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) > 165.752—Sparkman Channel, Tampa, Florida—regulated navigation area.

165.752—Sparkman Channel, Tampa, Florida—regulated navigation area.

(a) A regulated navigation area is established to protect vessels from limited water depth in Sparkman Channel caused by an underwater pipeline. The regulated navigation area is in Sparkman Channel between the lines connecting the following points (referenced in NAD 83):
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude
1:
27°56′20.5″ N 082°26′42.0″ W to 27°56′19.3″ N 82°26′37.5″ W
2:
27°55′32.0″ N 082°26′54.0″ W to 27°55′30.9″ N 82°26′49.1″ W
(b) Ships requiring Federal or State pilotage shall not meet or overtake other like vessels in Sparkman Channel.
(c) Vessels having a draft of more than 35.5 feet may not transit Sparkman Channel.
(d) Vessels having a draft of 34.5 feet, but not over 35.5 feet, may transit Sparkman Channel only when the tide is at least one foot above mean low water.
(e) Vessels with a draft of 30 feet or greater shall transit as near as possible to the center of the channel.

Code of Federal Regulations

[CGD7 90-52, 56 FR 36005, July 30, 1991, as amended by USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35532, June 30, 1998]