CHAPTER III-CORPS OF ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Part 311 312 313 322 324 325 Public use of certain reservoir areas. Prohibition of discriminatory practices in water resource development proj ects. Water resource development projects having joint regulations. Public use of Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge and Great Salt Plains Public use of Cheatham Reservoir Area, Tennessee. 326 Public use of certain navigable Reservoir areas. NOTE: Other regulations issued by the Department of the Army appear in Title 5, Chapter II, Title 32, Chapters V and XI, and Title 33, Chapter II. Tionesta Reservoir Area, Tionesta Creek. Youghiogheny River Reservoir Area, Youghiogheny River. South Carolina Clark Hill Reservoir Area, Savannah River. Hartwell Reservoir, Savannah River. South Dakota Big Bend Dam-Lake Sharpe, Missouri River. Oahe Reservoir Area, Missouri River. Tennessee Center Hill Reservoir Area, Caney Fork River. Bardwell Reservoir Area, Waxahachie Creek. Canyon Reservoir Area, Guadalupe River. Lavon Reservoir Area, East Fork Trinity Navarro Mills Reservoir Area, Richland Creek. Pat Mayse Reservoir Area, Sanders Creek. Proctor Reservoir Area, Leon River. San Angelo Reservoir Area, North Concho River. Somerville Reservoir Area, Yegua Creek. Texarkana Reservoir Area, Sulphur River. Vermont Ball Mountain Reservoir Area, West River. North Hartland Reservoir Area, Ottauquechee River. North Springfield Reservoir Area, Black River. Townshend Reservoir Area, West River. Union Village Reservoir Area, Ompompanoosuc River. Virginia Bluestone Reservoir Area, New River. John H. Kerr Reservoir Area, Roanoke River. John W. Flannagan Reservoir Area, Pound River. North Fork of Pound Reservoir Area, North Fork of Pound River. Philpott Reservoir Area, Smith River. Washington Chief Joseph Reservoir Area, Columbia River. West Virginia Bluestone Reservoir Area, New River. Summersville Reservoir Area, Gauley River. Sutton Reservoir Area, Elk River. NOTE: For amendments to this section, see the List of Sections Affected. § 311.2 Boats, commercial. No boat, barge or other vessel shall be placed upon or operated upon any water of the reservoir for a fee or profit, either as a direct charge to a second party or as an incident to other services provided to the second party, except as specifically authorized by lease, license, or concession contract with the Department of the Army. § 311.3 Boats and other vessels, private. (a) The operation of boats, houseboats, cabin cruisers and other vessels on the reservoir for fishing and recreational use is permitted except in prohibited areas designated by the District Engineer in charge of the reservoir area and subject to the regulations contained in this part. (b) Except for the reservoirs listed in this paragraph and those reservoirs covered in this part where the boat or other vessel is registered and displays a valid State or U.S. Coast Guard number for the type of vessel in use, a permit shall be obtained from the District Engineer or his authorized representative for placing and operating a vessel on the reservoir for any one period longer than 3 days. No charge will be made for this permit. The permit shall be kept aboard the vessel at all times that the vessel is in operation on the reservoir. The District Engineer in charge of the area or his authorized representative shall have authority to revoke the permit and to require removal of the vessel upon failure of the permittee to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit or with the regulations in this part. IDAHO Albeni Falls Reservoir Area, Pend Oreille River. WASHINGTON Chief Joseph Reservoir Area, Columbia River. (c) Unsafe boats or other vessels will not be permitted on the reservoir. The District Engineer may require the applicant for a permit to furnish the construction plans and other information pertaining to the construction and equipment of the boat or other vessel prior to issuing a permit for its operation on the reservoir. All boats permitted on the reservoir shall be equipped for safe operation and operated in a safe manner in accordance with instructions issued by the District Engineer. These instructions may provide that the operation of speed boats and water skiing activities shall be confined to areas of water designated by the District Engineer for such activities. houseboats, (d) Boathouses, cabin cruisers and other vessels may be placed and operated on the reservoirs, except that such facility shall not be utilized for human habitation at a fixed or permanent mooring point and if equipped with toilets and galleys shall not be placed on reservoirs with small permanent pools. Such vessels may be barred from other reservoirs by the District Engineer with the concurrence of the Chief of Engineers in those reservoirs in which the waters thereof are used for domestic water supply when the District Engineer determines that such use is contrary to the public health and safety. [24 F.R. 8496, Oct. 21, 1959, as amended at 32 F.R. 13280, Sept. 20, 1967] § 311.4 Mooring, care and sanitation of boats and floating facilities. (a) All boats or other vessels when not in actual use must be either removed from the reservoir, securely moored at authorized docks or boathouses where supervision by the owner or his representative is provided on a 24-hour-day basis, or placed in the care of a marina concessionare, State or local managing agency or other party authorized to care for floating equipment on a 24-hour-day basis. (b) All boats, barges and other vessels or floating facilities will be moored only in locations designated by the District Engineer or his designated representative. All floating or stationary mooring facilities will be constructed in accordance with plans and a permit approved by the District Engineer or his designated representative. He shall have authority to revoke such permit and require removal of the facility for failure of the permittee to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit or with the regulations in this part. (c) The discharge of sewage, garbage or other pollutant in the waters of the reservoir from any boat, barge or other vessel on the reservoir is prohibited ex |