[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: 33CFR161.40] [Page 574] TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED) PART 161--VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents Subpart C--Vessel Traffic Service Areas, Cooperative Vessel Traffic Service Area, Vessel Traffic Service Special Areas and Reporting Points Sec. 161.40 Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay. (a) The VTS area consists of the navigable waters of the following segments of waterways: the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) Morgan City to Port Allen Alternate Route from Mile Marker 0 to Mile Marker 5; the ICW from Mile Marker 93 west of Harvey Lock (WHL) to Mile Marker 102 WHL; the Atchafalaya River Route from Mile Marker 113 to Mile Marker 122; from Bayou Shaffer Junction (ICW Mile Marker 94.5 WHL) south one statute mile along Bayou Shaffer; and from Berwick Lock northwest one statute mile along the Lower Atchafalaya River. (b) VTS Special Area. The Berwick Bay VTS Special Area consists of those waters within a 1000 yard radius of the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge located at Mile .03 MC/PA. (c) Reporting Points. Table 161.40(c)--VTS Berwick Bay Reporting Points ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geographic Designator Geographic name description Latitude/longitude Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1............................... Stouts Pass....... Stouts Point Light 29 deg.43[min]47[s .................. ``1'' Mile 113- ec] N Atchafalaya River. 91 deg.13[min]25[s ec] W 2............................... Berwick Lock...... Mile 1.9 MC/PA.... 29 deg.43[min]10[s If transiting the ec] N Lock. 91 deg.13[min]28[s ec] W 3............................... Conrad's Point Buoy ``1'' Mile 29 deg.42[min]32[s .................. Junction. 1.5 MC/PA. ec] N 91 deg.13[min]14[s ec] W 4............................... Swift Ships Flat Mile 3 MC/PA...... 29 deg.43[min]26[s .................. Lake Junction. ec] N 91 deg.12[min]22[s ec] W 5............................... South Pacific Mile 0.3 MC/PA.... 29 deg.41[min]34[s .................. Railroad Bridge. ec] N 91 deg.12[min]44[s ec] W 6............................... 20 Grant Point Bayou Boeuf- 29 deg.41[min]18[s .................. Junction. Atchafalaya R. ec] N Mile 95.5 ICW. 91 deg.12[min]36[s ec] W 7............................... ICW............... Overhead Power 29 deg.40[min]43[s .................. Cable Mile 96.5 ec] N ICW. 91 deg.13[min]18[s ec] W 8............................... Wax Bayou Junction Light ``A'' Mile 29 deg.39[min]29[s .................. 98.2W ICW. ec] N 91 deg.14[min]46[s ec] W 9............................... Shaffer Junction.. ICW-Bayou Shaffer 29 deg.41[min]10[s .................. Mile 94.5 ICW. ec] N 91 deg.11[min]38[s ec] W ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, as amended by CGD 95-033, 60 FR 28332, May 31, 1995; USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35531, June 30, 1998]