[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: 33CFR165.141]

[Page 635]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS--Table of 
Contents
 
 Subpart F--Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas
 
Sec. 165.141  Safety Zone: Sunken vessel EMPIRE KNIGHT, Boon Island, ME.

    (a) Location. The following area is a safety zone: All waters of the 
Atlantic Ocean within a 1,000 yard radius of the stern section of the 
sunken vessel EMPIRE KNIGHT, in approximate position 
4306[min]19[sec] N, 7027[min]09[sec] W, (NAD 1983) and 
extending from the water's surface to the seabed floor.
    (b) Effective date. This section is effective on August 23, 1996, 
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
    (c) Regulations. (1) The general regulations contained in 33 CFR 
165.23 apply.
    (2) All vessels and persons are prohibited from anchoring, diving, 
dredging, dumping, fishing, trawling, laying cable, or conducting 
salvage operations in this zone except as authorized by the Coast Guard 
Captain of the Port, Portland, Maine. Innocent transit through the area 
within the safety zone is not affected by this regulation and does not 
require the authorization of the Captain of the Port.
    (3) All persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of 
the COTP or the designated on scene patrol personnel. U.S. Coast Guard 
patrol personnel include commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of 
the Coast Guard. Upon being hailed by a U.S. Coast Guard vessel via 
siren, radio, flashing light, or other means, the operator of a vessel 
shall proceed as directed.

[CGD 01-95-141, 61 FR 60032, Nov. 26, 1996]