33 CFR § 90.7 - Sidelights for unmanned barges.

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title: "33 CFR § 90.7 - Sidelights for unmanned barges."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "90.7"
section_name: "Sidelights for unmanned barges."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 2071; 49 CFR 1.46(n)(14)."
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# 90.7 Sidelights for unmanned barges.

An unmanned barge being towed may use the exception of COLREGS Rule 24(h). However, this exception only applies to the vertical sector requirements for sidelights.

[CGD 94-011, 63 FR 5732, Feb. 4, 1998]