[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR150.345]

[Page 224-225]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 150--OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C--Vessel Navigation
 
Sec. 150.345  Regulated vessel activities.

    (a) Vessel activities permitted and prohibited at deepwater ports, 
controls on those activities, and the specific safety zone areas in 
which the controls apply are listed in Table 150.345(a).

    Table 150.345(a)--Regulated Vessel Activities at Deepwater Ports
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Safety zone
                                  --------------------------------------
                                   Areas to be
   Regulated vessel activities       avoided                  Remaining
                                   around each   Anchorage    portion of
                                   PPC and SPM      area     safety zone
                                       \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tankers calling at port..........            C            C            C
Support vessel movements.........            C            C            C
Transit by vessels other than                N            P            P
 tankers or support vessels......
Mooring to SPM by vessels other              F  ...........
 than tankers or support vessels.
Anchoring by vessels other than              N       F or P            N
 tankers or support vessels......

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Fishing, including bottom trawl              N            P            P
 (shrimping).....................
Mobile drilling operations of                N            N            N
 erection of structures \2\......
Lightering/transshipment \3\.....            N            N            N
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The radius of areas to be avoided around each PPC is 600 meters and
  around each SPM is 500 meters.
\2\ Not part of Port Installation.
\3\ Exception, 33 CFR 150.423(e).

Note: The person in charge of any vessel planning to enter a safety zone
  should contact the port Vessel Traffic Supervisor on Ch. 10 VHF-FM
  before entry and comply with that person's instructions.

Key to regulated activities: F--Force majeure. N--Not permitted. C--
  Tankers calling at port and support vessel movements: Permitted when
  cleared by vessel traffic supervisor. P--Vessels other than tankers or
  support vessels: Permitted when not in immediate area in tanker,
  clearance by vessel traffic supervisor required. Communications with
  vessel traffic supervisor required. For transiting foreign flag
  vessels, the requirement for clearance to enter the safety zone is
  advisory in nature.

    (b) A deepwater port licensee shall obtain the permission of the 
Captain of the Port having jurisdiction over that licensee's port before 
allowing any vessel activity at the port which is not listed in Table 
150.345(a) or otherwise provided for in this subpart.