LAC 46:LXX.301. Authority

A. As mandated by R.S. 34:945.C.l, these rules and regulations are issued in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act under R.S. 49:950 et seq., for the purpose of establishing minimum standards of conduct for bar pilots and for the proper and safe pilotage of sea-going vessels into and out of the entrance of the Mississippi River and into and out of the entrances of all other waterways connecting the Port of New Orleans with outside waters of the Gulf of America, including the entrance of the New Orleans Tidewater Channel at the western shore of the Chandeleur Sound off Point Chicot.