43 CFR § 423.36 - Swimming.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s423.36"
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title: "43 CFR § 423.36 - Swimming."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "423.36"
section_name: "Swimming."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "423"
part_name: "PUBLIC CONDUCT ON BUREAU OF RECLAMATION FACILITIES, LANDS, AND WATERBODIES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "43 U.S.C. 373a and 373b."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 75349, Dec. 11, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 423.36 Swimming.

(a) You may swim, wade, snorkel, scuba dive, raft, or tube at your own risk in Reclamation waters, except:

(1) You may not swim past signs, fences, buoys, or barriers marking public access limits to, or within, 100 yards of Reclamation structures including, but not limited to, dams, powerplants, pumping plants, spillways, water conveyance gates, intake structures, stilling basins, and outlet works;

(2) In canals, laterals, siphons, tunnels, and drainage works;

(3) At public docks, launching sites, and designated mooring areas; or

(4) As otherwise delineated by signs or other markers.

(b) You must display an international diver down, or inland diving flag in accordance with State and U.S. Coast Guard guidelines when engaging in any underwater activities.

(c) You must not dive, jump, or swing from dams, spillways, bridges, cables, towers, or other structures.

[73 FR 75349, Dec. 11, 2008, as amended at 88 FR 80992, Nov. 21, 2023]