[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR334.210]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
PART 334--DANGER ZONE AND RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 334.210  Chesapeake Bay, in vicinity of Tangier Island; naval guided missiles test operations area.

    (a) The danger zone--(1) Prohibited area. A circle 1,000 yards in 
radius with its center at latitude 37 deg.47'54", longitude 
76 deg.03'48".
    (2) Restricted area. A circle three nautical miles in radius with 
its center at latitude 37 deg.47'54", longitude 76 deg.03'48", excluding 
the prohibited area.
    (b) The regulations. (1) Persons, vessels or other craft shall not 
enter or remain in the prohibited area at any time unless authorized to 
do so by the enforcing agency.
    (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b)(6) of this 
section, persons, vessels or other craft shall not enter or remain in 
the restricted area when firing is or will soon be in progress unless 
authorized to do so by the enforcing agency.
    (3) Advance notice will be given of the date on which the first 
firing is to be conducted and such notice will be published in ``Notice 
to Mariners.'' Thereafter, the danger zone will be in use intermittently 
throughout the year and no further notice is contemplated that firing is 
continuing.
    (4) Warning that firing is or will soon be in progress will be 
indicated by a red flag displayed from one of six dolphin platforms on 
the perimeter of the prohibited area, and by patrol vessels within the 
danger zone or by aircraft employing the method of warning known as 
``buzzing'' which consists of low flight by the airplane and repeated 
opening and closing of the throttle. Surface or air search of the entire 
area will be made prior to the commencement of firing on each scheduled 
day. During periods of firing a patrol vessel will remain in the 
approaches to the restricted area and maintain continuous contact with 
the firing planes to warn when the area is not clear.
    (5) Upon observing the warning flag or upon receiving a warning by 
any of the patrol vessels or aircraft, persons, vessels or other craft 
shall immediately vacate the restricted area and remain outside the area 
until the conclusion of firing for the day.
    (6) This section shall not deny traverse of portions of the 
restricted area by commercial craft proceeding in established steamer 
lanes, but when firing is or will soon be in progress all such craft 
shall proceed on their normal course through the area with all 
practicable speed.
    (7) All projectiles, bombs and rockets will be fired to land within 
the prohibited area, and on or in the immediate vicinity of a target in 
the restricted area located adjacent to the west side of Tangier Island. 
The Department of the Navy will not be responsible for damages by such 
projectiles, bombs, or rockets to nets, traps, buoys, pots, fishpounds, 
stakes, or other equipment which may be located within the restricted 
area.
    (8) The regulations of this section shall be enforced by the 
Commander, Naval Air Bases, Fifth Naval District, Norfolk, Virginia, and 
such agencies as he may designate.

[13 FR 6918, Nov. 24, 1948, as amended at 22 FR 3706, May 25, 1957; 24 
FR 3760, May 6, 1959. Redesignated at 50 FR 42696, Oct. 22, 1985, as 
amended at 62 FR 17552, Apr. 10, 1997]