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TITLE 14 BOATING AND WATERWAYS 7003 (3) A circle of international orange with white center will indicate a control or restriction. The nature of the control or restriction shall be indicated by words, numerals, and/or well-known abbreviations in black letters inside the circle. Additional explanation may be given above and/or below it in black letters on white background. (4) A rectangular Shape of international orange with white center will indi- cate information,other than a danger,control or restriction,which may contrib- ute to health, safety or well-being.The message will be presented within the rectangle in black letters. (c) Letters or Numbers on Waterway Markers. (1) Numbers, letters or words on a state aid to navigation or regulatory marker shall be placed in a manner to enable them to be clearly visible to an approaching or passing vessel.They shall be block style,well proportioned and as large as the available space permits. Numbers and letters on red or black backgrounds shall be white;numbers and letters on white backgrounds shall be black. (2) State aids to navigation shall be numbered or lettered for identification. Red buoys and signs marking channels shall be identified with even numbers, and green buoys and signs marking channels shall be identified with odd num- bers, the numbers increasing from the main water body or proceeding up- stream. Buoys and signs indicating the center of a waterway or a channel junction shall be identified by letters of the alphabet. All numbers and letters used to identify state aids to navigation shall be preceded by the letters"CF." (d) Reflectorized Material. Where reflectorized materials are used, a red reflector will be used on a red buoy, a green reflector on a green buoy, and white reflectors only will be used on all other waterway markers, except that orange reflectors may be used on orange portions of regulatory markers, and yellow reflectors may be used on Special Markers,as defined in Section 7002.1. NOTE:Authority cited:Section 659,Harbors and Navigation Code.Reference:Sections 650 and 659, Harbors and Navigation Code. 7002.1. Special Markers. Special markers are not primarily intended to assist navigation,but are used to indicate a special area or feature (i.e., traffic separation, anchorage areas, dredging, fish net areas, etc.) whose nature may be apparent from reference to a chart or other nautical document. (a) Aids used to mark these areas or systems will be all yellow. NOTE: Authority cited:Section 659,1larbors and Navigation Code. Reference:Sections 650,655.3, and 659, I larbors and Navigation Code. 7003. Authority to Place Markers. (a) No waterway marker shall be placed on, in, or near the waters of the State unless such placement is authorized by the agency or political subdivision of the State haying power to give such authorization,except that the provisions of this section shall notapply to private aids to navigation under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Coast Guard. (b) Such agency or political subdivision of the State will,prior to authorizing placement, obtain the necessary clearances of any federal and state agencies concerned. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to require such prior clearance with the Department. 171