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33 CFR 149.565: What are the required characteristics and intensity of lights on buoys used to define traffic lanes?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER NN—DEEPWATER PORTS
- PART 149—DEEPWATER PORTS: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPMENT
- Subpart E—Aids to Navigation
(a) The buoy's light color that defines the lateral boundaries of a traffic lane must comply with the buoy color schemes in § 62.25 of this chapter.
(b) The buoy light may be fixed or flashing. If it is flashing, it must flash at intervals of not more than 6 seconds.
(c) Buoy lights must have an effective intensity of at least 25 candela.
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