Sec.  80.1001   Applicability.

   The Bridge-to-Bridge Act and the regulations of this part apply to the
   following vessels in the navigable waters of the United States:

   (a)  Every  power-driven  vessel  of 20 meters or over in length while
   navigating;

   (b)  Every  vessel  of  100 gross tons and upward carrying one or more
   passengers for hire while navigating;

   (c) Every towing vessel of 7.8 meters (26 feet) or over in length, measured
   from end to end over the deck excluding sheer, while navigating; and

   (d)  Every  dredge and floating plant engaged, in or near a channel or
   fairway, in operations likely to restrict or affect navigation of other
   vessels. An unmanned or intermittently manned floating plant under the
   control of a dredge shall not be required to have a separate radiotelephone
   capability.

   [ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  57 FR 61012 , Dec. 23, 1992;  58 FR 44954 , Aug. 25, 1993]