Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters |
Chapter I - Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security |
SubChapter P - Ports and Waterways Safety |
Part 167 - Offshore Traffic Separation Schemes |
Subpart B - Description of Traffic Separation Schemes and Precautionary Areas |
Atlantic East Coast |
§ 167.151 - Off New York: Precautionary areas.
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§ 167.151 Off New York: Precautionary areas.
(a) A circular precautionary area with a radius of 7 miles is established centered upon 40°27.50′ N, 73°49.90′ W.
(b) A precautionary area is established between the traffic separation scheme “Eastern Approach, off Nantucket” and the traffic separation scheme “In the Approach to Boston, Massachusetts.”
(1) The precautionary area is bounded to the east by a circle of radius 15.5 miles, centered upon geographical position 40°35.00′ N, 69°00.00′ W, and is intersected by the traffic separation schemes “In the Approach to Boston, Massachusetts” and “Off New York” at the following geographic positions:
Latitude Longitude 40°50.33′ N 68°57.00′ W 40°23.75′ N 69°14.63′ W (2) The precautionary area is bounded to the west by a line connecting the two traffic separation schemes between the following geographical positions:
Latitude Longitude 40°36.75′ N 68°15.16′ W 40°48.00′ N 69°03.33′ W [CGD 84-004, 52 FR 33589, Sept. 4, 1987, as amended by USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36287, June 25, 2010]