[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: 33CFR161.35]
[Page 568-569]
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. 161.35 Vessel Traffic Service Houston/Galveston.
(a) The VTS area consists of the following major waterways and
portions of connecting waterways: Galveston Bay Entrance Channel; Outer
Bar Channel; Inner Bar Channel; Bolivar Roads Channel; Galveston
Channel; Gulf ICW and Galveston-Freeport Cut-Off from Mile 346 to Mile
352; Texas City Channel; Texas City Turning Basin; Texas City Canal
Channel; Texas City Canal Turning Basin; Houston Ship Channel; Bayport
Channel; Bayport Turning Basin; Houston Turning Basin; and the following
precautionary areas associated with these waterways.
(b) Precautionary Areas.
Table 161.35(b)--VTS Houston/Galveston Precautionary Areas
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Center point
Precautionary area name Radius ------------------------------
(yds.) Latitude Longitude
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Bolivar Roads................ 4000 2920.9[mi 9447.0[m
n]N in]W
Red Fish Bar................. 4000 2929.8[mi 9451.9[m
n]N in]W
Bayport Channel.............. 4000 2936.7[mi 9457.2[m
n]N in]W
Morgans Point................ 2000 2941.0[mi 9459.0[m
n]N in]W
Upper San Jacinto Bay........ 1000 2942.3[mi 9501.1[m
n]N in]W
Baytown...................... 1000 2943.6[mi 9501.4[m
n]N in]W
Lynchburg.................... 1000 2945.8[mi 9504.8[m
n]N in]W
Carpenters Bayou............. 1000 2945.3[mi 9505.6[m
n]N in]W
Jacintoport.................. 1000 2944.8[mi 9506.0[m
n]N in]W
Greens Bayou................. 1000 2944.8[mi 9510.2[m
n]N in]W
Hunting Bayou................ 1000 2944.3[mi 9512.1[m
n]N in]W
Sims Bayou................... 1000 2943.1[mi 9514.4[m
n]N in]W
Brady Island................. 1000 2943.5[mi 9516.4[m
n]N in] W
Buffalo Bayou................ 1000 2945.0[mi 9517.3[m
n]N in]W
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Note: Each Precautionary Area encompasses a circular area of the radius
denoted.
(c) Reporting Points.
Table 161.35(c)--VTS Houston/Galveston Reporting Points
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Geographic
Designator Geographic name description Latitude/longitude Notes
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1............................... Galveston Bay Galveston Bay 2918.4[min]N; ..................
Entrance Channel. Entrance CH 9437.6[min]W
Lighted Buoy (LB) .
``GB''.
2............................... Galveston Bay Galveston Bay 2920.6[min]N; ..................
Entrance Channel. Entrance Channel 9444.6[min]W
LB 11 and 12. .
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E............................... Bolivar Land Cut.. Mile 349 2922.5[min]N; Tows entering HSC
Intracoastal 9446.9[min] also report at
Waterway (ICW). W. HSC LB 25 & 26.
W............................... Pelican Cut....... Mile 351 ICW...... 2921.4[min]N; Tow entering HSC
9448.5[min] also report at
W. HSC LB 25 & 26.
GCG............................. Galveston Harbor.. USCG Base. At the 2920.0[min]N; ..................
entrance to 9446.5[min]W
Galveston Harbor. .
T............................... Texas City Channel Texas City Channel 2922.4[min]N; ..................
LB 12. 9450.9[min]W
.
X............................... Houston Ship Houston Ship 2922.1[min]N; Tow entering HSC
Channel ICW Channel (HSC) LB 9448.1[min]W from ICW or Texas
Intersection. 25 and 26. .. Cut Only.
3............................... Lower Galveston HSC LB 31 and 32.. 2923.5[min]N; ..................
Bay. 9448.8[min]W
.
4............................... Red Fish Bar...... HSC Lt. 53A & 54A. 2930.3[min]N; ..................
9452.4[min]W
.
P............................... Bayport Ship Bayport Ship 2936.8[min]N; Report at the
Channel. Channel Lt. 8 and 9459.5[min] North Land Cut.
9. W;.
4A.............................. Upper Galveston HSC Buoys 69 and 2934.7[min]N; Tows only.
Bay. 70. 9455.8[min]
W.
5............................... Morgan's Point.... Barbour's Cut..... 2941.0[min]N; Abeam Barbours
9458.9[min]W Cut.
..
6............................... Exxon............. Baytown Bend...... 2943.5[min]N; ..................
9501.4[min]W
.
7............................... Lynchburg......... Ferry crossing.... 2945.8[min]N; ..................
9504.8[min]W
.
8............................... Shell Oil......... Boggy Bayou....... 2944.1[min]N; ..................
9508.0[min]W
.
9............................... Greens Bayou...... Greens Bayou...... 2944.8[min]N; ..................
9510.1[min]W
.
10.............................. Hess Turning Basin Hunting Bayou 2944.3[min]N;
Turning Basin. 9512.1[min]W
.
11.............................. Lyondell Turning Sims Bayou Turning 2943.2[min]N;
Basin. Basin. 9514.4[min]W
.
12.............................. I-610 Bridge...... I-610 Bridge...... 2943.5[min]N;
9516.0[min]W
.
13.............................. Houston Turning Buffalo Bayou..... 2945.0[min]N;
Basin. 9517.4[min]W
.
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[CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, as amended by CGD 95-033, 60 FR
28331, May 31, 1995; USCG-2000-7223, 65 FR 40058, June 29, 2000]