[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: 33CFR161.60]
[Page 571-572]
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. 161.60 Vessel Traffic Service Prince William Sound.
(a) The VTS area consists of the navigable waters of the United
States north of a line drawn from Cape Hinchinbrook Light to Schooner
Rock Light, comprising that portion of Prince William Sound between
14630[min] W. and 14720[min] W. and includes Valdez Arm,
Valdez Narrows and Port Valdez.
(b) The Valdez Arm VTS Special Area consists of the waters of the
Valdez Arm Traffic Separation Scheme (described in Sec. 167.1703 of this
chapter); the waters northeast of a line drawn from shoreline to
shoreline through the points 6058.04[min]N, 14646.52[min]W and
6058.93[min]N, 14648.86[min]W; and southwest of a line bearing
307 True from Tongue Point at 6102.10[min]N,
14640.00[min]W.
(c) The Valdez Narrows VTS Special Area consists of those waters of
Valdez Arm, Valdez Narrows, and Port Valdez northeast of a line bearing
307 True from Tongue Point at 6102[min]06[sec] 14640[min]
W.; and southwest of a line bearing 307 True from Entrance Island
Light at 6105[min]06[sec] N., 14636[min]42[sec] W.
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(d) Additional VTS Special Area Operating Requirements. The
following additional requirements are applicable in the Valdez Narrows
VTS Special Area:
(1) No VMRS User shall proceed north of 61 N. without prior
approval of the VTS.
(2) For a vessel listed in paragraph (c)(3) of this section--
(i) Approval to enter this area will not be granted to a vessel when
a tank vessel of more than 20,000 deadweight tons is navigating therein;
(ii) A northbound vessel shall remain south of 61 N. until the
VTS has granted permission to proceed; and
(iii) A southbound vessel shall remain in Port Valdez east of
14635[min] W. and north of 6106[min]N. until the VTS has
granted permission to proceed.
(3) Paragraph (c)(2) of this section applies to--
(i) A vessel of 1600 gross tons or more; and
(ii) A towing vessel of 8 meters or more in length, except for a
vessel performing duties as an escort vessel as defined in 33 CFR Part
168.
(e) Reporting Points.
Table 161.60(d)--VTS Prince William Sound Reporting Points
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Designator Geographic name Geographic description Latitude/longitude Notes
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1A............... Cape Hinchinbrook..... Cape Hinchinbrook..... 6016[min]18[sec] Northbound Only.
N;
14645[min]30[se
c] W.
1B............... Schooner Rock......... Schooner Rock......... 6018[min]42[sec] Southbound Only.
N;
14651[min]36[se
c] W.
2A............... Naked Island.......... Naked Island.......... 6040[min]00[sec] Northbound Only.
N;
14701[min]24[se
c] W.
2B............... Naked Island.......... Naked Island.......... 6040[min]00[sec] Southbound Only.
N;
14705[min]00[se
c] W.
3A............... Bligh Reef............ Bligh Reef Light 6050[min]36[sec] Northbound Only.
(Pilot Embark). N;
14657[min]30[se
c] W.
3B............... Bligh Reef............ Bligh Reef Light 6051[min]00[sec] Southbound Only.
(Pilot Disembark). N;
14701[min]24[se
c] W.
4A............... Rocky Point........... Rocky Point........... 6057[min]48[sec] Northbound Only.
N;
14647[min]30[se
c] W.
4B............... Rocky Point........... Rocky Point........... 6057[min]48[sec] Southbound Only.
N;
14650[min]00[se
c] W.
5................ Entrance Island....... Entrance Island Light. 6105[min]24[sec]
N;
14637[min]30[se
c]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 35532, June 30, 1998; USCG-
2001-10254, 67 FR 53742, Aug. 19, 2002]