Sec. 80.1001  Applicability.

    The Bridge-to-Bridge Act and the regulations of this part apply to 
the following vessels in the navigable waters of the United States:
    (a) Every power-driven vessel of 20 meters or over in length while 
navigating;
    (b) Every vessel of 100 gross tons and upward carrying one or more 
passengers for hire while navigating;
    (c) Every towing vessel of 7.8 meters (26 feet) or over in length, 
measured from end to end over the deck excluding sheer, while 
navigating; and
    (d) Every dredge and floating plant engaged, in or near a channel or 
fairway, in operations likely to restrict or affect navigation of other 
vessels. An unmanned or intermittently manned floating plant under the 
control of a dredge shall not be required to have a separate 
radiotelephone capability.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  57 FR 61012 , Dec. 23, 1992; 
 58 FR 44954 , Aug. 25, 1993]

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