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 Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
 Chapter I - Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
 SubChapter P - Ports and Waterways Safety
 Part 165 - Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas
 Subpart F - Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas
 Ninth Coast Guard District

  § 165.T09-012 - Security and Safety Zone; M/V Spirit of Ontario, Lake Ontario and adjacent waters, New York.  

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  • (a) Location. (1) Genesee River. The following area is designated as a security and safety zone: all navigable waters 25 yards in all directions of the M/V Spirit of Ontario once the vessel is in the Genesee River upstream of line drawn between the Rochester Harbor Light and the East Pier Light.

    (2) Lake Ontario. The following area is designated as a security and safety zone: all U.S. navigable waters of Lake Ontario 100 yards in all directions of the M/V Spirit of Ontario once the vessel is lake-side (in Lake Ontario) of line drawn between the Rochester Harbor Light and the East Pier Light.

    (b) Definition. As used in this section, Captain of the Port means the Captain of the Port Buffalo. The Captain of the Port may authorize or designate any Coast Guard commissioned officer, warrant, or petty officer to act on his behalf as his representative.

    (c) Regulations. In accordance with the general regulations in § 165.33 of this part:

    (1) No person or vessel may enter or remain in this zone without the permission of the District Commander or Captain of the Port.

    (2) All persons within this zone must obey any direction or order of the District Commander or the Captain of the Port, or the Captain of the Port's designated representative, which will be the on-scene patrol commander.

    (3) Vessels constrained by their draft such that they are required to enter the security and safety zone should only operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course and must proceed as directed by the on-scene patrol commander or the master of the M/V Spirit of Ontario.

    (4) When the M/V Spirit of Ontario approaches within 25 yards of any vessel, on the Genesee River, that is moored or anchored, the stationary vessel must stay moored or anchored while it remains within the security and safety zone unless it is either ordered by, or given permission by the Captain of the Port Buffalo or the on-scene patrol commander to do otherwise.