CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER D—INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION RULES (parts Special Note to 82) > PART 82—72 COLREGS: INTERPRETATIVE RULES > 82.1—Purpose.

82.1—Purpose.

This part contains the interpretative rules concerning the 72 COLREGS that are adopted by the Coast Guard for the guidance of the public.

Code of Federal Regulations

[CGD 76-133, 42 FR 35792, July 11, 1977. Redesignated by CGD 81-017, 46 FR 28154, May 26, 1981]