Coast Guard, DHS § 165.703

EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: By COTP St Peters- of a mile south of NASA Causeway burg 05–166, 71 FR 11507, Mar. 8, 2006, East (Orsino Causeway) to the shore- § 165.T07–166, was added, effective from 8 a.m. line on Merritt Island at position on Jan. 8, 2006 until 8 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2007. 28°30.95′ N., 80°37.6′ W., then south along § 165.701 Vicinity, Kennedy Space Cen- the shoreline to the starting point. ter, Merritt Island, Florida—secu- (b) The area described in paragraph rity zone. (a) of this section is closed to all ves- (a) The water, land, and land and sels and persons, except those vessels water within the following boundaries and persons authorized by the Com- are a security zone—The perimeter of mander, Seventh Coast Guard District, the Cape Canaveral Barge Canal and or the COTP Jacksonville, Florida, the Banana River at 28°24′33″ N., whenever space vehicles are to be 80°39′48″ W.; then due west along the launched by the United States Govern- northern shoreline of the barge canal ment from Cape Canaveral. for 1,300 yards; then due north to (c) COTP Jacksonville, Florida, 28°28′42″ N., 80°40′30″ W., on Merritt Is- closes the security zone, or specific land. From this position, the line pro- portions of it, by means of locally pro- ceeds irregularly to the eastern shore- mulgated notices. The closing of the line of the Indian River to a position area is signified by the display of a red 1,300 yards south of the NASA Cause- ball from a 90-foot pole near the shore- way at 28°30′54″ N., 80°43′42″ W. (the line line at approximately 28°35′00″ N., from the barge canal to the eastern 80°34′36″ W., and from a 90-foot pole shoreline of the Indian River is marked near the shoreline at approximately by a three-strand barbed-wire fence), 28°25′18″ N., 80°35′00″ W. Appropriate then north along the shoreline of the Local Notices to Mariners will also be Indian River to the NASA Causeway at broadcast on 2670 KHZ. 28°31′30″ N., 80°43′48″ W. The line con- [CGD 79–034, 47 FR 29660, July 8, 1982, as tinues west on the southern shoreline amended by CGD 7–82–10, 48 FR 11696, Mar. of the NASA Causeway to NASA Gate 3 21, 1983; USCG–1998–3799, 63 FR 35532, June 30, (permanent), then north to the north- 1998] ern shoreline of the NASA Causeway and east on the northern shoreline of § 165.703 Tampa Bay, Florida—Safety the causeway back to the shoreline on Zone. Merritt Island at position 28°31′36″ N., (a) A floating safety zone is estab- 80°43′42″ W., then northwest along the lished consisting of an area 1000 yards shoreline to 28°41′01.2″ N., 80°47′10.2″ W. fore and aft of a loaded anhydrous am- (Blackpoint); then due north to chan- monia vessel and the width of the nel marker #6 on the Intracoastal Wa- channel in the following areas: terway (ICW), then northeast along the (1) For inbound tank vessels loaded southern edge of the ICW to the west- with anhydrous ammonia, Tampa Bay ern entrance to the Haulover Canal. Cut ‘‘F’’ Channel from Lighted Buoys From this point, the line continues ‘‘3F’’ and ‘‘4F’’ north through and in- northeast along the southern edge of cluding Gadsden Point Cut Lighted the Haulover Canal to the eastern en- Buoy ‘‘3’’ and commencing at Gadsden trance to the canal; then due east to a Point Cut Lighted Buoys ‘‘7’’ and ‘‘8’’ point in the Atlantic Ocean 3 miles off- north and including Hillsborough Cut shore at 28°44′42″ N., 80°37′51″ W.; then ‘‘C’’ Channel. south along a line 3 miles from the (i) For vessels bound for R. E. Knight coast to Wreck Buoy ‘‘WR6’’, then to Pier at Hookers Point the safety zone Port Canaveral Channel Lighted Buoy includes, in addition to the area in 10, then west along the northern edge paragraph (a)(1) of this section, of the Port Canaveral Channel to the Hillsborough Cut ‘‘D’’ Channel to the northeast corner of the intersection of southern tip of Harbor Island. the Cape Canaveral Barge Canal and (ii) For vessels bound for the anhy- the ICW in the Banana River at drous ammonia receiving terminals to 28°24′36″ N., 80°38′42″ W. The line con- Port Sutton the safety zone includes, tinues north along the east side of the in addition to the area in paragraph Intracoastal Waterway to daymarker (a)(1) of this section, Port Sutton ‘35’ thence North Westerly one quarter Channel.

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