(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.
Table 161.35(b)--VTS Houston/Galveston Precautionary Areas------------------------------------------------------------------------
Center point
Precautionary area name Radius ------------------------------
(yds.) Latitude Longitude------------------------------------------------------------------------Bolivar Roads................ 4000 2920.9 N 9447.0 WRed Fish Bar................. 4000 2929.8 N 9451.9 WBayport Channel.............. 4000 2936.7 N 9457.2 WMorgans Point................ 2000 2941.0 N 9459.0 WUpper San Jacinto Bay........ 1000 2942.3 N 9501.1 WBaytown...................... 1000 2943.6 N 9501.4 WLynchburg.................... 1000 2945.8 N 9504.8 WCarpenters Bayou............. 1000 2945.3 N 9505.6 WJacintoport.................. 1000 2944.8 N 9506.0 WGreens Bayou................. 1000 2944.8 N 9510.2 WHunting Bayou................ 1000 2944.3 N 9512.1 WSims Bayou................... 1000 2943.2 N 9514.4 WBrady Island................. 1000 2943.5 N 9516.4 WBuffalo Bayou................ 1000 2945.0 N 9517.3 W------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: Each Precautionary Area encompasses a circular area of the radius
denoted.
(c) Reporting points.
Table 161.35(c)--VTS Houston/Galveston Reporting Points----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Geographic
Designator Geographic name description Latitude/ longitude Notes----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1............... Galveston Bay Galveston Bay 2918.2 N; 9437.6 W
Entrance Channel. Entrance CH Lighted
Buoy (LB) ``1C''.2............... Galveston Bay Galveston Bay 2920.6 N; 9444.6 W
Entrance Channel. Entrance Channel LB
11 and 12.E............... Bolivar Land Cut.... Mile 349 2922.5 N; 9446.9 W Tows entering HSC
Intracoastal also report at HSC
Waterway (ICW). LB 25 & 26.W............... Pelican Cut......... Mile 351 ICW........ 2921.4 N; 9448.5 W Tows entering HSC
also report at HSC
LB 25 & 26.G............... Galveston Harbor.... Galveston Channel 2920.2 N; 9446.6 W Coast Guard Base.
Lt. 2.T............... Texas City Channel.. Texas City Channel 2922.4 N; 9450.9 W
Lt. 12.X............... Houston Ship Channel Houston Ship Channel 2922.2 N; 9448.1 W Tow entering HSC
ICW Intersection. (HSC) LB 25 and 26. from ICW or Texas
Cut Only.3............... Lower Galveston Bay. HSC Lt. 31 and LB 32 2923.8 N; 9448.9 W4............... Red Fish Bar........ HSC Lt. 53 & 54..... 2930.3 N; 9452.4 WP............... Bayport Ship Channel Bayport Ship Channel 2936.8 N; 9459.5 W Bayport Land Cut.
Lt. 8 and 9.4A.............. Upper Galveston Bay. HSC Lt. 69 and 70... 2934.7 N; 9455.8 W Tows only.5............... Morgan's Point...... HSC Lt. 91.......... 2941.0 N; 9459.0 W6............... Exxon............... HSC Lt. 109A........ 2943.5 N; 9501.4 W7............... Lynchburg........... Ferry crossing...... 2945.8 N; 9504.8 W8............... Shell Oil........... Boggy Bayou......... 2944.1 N; 9508.0 W9............... Greens Bayou........ HSC Lt. 152......... 2944.8 N; 9510.1 W10.............. Hunting Bayou....... Hunting Bayou 2944.4 N; 9512.1 W
Turning Basin..11.............. Lyondell............ Sims Bayou Turning 2943.2 N; 9514.4 W
Basin..12.............. I-610 Bridge........ I-610 Bridge........ 2943.5 N; 9516.0 W13.............. Buffalo Bayou....... Houston Turning 2945.0 N; 95 17.4 W
Basin.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [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; USCG-2007-27887, 72 FR 45904, Aug. 16, 2007]