[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: 33CFR165.165]
[Page 643-645]
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. 165.165 Regulated Navigation Area; Kill Van Kull Channel, Newark Bay
Channel, South Elizabeth Channel, Elizabeth Channel, Port Newark Channel
and New
Jersey Pierhead Channel, New York and New Jersey.
(a) Regulated Navigation Area (RNA). All waters of the Kill Van Kull
(KVK) Channel east of KVK Light 16A (LLNR 37340) in North of Shooters
Island Reach, east of Shooters Island Light 2 (LLNR 37375) in South of
Shooters Island Reach, and west of KVK Channel Junction Lighted Bell
Buoy `KV' (LLNR 37265) in Constable Hook Reach; all waters of Newark Bay
Channel south of Newark Bay Light 19 (LLNR 37505); all waters of South
Elizabeth Channel, Elizabeth Channel, Port Newark Channel, and New
Jersey Pierhead Channel south of New Jersey Pierhead South Channel
Lighted Buoy 5 (LLNR 37020).
(b) Description of Work Areas in the RNA.
(1) Work Area (1): The waters bounded by a line connecting the
following points:
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Latitude Longitude
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4038[min]40.0[sec]N 07403[min]45.0[sec]W
4038[min]50.4[sec]N 07404[min]16.0[sec]W
4038[min]57.9[sec]N 07404[min]11.8[sec]W
4039[min]03.8[sec]N 07404[min]43.8[sec]W
4039[min]04.5[sec]N 07405[min]07.6[sec]W
4039[min]01.8[sec]N 07405[min]14.8[sec]W
4039[min]05.0[sec]N 07405[min]17.1[sec]W
4039[min]10.3[sec]N 07405[min]05.0[sec]W
4039[min]09.3[sec]N 07404[min]27.8[sec]W
4039[min]00.2[sec]N 07403[min]45.1[sec]W
4038[min]58.0[sec]N 07403[min]34.9[sec]W
4038[min]40.0[sec]N 07403[min]45.0[sec]W
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(2) Work Area (2): The waters bounded by a line connecting the
following points:
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Latitude Longitude
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4038[min]50.4[sec]N 07404[min]16.0[sec]W
4038[min]57.5[sec]N 07404[min]37.8[sec]W
4038[min]59.2[sec]N 07404[min]55.4[sec]W
4038[min]57.4[sec]N 07405[min]12.9[sec]W
4038[min]47.5[sec]N 07405[min]33.8[sec]W
4038[min]45.8[sec]N 07405[min]43.6[sec]W
4038[min]49.4[sec]N 07405[min]44.7[sec]W
4038[min]51.0[sec]N 07405[min]35.7[sec]W
4039[min]04.7[sec]N 07405[min]06.6[sec]W
4039[min]03.7[sec]N 07404[min]29.5[sec]W
4038[min]57.9[sec]N 07404[min]11.8[sec]W
4038[min]50.4[sec]N 07404[min]16.0[sec]W
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(3) Work Area (3): The waters bounded by a line connecting the
following points:
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Latitude Longitude
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4038[min]45.8[sec] N 07405[min]43.6[sec] W
4038[min]49.4[sec] N 07405[min]44.7[sec] W
4038[min]51.2[sec] N 07405[min]35[sec] W
4039[min]01.8[sec] N 07405[min]14.8[sec] W
4039[min]05.0[sec] N 07405[min]17.1[sec] W
4038[min]57.5[sec] N 07405[min]32.3[sec] W
4038[min]53.8[sec] N 07405[min]44.1[sec] W
4038[min]53.1[sec] N 07405[min]56.8[sec] W
4038[min]55.3[sec] N 07406[min]38.1[sec] W
4038[min]41.5[sec] N 07407[min]18.3[sec] W
4038[min]38.2[sec] N 07407[min]41.4[sec] W
4038[min]38.5[sec] N 07407[min]46.0[sec] W
4038[min]35.2[sec] N 07407[min]49.0[sec] W
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4038[min]31.2[sec] N 07407[min]50.0[sec] W
4038[min]30.1[sec] N 07407[min]41.3[sec] W
4038[min]33.9[sec] N 07407[min]15.1[sec] W
4038[min]44.0[sec] N 07406[min]45.7[sec] W
4038[min]46.7[sec] N 07406[min]25.9[sec] W
4038[min]44.8[sec] N 07405[min]49.6[sec] W
4038[min]45.8[sec] N 07405[min]43.6[sec] W
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(4) Work Area (4): The waters bounded by a line connecting the
following points:
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Latitude Longitude
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4038[min]31.2[sec] N 07407[min]50.0[sec] W
4038[min]35.2[sec] N 07407[min]49.0[sec] W
4038[min]36.6[sec] N 07408[min]01.2[sec] W
4038[min]28.2[sec] N 07408[min]51.0[sec] W
4038[min]35.2[sec] N 07409[min]06.2[sec] W
4038[min]30.0[sec] N 07409[min]12.0[sec] W
4038[min]24.8[sec] N 07409[min]02.6[sec] W
4038[min]24.0[sec] N 07408[min]52.0[sec] W
4038[min]31.5[sec] N 07408[min]07.4[sec] W
4038[min]31.8[sec] N 07407[min]54.6[sec] W
4038[min]31.2[sec] N 07407[min]50.0[sec] W
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(5) Work Area (5): The waters bounded by a line connecting the
following points:
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Latitude Longitude
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4038[min]35.2[sec] N 07407[min]49.0[sec] W
4038[min]38.5[sec] N 07407[min]46.0[sec] W
4038[min]40.7[sec] N 07408[min]01.3[sec] W
4038[min]34.0[sec] N 07408[min]41.0[sec] W
4038[min]40.0[sec] N 07408[min]52.0[sec] W
4038[min]50.0[sec] N 07408[min]55.0[sec] W
4038[min]35.2[sec] N 07409[min]06.2[sec] W
4038[min]28.2[sec] N 07408[min]51.0[sec] W
4038[min]36.6[sec] N 07408[min]01.2[sec] W
4038[min]35.2[sec] N 07407[min]49.0[sec] W
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(6) Work Area (6): The waters bounded by a line connecting the
following points:
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Latitude Longitude
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4039[min]17.0[sec]N 07408[min]38.0[sec]W
4040[min]21.0[sec]N 07408[min]00.0[sec]W
4040[min]34.3[sec]N 07407[min]54.0[sec]W
4040[min]35.9[sec]N 07408[min]03.9[sec]W
4040[min]33.2[sec]N 07408[min]12.0[sec]W
4040[min]26.6[sec]N 07408[min]17.9[sec]W
4039[min]34.3[sec]N 07408[min]55.8[sec]W
4039[min]30.8[sec]N 07408[min]58.2[sec]W
4039[min]21.6[sec]N 07408[min]50.2[sec]W
4039[min]17.0[sec]N 07408[min]38.0[sec]W
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(7) Work Area (7): The waters bounded by a line connecting the
following points:
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Latitude Longitude
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4040[min]26.7[sec]N 07408[min]17.9[sec]W
4041[min]14.4[sec]N 07409[min]35.0[sec]W
4041[min]18.9[sec]N 07409[min]31.9[sec]W
4040[min]46.1[sec]N 07408[min]38.9[sec]W
4040[min]44.5[sec]N 07408[min]30.2[sec]W
4040[min]33.2[sec]N 07408[min]12.0[sec]W
4040[min]26.7[sec]N 07408[min]17.9[sec]W
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(8) Work Area (8): The waters bounded by a line connecting the
following points:
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Latitude Longitude
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4039[min]30.8[sec]N 07408[min]58.2[sec]W
4039[min]40.6[sec]N 07409[min]22.5[sec]W
4039[min]43.5[sec]N 07409[min]25.8[sec]W
4039[min]44.8[sec]N 07409[min]24.9[sec]W
4039[min]32.8[sec]N 07408[min]55.2[sec]W
4039[min]30.8[sec]N 07408[min]58.2[sec]W
AND
4039[min]21.6[sec]N 07408[min]50.2[sec]W
4039[min]17.0[sec]N 07403[min]38.0[sec]W
4038[min]50.0[sec]N 07408[min]55.0[sec]W
4038[min]30.0[sec]N 07409[min]12.0[sec]W
4038[min]33.3[sec]N 07409[min]19.5[sec]W
4038[min]46.8[sec]N 07409[min]22.8[sec]W
4039[min]07.7[sec]N 07408[min]58.8[sec]W
4039[min]21.6[sec]N 07408[min]50.2[sec]W
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(9) Work Area (9): The waters bounded by a line connecting the
following points:
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Latitude Longitude
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4040[min]34.3[sec]N 07407[min]54.0[sec]W
4041[min]08.5[sec]N 07407[min]38.5[sec]W
4041[min]11.6[sec]N 07407[min]50.8[sec]W
4041[min]17.6[sec]N 07407[min]56.4[sec]W
4041[min]20.0[sec]N 07408[min]00.3[sec]W
4041[min]42.3[sec]N 07408[min]21.2[sec]W
4041[min]59.4[sec]N 07409[min]11.0[sec]W
4041[min]55.8[sec]N 07409[min]13.1[sec]W
4041[min]39.1[sec]N 07408[min]24.6[sec]W
4041[min]21.0[sec]N 07408[min]07.6[sec]W
4040[min]46.1[sec]N 07408[min]38.9[sec]W
4040[min]44.5[sec]N 07408[min]30.2[sec]W
4040[min]50.4[sec]N 07408[min]30.3[sec]W
4041[min]13.4[sec]N 07408[min]09.7[sec]W
4041[min]13.7[sec]N 07408[min]05.6[sec]W
4041[min]03.2[sec]N 07407[min]55.7[sec]W
4040[min]54.4[sec]N 07407[min]55.7[sec]W
4040[min]35.9[sec]N 07408[min]03.9[sec]W
4040[min]34.3[sec]N 07407[min]54.0[sec]W
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(c) Projected dates for each work area. Dredging is scheduled to
commence in Work Area (2) on April 19, 1999. As contracts are let for
dredging of each of the remaining work areas, commencement dates will be
made available via the Local Notice to Mariners, marine information
broadcasts, facsimile, and at New York Harbor Operations Committee
meetings.
(d) Regulations. (1) No vessel shall enter or transit any work area
where drill barges and/or dredges are located without permission of
Vessel Traffic Service New York (VTSNY).
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(2) Each vessel transiting in the vicinity of the work areas, where
drill barges and/or dredges are located, is required to do so at no wake
speed.
(3) No vessel shall enter the RNA when they are advised by the
drilling barge or VTSNY that a misfire or hangfire has occurred. Vessels
already underway in the RNA shall proceed to clear the impacted area
immediately.
(4) Vessels, 300 gross tons or greater, and tugs with tows are
prohibited from meeting or overtaking other vessels when transiting
alongside an active work area.
(5) Vessels, 300 gross tons or greater, and tugs with tows
transiting with the prevailing current (as measured from the Battery
tide station) are regarded as the stand-on vessel.
(6) Prior to entering the RNA, the master, pilot or operator of each
vessel, 300 gross tons or greater and tugs with tows, shall ensure that
they have sufficient propulsion and directional control to safely
navigate the area under the prevailing conditions, and shall notify
VTSNY as to their decision regarding the employment of assist tugs while
transiting the RNA.
(7) Hawser or wire length must not exceed 100 feet, measured from
the towing bit on the tug to the point where the hawser or wire connects
with the towed vessel or barge, for any vessel with another vessel/barge
in tow.
(8) Waiver. The Captain of the Port, New York may, upon request,
authorize a deviation from any regulation in this section if it is found
that the proposed operations can be done safely. An application for
deviation must be received not less than 24 hours before the intended
operation and must state the need and describe the proposal.
(9) Tugs with tows includes a tug with a vessel or barge in tow,
alongside, or being pushed.
(10) Bergen Point West Reach. In addition to the requirements in
paragraphs (d)(1) through (d)(9) of this section, the following
provisions apply to vessels transiting in or through Work Areas (4) and
(5):
(i) Tug requirements: All vessels 350 feet in length, or greater,
excluding tugs with tows, require one assist tug. All vessels 700 feet
in length, or greater, excluding tugs with tows, require two assist
tugs. All vessels 900 feet in length, or greater, excluding tugs with
tows, require three assist tugs.
(ii) Tidal current restrictions: Vessels 700 feet in length, or
greater, are restricted to movements within one hour before or after
slack water, as measured from the Bergen Point current station.
(iii) Astern tows: Hawser tows are not permitted unless an assist
tug accompanies the tow.
(iv) Sustained winds from 20 to 34 knots. In sustained winds from 20
to 34 knots:
(A) cargo ships and tankers in ballast may not transit Work Areas
(4) and (5);
(B) tugs pushing or towing alongside tank barges 350 feet in length,
or greater, in light condition, require an assist tug in Work Areas (4)
and (5).
(v) Sustained winds greater than 34 knots. In sustained winds
greater than 34 knots, vessels 300 gross tons or greater and all tugs
with tows are prohibited from transiting Work Areas (4) and (5).
[USCG-1998-4443, 64 FR 18579, Apr. 15, 1999; CGD01-98-165, 64 FR 34313,
June 25, 1999]
Effective Date Note: By CGD01-03-017, 68 FR 16958, Apr. 8, 2003,
Sec. 165.165 was amended by adding paragraph (d)(10), effective Mar. 30,
2003, through Sept. 30, 2004.