---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 166.100"
title: "33"
number: "166.100"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/166.100"
---

# §166.100. Purpose.


The purpose of these regulations is to establish and designate shipping safety fairways and fairway anchorages to provide unobstructed approaches for vessels using U.S. ports.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 81-80a, 48 FR 30110, June 30, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70001, 70003; 49 CFR 1.46.

### Amendments

[CGD 81-80a, 48 FR 30110, June 30, 1983]