36 CFR § 13.1156 - Exceptions from vessel permit requirement.

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title: "36 CFR § 13.1156 - Exceptions from vessel permit requirement."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "13.1156"
section_name: "Exceptions from vessel permit requirement."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "13"
part_name: "NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNITS IN ALASKA"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 3101 ; 54 U.S.C. 100101, 100751, 320102; Sec. 13.1204 also issued under Pub. L. 104-333, Sec. 1035, 110 Stat. 4240, November 12, 1996."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 69333, Nov. 30, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 13.1156 Exceptions from vessel permit requirement.

A vessel permit is not required in Glacier Bay when:

(a) A motor vessel is engaged in official, non-commercial business of the State or Federal Government;

(b) A motor vessel is operating in Bartlett Cove waters east of a line extending from the long axis of the fuel dock to the wilderness boundary of Lester Island;

(c) One motor vessel is launched from a motor vessel that has a permit and only while the authorized motor vessel remains at anchor or operated in accordance with a concession agreement from a permitted motor vessel while that vessel is not underway;

(d) A commercial fishing vessel authorized under this subpart is actually engaged in commercial fishing; or

(e) A vessel is granted safe harbor by the superintendent.