Yazoo Diversion Canal, Vicksburg, Miss., from its mouth at Kleinston Landing to Fisher Street; navigation.

(a) Signals. Vessels navigating the canal will be governed by the Pilot Rules for Western Rivers (rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries) prescribed by the U.S. Coast Guard. (See part 95 of this title.) 1 1 Part 95 was removed by CGD 82-029, 47 FR 19519, May 6, 1982. (b) Rafts. Rafts will be permitted to navigate the canal only if properly and securely assembled. Each section of a raft shall be so secured within itself as to prevent the sinking of any log, and so fastened with chains or wire rope that it cannot be separated or bag out or materially change its shape. All logs, chains, and other means used in assembling rafts shall be in good condition and of ample size and strength to accomplish their purpose. No section of a raft will be permitted to be towed unless the logs float sufficiently high in the water to make it evident that the section will not sink en route. Rafts shall not be of greater dimensions than 50 feet wide by 600 feet long, and if longer than 300 feet they shall be handled by two tugs; and in all cases they must be handled by sufficient tug power to make headway and guide the raft so as to give half the channel to passing vessels. (c) Mooring. No vessel or raft shall moor along the banks of the canal for a period longer than five days without written permission from the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, P. O. Box 60, Vicksburg, Miss. At stages below 20 feet on the canal gage no boats, barges, or rafts shall be moored or tied up abreast of or overlapping each other in the canal if the overall width exceeds 50 feet: Provided, That temporary permits may be issued at the discretion of the District Engineer for boats or barges with widths exceeding 50 feet to moor in the canal. When tied up, boats or barges shall be moored by bow and stern lines parallel to the bank and as close in as practicable. Rafts shall be secured at sufficiently close intervals to insure their not being drawn away from the bank by winds, current, or the suction of passing vessels. (d) [Reserved] (e) Refuse in canal. No person shall roll or throw any stones, ashes, cinders, barrels, logs, log butts, sawdust, shavings, refuse, or any other material into the canal or the approach thereto, or place any such material on the bank or berm so that it is liable to be rolled, thrown, or washed into the canal. (f) Preservation of works of improvement. Masters and pilots of all craft using the canal shall avoid damaging any revetment, dike, floodwall, or other work of improvement placed in or adjacent to the canal. They shall not disturb any gages or marks set as aids to navigation in the canal or approaches thereto. (g) Fairway. A clear channel not less than 175 feet wide shall at all times be left open to permit free and unobstructed navigation by all types of vessels and rafts. The District Engineer will specify the width of fairway required.