Coast Guard, DHS § 161.55

§ 161.50 Vessel Traffic Service San Georgia Strait, the Gulf and San Juan Francisco. Archipelagos, Rosario Strait, Boundary The VTS area consists of all the nav- Pass and Haro Strait, bounded on the igable waters of San Francisco Bay Re- northwest by 48°35′45″ N.; and on the gion south of the Mare Island Cause- southwest by 48°23′30″ N.; and on the way Bridge and the Petaluma River west by the rhumb line joining 48°35′45″ Entrance Channel Daybeacon 19 and N., 124°47′30″ W. with 48°23′30″ N., Petaluma River Entrace Channel Light 124°48′37″ W.; and on the northeast in 20 and north of the Dumbarton Bridge; the Strait of Georgia, by a line drawn its seaward approaches within a 38 nau- along 49° N. from Vancouver Island to tical mile radius of Mount Tamalpais Semiahmoo Bay; and on the southeast, (37–55.8′ N., 122–34.6′ W.); and its navi- by a line drawn from McCurdy Point on gable tributaries as far east as the port the Quimper Peninsula to Point Par- of Stockton on the San Joaquin River, tridge on Whidbey Island. Canadian as far north as the port of Sacramento and United States Vessel Traffic Cen- on the Sacramento River. ters (Tofino, B.C., Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Seattle, WA) manage [CGD 90–020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, as traffic within the CVTS area irrespec- amended by CGD 95–033, 60 FR 28332, May 31, 1995] tive of the International Boundary. (b) VTS Special Area: The Eastern § 161.55 Vessel Traffic Service Puget San Juan Island Archipelago VTS Spe- Sound and the Cooperative Vessel cial Area consists of all waters of the Traffic Service for the Juan de eastern San Juan Island Archipelago Fuca Region. including: Rosario Strait bounded to The Vessel Traffic Service Puget the south by latitude 48°26.40′ N. (the Sound area consists of the navigable center of the Precautionary Area waters of the United States bounded by ‘‘RB’’) extending from Lopez Island to a line drawn from the Washington Fidalgo Island, and to the north by State coastline at 48°23′08″ N., 124°43′37″ latitude 48°40.57′ N. (the center of the W. on Cape Flattery to the Cape Flat- Precautionary Area ‘‘C’’) extending tery Light at 48°23′30″ N., 124°44′12″ W. from Orcas Island to Lummi Island; on Tatoosh Island, due west to the U.S. Guemes Channel; Bellingham Channel; Territorial Sea Boundary; thence Padilla Bay and southern Bellingham northward along the U.S. Territorial Bay (Samish Bay) south of latitude Sea Boundary to its intersection with 48°38.42′N. the U.S./Canada International Bound- NOTE: The center of precautionary area ary; thence east along the U.S./Canada ‘‘RB’’ is not marked by a buoy. All pre- International Boundary through the cautionary areas are depicted on National waters known as the Strait of Juan de Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fuca, Haro Strait, Boundary Pass, and (NOAA) nautical charts. the Strait of Georgia to the Wash- (c) Additional VTS Special Area Op- ington State coastline at 49°00′06″ N., erating Requirements. The following 122°45′18″ W. (International Boundary additional requirements are applicable Range C Rear Light). This area in- in the Eastern San Juan Island Archi- cludes: Puget Sound, Hood Canal, Pos- pelago VTS Special Area: session Sound, the San Juan Island Ar- (1) A vessel engaged in towing shall chipelago, Rosario Strait, Guemes not impede the passage of a vessel of Channel, Bellingham Bay, the U.S. 40,000 dead weight tons or more. waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca (2) A vessel of less than 40,000 dead and the Strait of Georgia, and all weight tons is exempt from the provi- waters adjacent to the above. sion set forth in § 161.13(b)(1) of this (a) Vessel Traffic Service Puget part. Sound participates in a U.S./Canadian (3) A vessel of less than 100 meters in Cooperative Vessel Traffic Service length is exempt from the provisions (CVTS) to jointly manage vessel traffic set forth in § 161.13(b)(3) of this part. in the Juan de Fuca Region. The CVTS Approval will not be granted for: for the Juan de Fuca Region consists of (i) A vessel of 100 meters or more in all waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca length to meet or overtake; or cross or and its offshore approaches, southern operate within 2,000 yards (except when

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