33 CFR § 150.705 - What are the requirements for maintaining and inspecting aids to navigation?

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title: "33 CFR § 150.705 - What are the requirements for maintaining and inspecting aids to navigation?"
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "150.705"
section_name: "What are the requirements for maintaining and inspecting aids to navigation?"
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "DEEPWATER PORTS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
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# 150.705 What are the requirements for maintaining and inspecting aids to navigation?

(a) All aids to navigation must be maintained in proper operating condition at all times.

(b) The Coast Guard may inspect all aids to navigation at any time without notice.