33 C.F.R. § 161.35 Vessel Traffic Service Houston/Galveston.
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
(a) The VTS area consists of the following major waterways and portions of connecting waterways: Galveston Bay Entrance Channel; Outer Bar Channel; Inner Bar Channel; Bolivar Roads Channel; Galveston Channel; Gulf ICW and Galveston-Freeport Cut-Off from Mile 346 to Mile 352; Texas City Channel; Texas City Turning Basin; Texas City Canal Channel; Texas City Canal Turning Basin; Houston Ship Channel; Bayport Channel; Bayport Turning Basin; Houston Turning Basin; and the following precautionary areas associated with these waterways. (b) Precautionary Areas. (c) Reporting Points. [CGD 90–020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, as amended by CGD 95–033, 60 FR 28331, May 31, 1995; USCG–2000–7223, 65 FR 40058, June 29, 2000]
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 161—VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Subpart C—Vessel Traffic Service and Vessel Movement Reporting System Areas and Reporting Points
§ 161.35 Vessel Traffic Service Houston/Galveston.
Table 161.35(b)_VTS Houston/Galveston Precautionary Areas------------------------------------------------------------------------ Center point Precautionary area name Radius ------------------------------ (yds.) Latitude Longitude------------------------------------------------------------------------Bolivar Roads................ 4000 29°20.9[mi 94°47.0[m n] N in] WRed Fish Bar................. 4000 29°29.8[mi 94°51.9[m n] N in] WBayport Channel.............. 4000 29°36.7[mi 94°57.2[m n] N in] WMorgans Point................ 2000 29°41.0[mi 94°59.0[m n] N in] WUpper San Jacinto Bay........ 1000 29°42.3[mi 95°01.1[m n] N in] WBaytown...................... 1000 29°43.6[mi 95°01.4[m n] N in] WLynchburg.................... 1000 29°45.8[mi 95°04.8[m n] N in] WCarpenters Bayou............. 1000 29°45.3[mi 95°05.6[m n] N in] WJacintoport.................. 1000 29°44.8[mi 95°06.0[m n] N in] WGreens Bayou................. 1000 29°44.8[mi 95°10.2[m n] N in] WHunting Bayou................ 1000 29°44.3[mi 95°12.1[m n] N in] WSims Bayou................... 1000 29°43.1[mi 95°14.4[m n] N in] WBrady Island................. 1000 29°43.5[mi 95°16.4[m n] N in] WBuffalo Bayou................ 1000 29°45.0[mi 95°17.3[m n] N in] W------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: Each Precautionary Area encompasses a circular area of the radius denoted.
Table 161.35(c)_VTS Houston/Galveston Reporting Points---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geographic Designator Geographic name description Latitude/longitude Notes----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1............................... Galveston Bay Galveston Bay 29°18.4[min] .................. Entrance Channel. Entrance CH N; Lighted Buoy (LB) 94°37.6[min] ``GB''. W.2............................... Galveston Bay Galveston Bay 29°20.6[min] .................. Entrance Channel. Entrance Channel N; LB 11 and 12. 94°44.6[min] W.E............................... Bolivar Land Cut.. Mile 349 29°22.5[min] Tows entering HSC Intracoastal N; also report at Waterway (ICW). 94°46.9[min] HSC LB 25 & W. 26.W............................... Pelican Cut....... Mile 351 ICW...... 29°21.4[min] Tow entering HSC N; also report at 94°48.5[min] HSC LB 25 & W. 26.GCG............................. Galveston Harbor.. USCG Base. At the 29°20.0[min] .................. entrance to N; Galveston Harbor. 94°46.5[min] W.T............................... Texas City Channel Texas City Channel 29°22.4[min] .................. LB 12. N; 94°50.9[min] W.X............................... Houston Ship Houston Ship 29°22.1[min] Tow entering HSC Channel ICW Channel (HSC) LB N; from ICW or Texas Intersection. 25 and 26. 94°48.1[min] Cut Only. W..3............................... Lower Galveston HSC LB 31 and 32.. 29°23.5[min] .................. Bay. N; 94°48.8[min] W.4............................... Red Fish Bar...... HSC Lt. 53A & 29°30.3[min] .................. 54A. N; 94°52.4[min] W.P............................... Bayport Ship Bayport Ship 29°36.8[min] Report at the Channel. Channel Lt. 8 and N; North Land Cut. 9. 94°59.5[min] W;.4A.............................. Upper Galveston HSC Buoys 69 and 29°34.7[min] Tows only. Bay. 70. N; 94°55.8[min] W.5............................... Morgan's Point.... Barbour's Cut..... 29°41.0[min] Abeam Barbours N; Cut. 94°58.9[min] W..6............................... Exxon............. Baytown Bend...... 29°43.5[min] .................. N; 95°01.4[min] W.7............................... Lynchburg......... Ferry crossing.... 29°45.8[min] .................. N; 95°04.8[min] W.8............................... Shell Oil......... Boggy Bayou....... 29°44.1[min] .................. N; 95°08.0[min] W.9............................... Greens Bayou...... Greens Bayou...... 29°44.8[min] .................. N; 95°10.1[min] W.10.............................. Hess Turning Basin Hunting Bayou 29°44.3[min] Turning Basin. N;95°12.1[min ] W.11.............................. Lyondell Turning Sims Bayou Turning 29°43.2[min] Basin. Basin. N; 95°14.4[min] W.12.............................. I-610 Bridge...... I-610 Bridge...... 29°43.5[min] N; 95°16.0[min] W.13.............................. Houston Turning Buffalo Bayou..... 29°45.0[min] Basin. N; 95°17.4[min] W.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
