[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: 33CFR160.5]

[Page 550]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 160--PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 160.5  Delegations.

    (a) District Commanders and Captains of the Ports are delegated the 
authority to establish safety zones.
    (b) Under the provisions of Sec.Sec. 6.04-1 and 6.04-6 of this 
chapter, District Commanders and Captains of the Ports have been 
delegated authority to establish security zones.
    (c) Under the provisions of Sec. 1.05-1 of this chapter, District 
Commanders have been delegated authority to establish regulated 
navigation areas.
    (d) Subject to the supervision of the cognizant Captain of the Port 
and District Commander, Commanding Officers, Vessel Traffic Services are 
delegated authority under 33 CFR 1.01-30 to discharge the duties of the 
Captain of the Port that involve directing the operation, movement, and 
anchorage of vessels within a Vessel Traffic Service area including 
management of vessel traffic within anchorages, regulated navigation 
areas and safety zones, and to enforce Vessel Traffic Service and ports 
and waterways safety regulations. This authority may be exercised by 
Vessel Traffic Center personnel. The Vessel Traffic Center may, within 
the Vessel Traffic Service area, provide information, make 
recommendations, or, to a vessel required under Part 161 of this chapter 
to participate in a Vessel Traffic Service, issue an order, including an 
order to operate or anchor as directed; require the vessel to comply 
with orders issued; specify times of entry, movement or departure; 
restrict operations as necessary for safe operation under the 
circumstances; or take other action necessary for control of the vessel 
and the safety of the port or of the marine environment.

[CGD 79-026, 48 FR 35404, Aug. 4, 1983, as amended by CGD 88-037, 53 FR 
21815, June 10, 1988; CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994]