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TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)

PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS--Table of Contents

Subpart F--Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas

Sec. 165.110 Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts.

(a) The following areas are established as safety zones during the
specified conditions:
(1) The waters bounded by the limits of the Boston Main Ship Channel
and extending two miles ahead and one mile astern of a loaded Liquified
Natural Gas Tank vessel while the vessel transits the Boston North
Channel and Boston Harbor. The safety Zone remains in effect until the
LNG vessel is alongside the DISTRIGAS waterfront facility in the Mystic
River. Lat. 42 deg.23.3' N., Long. 71 deg.03.7' W.
(2) The waters and land area within 150' of a Liquified Natural Gas
Tank vessel when the vessel is alongside the DISTRIGAS waterfront
facility, Everett, MA. Lat. 42 deg.23.3' N., Long. 71 deg.03.7' W. This
Safety Zone remains in effect while the LNG vessel remains in a loaded
condition or is transferring liquified natural gas.
(b) The general regulations governing safety zones as contained in
33 CFR 165.20 apply.
[CGD1-83-4R, 49 FR 19819, May 10, 1984]


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