BOATING  REGULATIONS

327.3 VESSELS

(a)  This section pertains to all vessels or watercraft, including, but not limited to, powerboats, cruisers, houseboats, sailboats, rowboats, canoes, kayaks, jet skis and any other such equipment capable of navigation on water, whether in motion or at rest.

(b)  The placement and/or operation of any vessel or watercraft for a fee or profit upon project waters or lands is prohibited except as authorized by permit, lease, license, or concession contract with the Department of the Army. This paragraph (327.3)(b) shall not apply to the operation of commercial tows or passenger carrying vessels not based at a Corps project which utilizes project waters as a link in continuous transit over navigable waters of the Unites States.

(c)  Vessels or other watercraft may be operated on the project waters, except in prohibited or restricted areas, in accordance with posted regulations, including buoys, and applicable Federal, state and local laws, as regulated by authorized enforcement officials. All vessels or watercraft so required by applicable Federal, state and local laws shall display an appropriate registration on board whenever the vessel is operated on project waters.

(d)  The operation of vessels or other watercraft in a careless, negligent or reckless manner so as to endanger any property or person (including the operator and/or user(s) of the vessel or watercraft) is prohibited.

(e)  All vessels, when is use, shall have safety equipment, including personal flotation devises, on board in compliance with U.S. Coast Guard boating safety requirements (Coast Guard Pamphlet CG-290;46 CFR Parts 25, 30; 33 CFR Part 175) and in compliance with boating safety laws issued and enforced by the state in which the vessel is being operated.

(f) Unless otherwise permitted by Federal, state or local law, vessels or other watercraft, while moored in commercial facilities, community or corporate docks, or at any fixed or permanent mooring point, may only be used for overnight occupancy when such use is incidental to recreational boating. Vessels or other watercraft are not to be used as a place of habitation or residence.

(g)  Water skis, parasails, ski-kites and similar devices are permitted in non-restricted areas except that they may not be used in a careless, negligent, or reckless manner so as to endanger any property or person (including the user and/or operator of the towing vessel). The placing of floating or stationary mooring facilities on, adjacent to, or interfering with a buoy, channel marker or other navigational aid is prohibited.

(h) The use at a project of any vessel not constructed or maintained in compliance with the standards and requirements established by the Federal Safe Boating Act of 1971 (Public-Law 92-75, 85 Stat. 213), or promulgated pursuant to such act, is prohibited.

(i) Except as authorized by the district Engineer, no person shall operate any vessel or watercraft without a proper and effective exhaust muffler as defined by state and local laws, or with an exhaust muffler cutout open, or in any other manner which renders the exhaust muffler ineffective in muffling the sound of engine exhaust.