---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 3.2"
title: "36"
number: "3.2"
heading: "Do other boating laws and regulations apply to me when I operate my boat on park waters?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/3.2"
---

# §3.2. Do other boating laws and regulations apply to me when I operate my boat on park waters?

- (a) In addition to the regulations contained in this part, the NPS adopts applicable laws and regulations of the United States Coast Guard. The USCG laws and regulations are found in [Title 14](/cfr/14.md) United States Code, [Title 33](/cfr/33.md) United States Code, [Title 46](/cfr/46.md) United States Code, and 33 CFR chapter [I](/cfr/33/chI.md), [46](/cfr/33/ch46.md) CFR chapter [I](/cfr/36/chI.md) and [III](/cfr/36/chIII.md) and [49](/cfr/36/ch49.md) CFR chapter IV. NPS applies the adopted laws and regulations to vessels and their operation on all waters (navigable and non-navigable) subject to NPS jurisdiction. Therefore, Federal regulations authorizing an action by the “captain of the port” or another officer or employee of the United States Coast Guard, authorize a like action by the superintendent.
- (b) Except to the extent that directives of the United States Coast Guard have expressly or implicitly preempted inconsistent state laws and regulations or as otherwise provided by [subsection (a)](#a), vessels and their operation on all waters subject to NPS jurisdiction are governed by non-conflicting boating safety laws and regulations of the State within whose interior boundaries a park area or portion thereof is located.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 54 U.S.C. 100101, 100751, 320102.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 13702, Mar. 23, 2007, unless otherwise noted.