[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: 33CFR165.163]

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                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. 165.163  Safety Zones; Port of New York/New Jersey Fleet Week.

    (a) The following areas are established as safety zones:
    (1) Safety Zone A--(i) Location. A moving safety zone for the Parade 
of Ships including all waters 500 yards ahead and astern, and 200 yards 
of each side of the designated column of parade vessels as it transits 
the Port of New York and New Jersey from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to 
Riverside State Park on the Hudson River between West 137th and West 
144th Streets, Manhattan.

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    (ii) Enforcement period. Paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section is 
enforced annually from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before 
Memorial Day.
    (2) Safety Zone B--(i) Location. A safety zone including all waters 
of the Hudson River between Piers 83 and 90, Manhattan, from the parade 
column east to the Manhattan shoreline.
    (ii) Enforcement period. Paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section is 
enforced annually from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before 
Memorial Day.
    (3) Safety Zone C--
    (i) Location. A moving safety zone including all waters of the 
Hudson River within a 200-yard radius of each parade vessel upon its 
leaving the parade of ships until it is safely berthed.
    (ii) Enforcement period. Paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section is 
enforced annually from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before 
Memorial Day.
    (4) Safety Zone D--
    (i) Location. A safety zone including all waters of the Hudson River 
bound by the following points: from the southeast corner of Pier 90, 
Manhattan, where it intersects the seawall, west to approximate position 
4046[min]10[sec]N 07400[min]13[sec]W (NAD 1983), south to 
approximate position 4045[min]54[sec]N 07400[min]25[sec]W (NAD 
1983), then east to the northeast corner of Pier 83 where it intersects 
the seawall.
    (ii) Enforcement period. Paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section is 
enforced annually from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., from Friday through Monday, 
Memorial Day weekend.
    (5) Safety Zone E--
    (i) Location. A moving safety zone including all waters 500 yards 
ahead and astern, and 200 yards on each side of the departing U.S. Navy 
Aircraft or Helicopter Carrier as it transits the Port of New York and 
New Jersey from its mooring at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, 
Manhattan, to the COLREGS Demarcation line at Ambrose Channel Entrance 
Lighted Bell Buoy 2 (LLNR 34805).
    (ii) Enforcement period. Paragraph (a)(5)(i) of this section is 
enforced annually on the Wednesday following Memorial Day. Departure 
time is dependent on tide, weather, and granting of authority for 
departure by the Captain of the Port, New York.
    (b) Effective period. This section is effective annually from 8 a.m. 
on the Wednesday before Memorial Day until 4 p.m. on the Wednesday 
following Memorial Day.
    (c) Regulations. (1) The general regulations contained in 33 CFR 
165.23 apply.
    (2) All persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of 
the Coast Guard Captain of the Port or the designated on-scene-patrol 
personnel. these personnel comprise commissioned, warrant, and petty 
officers of the Coast Guard. Upon being hailed by a U. S. Coast Guard 
vessel by siren, radio, flashing light, or other means, the operator of 
a vessel shall proceed as directed.

[CGD1-98-170, 64 FR 24946, May 10, 1999]