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Seal Beach, California, and such agen- (b) The regulations. (1) Intermittent cies as he/she may designate. For clari- firing may take place in the danger fication or other information, the U.S. zone on any day from sunrise to sunset. Naval Weapons Station Command Duty (2) Except as otherwise provided in Officer should be contacted at (213) 594– this paragraph, the danger zone will be 7101. open to fishing and general navigation. When firing is not scheduled the danger [53 FR 6942, Mar. 3, 1988, as amended at 62 FR 17556, Apr. 10, 1997] zone may be occupied without restric- tion. When firing is in progress safety § 334.938 Federal Correctional Institu- observers will be maintained to warn tion, Terminal Island, San Pedro all vessels. Notice to vacate the area, Bay, California; restricted area. or to stop at the boundaries, will be (a) The area. The waters of San Pedro given by siren, patrol vessel, or other Bay on the east side of Reservation effective means, and such notice shall Point extending 150 feet (50 yards), be promptly obeyed. All vessels per- from the Federal Correctional Institu- mitted to enter the danger zone during tion fence along the shore to the fol- a firing period, other than those owned lowing stations: by and operated by or under the direc- tion of the U.S. Government, shall pro- Station Latitude Longitude ceed across the area by the most direct 1 33°43′45.5″ N 118°16′2.0″ W route and clear the area with the 2 33°43′37.0″ N 118°15′58.0″ W greatest possible dispatch. No person 3 33°43′27.5″ N 118°15′54.5″ W shall enter the water and no vessel, fishing boat, or recreational craft shall The stations will be marked by three anchor in the danger zone during an ac- special purpose buoys (white with an tual firing period. orange diamond in the center). (3) Nothing in this section shall be (b) The regulations. No person or ves- construed as relieving the owner or sel of any kind shall enter, navigate, person in charge of a vessel from any anchor or moor within the restricted penalties for obstructing navigation, or area without first obtaining the per- for obstructing or interfering with mission of the Warden, Federal Correc- range lights, or for not complying with tional Institution, Terminal Island. the navigation laws in regard to lights The regulations in this section shall be and fog signals, or for otherwise vio- enforced by the U.S. Coast Guard, the lating any law or regulations. Warden of the Federal Correctional In- (4) The regulations in this section stitution, Terminal Island, and such shall be enforced by the Commanding agencies and he/she may designate. Officer, Fort MacArthur, California, and such agencies as he may designate. [57 FR 58098, Dec. 8, 1992; 58 FR 42237, Aug. 9, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 17556, Apr. 10, 1997] [19 FR 3795, June 22, 1954, as amended at 27 FR 2465, Mar. 15, 1962. Redesignated at 50 FR § 334.940 Pacific Ocean in vicinity of 42696, Oct. 22, 1985, as amended at 62 FR 17556, San Pedro, Calif.; practice firing Apr. 10, 1997] range for U.S. Army Reserve, Na- tional Guard, and Coast Guard § 334.950 Pacific Ocean at San units. Clemente Island, California; Navy (a) The danger zone. (1) [Reserved] shore bombardment areas. (2) Zone B. An area extending south- (a) The danger zones. (1) The waters of west and northwest from Point the Pacific Ocean within an area begin- Vicente, described as follows: Begin- ning at China Point Light; extending ning at Point Vicente Light, latitude in a direction of 181 degrees true, 2.0 33°44′30″, longitude 118°24′36″; thence nautical miles; thence 072.5 degrees southwesterly to latitude 33°43′42″, lon- true, 5.375 nautical miles; thence 313 gitude 118°25′24″; thence northwesterly degrees true to Pyramid Head Light. to latitude 33°46′30″, longitude 118°27′06″; (2) The waters of the Pacific Ocean thence southeasterly to the shore, lati- within an area beginning at China tude 33°44′54″, longitude 118°24′42″; and Point Light; extending in a direction of thence southerly along the shore to the 181 degrees true, 2.0 nautical miles; point of beginning. thence 303 degrees true, 5.35 nautical

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miles; thence 040.4 degrees true to the (4) Except in an emergency, no vessel beach. shall anchor in these areas without (3) The waters of the Pacific Ocean first obtaining permission from the within an area beginning at Pyramid Commander, Naval Base, San Diego or Head Light; extending in a direction of from the senior officer present in the 133 degrees true, 2.0 nautical miles; area who may grant permission to an- thence 024 degrees true, 2.14 nautical chor not exceeding the period of time miles, thence 313 degrees true, 7.6 nau- that he, himself, is authorized to re- tical miles; thence 220 degrees true to main there. The senior officer present the beach. shall advise the Commander, Naval (b) The regulations. (1) All persons and Base, San Diego when and to whom a all vessels shall promptly vacate the berth is assigned. areas when ordered to do so by the (5) The regulations in this section Navy or the Coast Guard. Persons and shall be enforced by the Commander, vessels shall not enter the areas during Naval Base, San Diego, and such agen- periods scheduled for firing. These cies as he/she shall designate. areas are used for various surface and air gunnery and aerial bombing exer- [55 FR 30907, July 30, 1990, as amended at 62 FR 17556, Apr. 10, 1997] cises by the United States Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps. Hazardous § 334.960 Pacific Ocean, San Clemente conditions exist during shore bombard- Island, Calif.; naval danger zone off ment by naval ships in the area sea- West Cove. ward of that described in paragraphs (a) The danger zone. The waters of the (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section between Pacific Ocean in an area about one-half the firing vessel and the shore. The mile off the west coast of San area described in paragraph (a)(3) of Clemente Island basically outlined as this section is hazardous due to the follows: possibility of rounds landing in the wa- ters east of San Clemente Island. Latitude Longitude (2) All persons in the area are warned ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ that unexploded ordinance exists with- 33 00 40 118 35 45 32°57′40″ 118°34′25″ in the shore bombardment area on San 32°57′10″ 118°35′40″ Clemente Island and in the surrounding 33°00′10″ 118°37′00″ waters. All persons should exercise ex- 33°00′40″ 118°35′45″ treme caution when operating in the area. (b) The regulations. (1) Intermittent (3) Information about scheduled exer- firing may take place in the danger cises will be published in the Local No- zone on any day from 8:00 a.m. until tice to Mariners and also may be ob- 1:00 p.m. tained by calling the shore bombard- (2) Except as otherwise provided in ment area scheduler at (619) 437–2231. this section, the danger zone will be Vessels in the vicinity of San Clemente open to fishing and general navigation. Island may obtain information on the (3) The operations officer, Naval Ord- status of the range by contacting the nance Test Station, Pasadena Annex, Navy Observation Post by marine radio Pasadena, California, will announce on channel 16. However, the Navy Ob- firing schedules. Each week, public no- servation Post is normally manned tices will be issued giving advance fir- only during firing exercises. In addi- ing schedules. Such notices will appear tion, since the Navy Observation Post in the local newspapers and in local may not be able to receive radio trans- ‘‘Notice to Mariners’’ and ‘‘Notice to missions or answer a vessel calling Airmen.’’ For the benefit of the fisher- from the area described in paragraph men and small-craft operators, an- (A)(3) of this section due to inter- nouncements will be made on the ma- ference from the land mass, it is rec- rine radio. ommended that callers position their (4) When a scheduled firing is about craft for line-of-sight transmission to be undertaken, fishing boats and with the Navy Observation Posts near other small craft will be contacted by Pyramid Cove prior to assuming that surface patrol boats or aircraft the range is not in use. equipped with a loudspeaker system.

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