---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 167.1"
title: "33"
number: "167.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/167.1"
---

# §167.1. Purpose.


The purpose of the regulations in this part is to establish and designate traffic separation schemes and precautionary areas to provide access routes for vessels proceeding to and from U.S. ports.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70001, 70003; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.0.

### Source

Source: CGD 81-080, 48 FR 36456, Aug. 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted.