33 CFR § 162.140 - Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; miscellaneous rules.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s162.140"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 162.140 - Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; miscellaneous rules."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "162.140"
section_name: "Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; miscellaneous rules."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "P"
subchapter_name: "PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY"
part_number: "162"
part_name: "INLAND WATERWAYS NAVIGATION REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 70034; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3."
regulatory_source: "CGD 75-082, 42 FR 51759, Sept. 29, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "162"
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# 162.140 Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; miscellaneous rules.
(a) *Rules for towing vessels.* (1) A towing vessel may drop or anchor its tows only in accordance with the provisions of § 162.136.
(2) A towing vessel engaged in arranging its tow shall not obstruct the navigation of other vessels.
(b) *Pilots.* In the St. Clair River between Lake Huron Cut Lighted Buoy 1 and Port Huron Traffic Lighted Buoy, vessels shall not take on, discharge, or exchange pilots unless weather conditions would make the maneuver unsafe in the customary pilot area.
[CGD 78-151, 49 FR 18302, Apr. 30, 1984]