Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Feb 06, 2026
§ 167.1 - Purpose.

The purpose of the regulations in this part is to establish and designate traffic separation schemes and precautionary areas to provide access routes for vessels proceeding to and from U.S. ports.

authority: 46 U.S.C. 70001,70003; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.0
source: CGD 81-080, 48 FR 36456, Aug. 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 167.1