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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 08.04.16.01" title_num="08" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="16" heading="Controlled Water Ski Areas.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Department may designate a controlled water ski area within the waters of the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The controlled water ski area may contain ski slalom course(s) that must meet the ski slalom requirements set by the American Water Ski Association (AWSA).</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Permits and use restrictions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A valid U.S. Army Corps permit for the area shall be obtained and be on file with the U.S. Army Corps and Maryland DNR.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The U.S. Army Corps permit holder shall have the responsibility to mark the course in accordance with their U.S. Army Corps permit.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The U.S. Army Corps permit holder has the responsibility to maintain U.S. Coast Guard approval for all markings on the course.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A controlled water ski course may be used for practice. Other uses may require separate approval from the federal, State, or local agencies.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The course shall only be used as a ski slalom course by vessels which display a DNR Ski Sticker as described in 08.04.16.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A person shall not operate or give permission to operate a vessel for the purpose of towing a water skier on the slalom ski course on Saturdays, Sundays and State Holidays between 12 noon and sunset during the months of June, July or August.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A person may not place or give permission to place a mooring buoy near the ski slalom course when the arc of the swing is closer than 200 feet to the ski slalom course as approved location in the U.S. Army Corps permit.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Only vessels displaying the DNR Ski Sticker and actively participating in water skiing on the controlled water ski course may exceed the regulated speed limit for the area.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A person may not operate or give permission to operate a vessel across or within the permitted course, when the course is in use by a vessel which displays the required sticker and is towing a skier or assisting a fallen skier on the course.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A violation of the U.S. Army Corps permit or these regulations may result in enforcement of speed limit regulations and removal of the course by the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>