(a) Personal watercraft (PWC) may be operated within Cape Lookout National Seashore only under the following conditions:
(1) PWC must be operated at flat-wake speed;
(2) PWC must travel perpendicular to shore;
(3) PWC may only be operated within the seashore to access the following sound side special use areas:
(i) North Core Banks: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Ocracoke Inlet....................... Wallace Channel dock to the
demarcation line in Ocracoke
Inlet near Milepost 1.(B) Milepost 11B......................... Existing sound-side dock at
mile post 11B approximately
4 miles north of Long Point.(C) Long Point........................... Ferry landing at the Long
Point Cabin area.(D) Old Drum Inlet....................... Sound-side beach near
Milepost 19 (as designated
by signs), approximately \1/
2\ mile north of Old Drum
inlet (adjacent to the cross-
over route) encompassing
approximately 50 feet.------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) South Core Banks: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) New Drum Inlet....................... Sound-side beach near
Milepost 23 (as designated
by signs), approximately \1/
4\ mile long, beginning
approximately \1/2\ mile
south of New Drum Inlet.(B) Great Island Access.................. Carly Dock at Great Island
Camp, near Milepost 30
(noted as Island South Core
Banks-Great Island on map).------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii) Cape Lookout: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Lighthouse Area North................ A zone 300 feet north of the
NPS dock at the lighthouse
ferry dock near Milepost 41.(B) Lighthouse Area South................ Sound-side beach 100 feet
south of the ``summer
kitchen'' to 200 feet north
of the Cape Lookout
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Center Dock.(C) Power Squadron Spit.................. Sound-side beach at Power
Squadron Spit across from
rock jetty to end of the
spit.------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv) Shackleford Banks: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) West End Access...................... Sound-side beach from Whale
Creek west to Beaufort
Inlet, except the area
between the Wade Shores
toilet facility and the
passenger ferry dock.------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) The Superintendent may temporarily limit, restrict or terminate access to the areas designated for PWC use after taking into consideration public health and safety, natural and cultural resource protection, and other management activities and objectives. [71 FR 53031, Sept. 8, 2006]