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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. 165.111 Safety Zone: Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts.

(a) The following areas are established as safety zones during the
conditions specified:
(1) Around the U.S.S. Constitution or any accompanying parade
vessels when Constitution is under way--300 yards in all directions in
the waters around the U.S.S. Constitution and each parade vessel
accompanying Constitution whenever the U.S.S. Constitution is underway
in Boston Harbor from the time such vessels depart their respective
berths until the time they complete their transit and are safely moored.
(2) Whenever Constitution is moored at Pier 1, Charlestown Navy
Yard--the waters between Hoosac Pier and Pier 1, Charlestown Navy Yard,
from the imaginary line connecting the outer easternmost point
protruding into Boston Harbor from Hoosac Pier to the outer westernmost
point protruding into Boston Harbor from Pier 1, Charlestown Navy Yard,
extending inbound along the face of both piers to the landside points
where both piers end.
(3) Around the U.S.S. Constitution--fifty yards in all directions in
the waters around Constitution when the vessel is moored at any Boston
berthing location other than Pier 1, Charlestown Navy Yard.
(b) The general regulations governing safety zones as contained in
33 CFR 165.23 apply.
[CGD1 91-109, 57 FR 30407, July 9, 1992]

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