33 CFR § 64.13 - Approval for waiver of markings.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s64.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 64.13 - Approval for waiver of markings."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "64.13"
section_name: "Approval for waiver of markings."
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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# 64.13 Approval for waiver of markings.
(a) Owners and/or operators of sunken vessels, rafts or other craft sunk in navigable waters may apply to the District Commander, in whose jurisdiction the vessel, raft, or other craft is located, for a waiver of the requirement to mark them with a light at night as required under § 64.11(a) of this subpart. Information on how to contact the District Commander is available at *http://www.uscg.mil/top/units.*
(b) The District Commander may grant a waiver if it is determined that—
(1) Marking the wrecked vessel, raft or other craft with a light at night would be impractical, and
(2) The granting of such a waiver would not create an undue hazard to navigation.
[USCG-2012-0054, 78 FR 77590, Dec. 24, 2013]