structures.
(b) Vessels, including attending vessels but excluding MODUs under paragraph (a) of this section, must meet the lights and warning devices requirements under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 or under local rules provided for in Rule 1 of those Regulations.
[CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9382, Mar. 4, 1982, as amended by USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35530, June 30, 1998]