33 CFR 100.01
§ 100.01 Purpose and intent.
United States · 33 CFR — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Status: effective
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- 33 CFR 100.01, § 100.01 Purpose and intent, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/150088
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(a) The purpose of the regulations in this part is to provide effective control over regattas and marine parades conducted on the navigable waters of the United States so as to insure safety of life in the regatta or marine parade area.
(b) Geographic coordinates expressed in terms of latitude or longitude, or both, are not intended for plotting on maps or charts whose referenced horizontal datum is the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83), unless such geographic coordinates are expressly labeled NAD 83. Geographic coordinates without the NAD 83 reference may be plotted on maps or charts referenced to NAD 83 only after application of the appropriate corrections that are published on the particular map or chart being used.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.