---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 13.1156"
title: "36"
number: "13.1156"
heading: "Exceptions from vessel permit requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/13.1156"
---

# §13.1156. Exceptions from vessel permit requirement.


A vessel permit is not required in Glacier Bay when:

- (a) A motor vessel is engaged in official, non-commercial business of the State or Federal Government;
- (b) A motor vessel is operating in Bartlett Cove waters east of a line extending from the long axis of the fuel dock to the wilderness boundary of Lester Island;
- (c) One motor vessel is launched from a motor vessel that has a permit and only while the authorized motor vessel remains at anchor or operated in accordance with a concession agreement from a permitted motor vessel while that vessel is not underway;
- (d) A commercial fishing vessel authorized under this subpart is actually engaged in commercial fishing; or
- (e) **A vessel is granted safe harbor by the superintendent.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. ; 54 U.S.C. 100101, 100751, 320102; Sec. 13.1204 also issued under Pub. L. 104-333, Sec. 1035, 110 Stat. 4240, November 12, 1996.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 69333, Nov. 30, 2006, unless otherwise noted.