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33 U.S.C. § 152

Regulation of length of towlines

United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective

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33 U.S.C. § 152, Regulation of length of towlines, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/468182
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The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare regulations limiting the length of hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in tow and the length of such tows within any of the inland waters of the United States designated and defined from time to time pursuant to section 151 of this title, and such regulations shall have the force of law.

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