33 CFR § 64.16 - Duration of marking on sunken vessels in navigable waters.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s64.16"
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title: "33 CFR § 64.16 - Duration of marking on sunken vessels in navigable waters."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "64.16"
section_name: "Duration of marking on sunken vessels in navigable waters."
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"
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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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# 64.16 Duration of marking on sunken vessels in navigable waters.

Markings shall be maintained until:

(a) The sunken vessel or other obstruction is removed; or

(b) The right of the owner to abandon is legally established and exercised.

Notices of abandonment of sunken vessels or other obstructions will not be accepted by the Coast Guard. Any notice of intention to abandon should be addressed to the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, within whose district the sunken vessel or other obstruction is located.