[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR161.11]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 161--VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A--Vessel Traffic Services
 
Sec. 161.11  VTS measures.

    (a) A VTS may issue measures or directions to enhance navigation and 
vessel safety and to protect the marine environment, such as, but not 
limited to:
    (1) Designating temporary reporting points and procedures;
    (2) Imposing vessel operating requirements; or
    (3) Establishing vessel traffic routing schemes.
    (b) During conditions of vessel congestion, restricted visibility, 
adverse weather, or other hazardous circumstances, a VTS may control, 
supervise, or otherwise manage traffic, by specifying times of entry, 
movement,

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or departure to, from, or within a VTS area.