[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: 33CFR161.25]

[Page 568]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 161--VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Vessel Traffic Service and Vessel Movement Reporting System 
                       Areas and Reporting Points
 
Sec. 161.25  Vessel Traffic Service New York Area.

    Note: All geographic coordinates contained in part 161 (latitude and 
longitude) are expressed in North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).


    The area consists of the navigable waters of the Lower New York 
Harbor bounded on the east by a line drawn from Norton Point to Breezy 
Point; on the south by a line connecting the entrance buoys at the 
Ambrose Channel, Swash Channel, and Sandy Hook Channel to Sandy Hook 
Point; and on the southeast including the waters of Sandy Hook Bay south 
to a line drawn at latitude 4025[min]N.; then west into waters of 
the Raritan Bay to the Raritan River Rail Road Bridge; and then north 
including the waters of the Arthur Kill and Newark Bay to the Lehigh 
Valley Draw Bridge at latitude 4041.9[min]N.; and then east 
including the waters of the Kill Van Kull and Upper New York Bay north 
to a line drawn east-west from the Holland Tunnel Ventilator Shaft at 
latitude 4043.7[min]N., longitude 7401.6[min]W. in the Hudson 
River; and then continuing east including the waters of the East River 
to the Throgs Neck Bridge, excluding the Harlem River.
    Note: Although mandatory participation in VTSNY is limited to the 
area within the navigable waters of the United States, VTSNY will 
provide services beyond those waters. Prospective users are encouraged 
to report beyond the area of required participation in order to 
facilitate advance vessel traffic management in the VTS area and to 
receive VTSNY advisories and/or assistance.

[CGD 92-052, 61 FR 45327, Aug. 29, 1996]