CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER P—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY (parts 160 to 169) > PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS > SUBPART F—Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas (§165.165.T01-0176 to §165.1711) > 165.1305—Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA.

165.1305—Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA.

(a) Location. The following area is a safety zone: All portions of Commencement Bay bounded by the following coordinates: Latitude 47°17′34″ N, Longitude 122°28′36″ W; thence to Latitude 47°17′06″ N, Longitude 122°27′40″ W; thence to Latitude 47°16′42″ N, Longitude 122°28′06″ W; thence to Latitude 47°17′10″ W, Longitude 122°29′02″ W; thence returning to the origin. This safety zone resembles a rectangle lying adjacent to the shoreline along Ruston Way. Floating markers will be placed by the sponsor of the event to delineate the boundaries of the safety zone. [Datum: NAD 1983].
(b) Effective dates. This section is effective annually on July the fourth from 2 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. July the fifth unless otherwise specified by Federal Register notice.
(c) Regulation. In accordance with the general regulations in § 165.23 of this part, entry into this safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound, Seattle, WA.

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[CGD13-95-009, 60 FR 61481, Nov. 30, 1995]

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Effective Date Note: By USCG-2011-0197, 76 FR 31855, June 2, 2011, § 165.1305 was amended by revising paragraph (a), effective July 5, 2011. For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows: § 165.1305 Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA (a) Location. The following area is a safety zone for the Tacoma Freedom Fair Air Show: All portions of Commencement Bay bounded by the following coordinates: Latitude 47°17′38″ N, Longitude 122°28′43 W; thence south easterly to Latitude 47°17′4″ N, Longitude 122°27′32″ W; thence south westerly to Latitude 47°16′35″ N, Longitude 122°28′1″ W; thence north westerly along the shoreline to Latitude 47°17′10″ N, Longitude 122°29′14″ W; thence returning to the origin. This safety zone resembles a rectangle protruding from the shoreline along Ruston Way. Floating markers will be placed by the sponsor of the event to delineate the boundaries of the safety zone. Fourteenth Coast Guard District Seventeenth Coast Guard District