[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: 33CFR161.40]
[Page 569-570]
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. 161.40 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
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Geographic
Designator Geographic name description Latitude/longitude Notes
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1............................... Stouts Pass....... Stouts Point Light 2943[min]47[s ..................
``1'' Mile 113- ec] N
Atchafalaya River. 9113[min]25[s
ec] W
2............................... Berwick Lock...... Mile 1.9 MC/PA.... 2943[min]10[s If transiting the
ec] N Lock.
9113[min]28[s
ec] W
3............................... Conrad's Point Buoy ``1'' Mile 2942[min]32[s ..................
Junction. 1.5 MC/PA. ec] N
9113[min]14[s
ec] W
4............................... Swift Ships Flat Mile 3 MC/PA...... 2943[min]26[s ..................
Lake Junction. ec] N
9112[min]22[s
ec] W
5............................... South Pacific Mile 0.3 MC/PA.... 2941[min]34[s ..................
Railroad Bridge. ec] N
9112[min]44[s
ec] W
6............................... 20 Grant Point Bayou Boeuf- 2941[min]18[s ..................
Junction. Atchafalaya R. ec] N
Mile 95.5 ICW. 9112[min]36[s
ec] W
7............................... ICW............... Overhead Power 2940[min]43[s ..................
Cable Mile 96.5 ec] N
ICW. 9113[min]18[s
ec] W
8............................... Wax Bayou Junction Light ``A'' Mile 2939[min]29[s ..................
98.2W ICW. ec] N
9114[min]46[s
ec] W
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9............................... Shaffer Junction.. ICW-Bayou Shaffer 2941[min]10[s ..................
Mile 94.5 ICW. ec] N
9111[min]38[s
ec] W
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[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]