Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 33  /  Part 161  /  Sec. 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 Burlington Northern/Santa Fe 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 294347" N

``1'' Mile 113- 911325" W

Atchafalaya River.2............................... Berwick Lock...... Mile 1.9 MC/PA.... 294310" N If transiting the

911328" W Lock.3............................... Conrad's Point Buoy ``1'' Mile 294232" N

Junction. 1.5 MC/PA. 911314" W4............................... Swift Ships Flat Mile 3 MC/PA...... 294326" N

Lake Junction. 911222" W5............................... Burlington Mile 0.3 MC/PA.... 294134" N

Northern/Santa Fe 911244" W

Railroad Bridge.6............................... 20 Grant Point Bayou Boeuf- 294118" N

Junction. Atchafalaya R. 911236" W

Mile 95.5 ICW.

7............................... ICW............... Overhead Power 294043" N

Cable Mile 96.5 911318" W

ICW.8............................... Wax Bayou Junction Light ``A'' Mile 293929" N

98.2W ICW. 911446" W9............................... Shaffer Junction.. ICW-Bayou Shaffer 294110" N

Mile 94.5 ICW. 911138" 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; USCG-2009-0416, 74 FR 27441, June 10, 2009]