---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 117.23"
title: "33"
number: "117.23"
heading: "Installation of radiotelephones."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/117.23"
---

# §117.23. Installation of radiotelephones.

- (a) When the District Commander deems it necessary for reasons of safety of navigation, the District Commander may require the installation and operation or a radiotelephone on or near a drawbridge.
- (b) **The District Commander gives written notice of the proposed requirement to the bridge owner.**
- (c) All comments the owner wishes to submit shall be submitted to the District Commander within 30 days of receipt of the notice under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (d) If, upon consideration of the comments received, the District Commander determines that a radiotelephone is necessary, the District Commander notifies the bridge owner that a radiotelephone shall be installed and gives a reasonable time, not to exceed six months, to install the radiotelephone and commence operation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05-1; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted.