33 CFR § 64.01 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s64.01"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 64.01 - Purpose."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "64.01"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIDS TO NAVIGATION"
part_number: "64"
part_name: "MARKING OF STRUCTURES, SUNKEN VESSELS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "14 U.S.C. 503; 33 U.S.C. 409; 42 U.S.C. 9118; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 70034; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 78-156, 48 FR 11267, Mar. 17, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "64"
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# 64.01 Purpose.

This part prescribes rules relating to the marking of structures, sunken vessels and other obstructions for the protection of maritime navigation.