33 C.F.R. § 161.40   Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay.


Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters


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

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§ 161.40   Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay.

(a) The VTS area consists of the navigable waters of the following segments of waterways: the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) Morgan City to Port Allen Alternate Route from Mile Marker 0 to Mile Marker 5; the ICW from Mile Marker 93 west of Harvey Lock (WHL) to Mile Marker 102 WHL; the Atchafalaya River Route from Mile Marker 113 to Mile Marker 122; from Bayou Shaffer Junction (ICW Mile Marker 94.5 WHL) south one statute mile along Bayou Shaffer; and from Berwick Lock northwest one statute mile along the Lower Atchafalaya River.

(b) VTS Special Area. The Berwick Bay VTS Special Area consists of those waters within a 1000 yard radius of the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge located at Mile .03 MC/PA.

(c) Reporting Points.

                                Table 161.40(c)_VTS Berwick Bay Reporting Points----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                          Geographic           Designator               Geographic name       description     Latitude/longitude         Notes----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1...............................  Stouts Pass.......  Stouts Point Light  29°43[min]47[s                                                       ``1'' Mile 113-     ec] N                                                       Atchafalaya River. 91°13[min]25[s                                                                           ec] W2...............................  Berwick Lock......  Mile 1.9 MC/PA....  29°43[min]10[s  If transiting the                                                                           ec] N               Lock.                                                                          91°13[min]28[s                                                                           ec] W3...............................  Conrad's Point      Buoy ``1'' Mile     29°42[min]32[s                                   Junction.           1.5 MC/PA.          ec] N                                                                          91°13[min]14[s                                                                           ec] W4...............................  Swift Ships Flat    Mile 3 MC/PA......  29°43[min]26[s                                   Lake Junction.                          ec] N                                                                          91°12[min]22[s                                                                           ec] W5...............................  South Pacific       Mile 0.3 MC/PA....  29°41[min]34[s                                   Railroad Bridge.                        ec] N                                                                          91°12[min]44[s                                                                           ec] W6...............................  20 Grant Point      Bayou Boeuf-        29°41[min]18[s                                   Junction.           Atchafalaya R.      ec] N                                                       Mile 95.5 ICW.     91°12[min]36[s                                                                           ec] W7...............................  ICW...............  Overhead Power      29°40[min]43[s                                                       Cable Mile 96.5     ec] N                                                       ICW.               91°13[min]18[s                                                                           ec] W8...............................  Wax Bayou Junction  Light ``A'' Mile    29°39[min]29[s                                                       98.2W ICW.          ec] N                                                                          91°14[min]46[s                                                                           ec] W9...............................  Shaffer Junction..  ICW-Bayou Shaffer   29°41[min]10[s                                                       Mile 94.5 ICW.      ec] N                                                                          91°11[min]38[s                                                                           ec] W----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[CGD 90–020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, as amended by CGD 95–033, 60 FR 28332, May 31, 1995; USCG–1998–3799, 63 FR 35531, June 30, 1998]

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