33 CFR § 70.01-1 - General provisions.

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title: "33 CFR § 70.01-1 - General provisions."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "70.01-1"
section_name: "General provisions."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIDS TO NAVIGATION"
part_number: "70"
part_name: "INTERFERENCE WITH OR DAMAGE TO AIDS TO NAVIGATION"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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# 70.01-1 General provisions.

No person, excluding the Armed Forces, shall obstruct or interfere with any aid to navigation established and maintained by the Coast Guard, or any private aid to navigation established and maintained in accordance with part 64, 66, 67, or 118 of this chapter.

[CGFR 58-17, 23 FR 3383, May 20, 1958, as amended by USCG-2022-0323, 88 FR 10028, Feb. 16, 2023]