§ 161.35. Vessel Traffic Service Houston/Galveston.
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(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. ::: {width="100%"} ::: {.table_head} Table 161.35(b)---VTS Houston/Galveston Precautionary Areas ::: ::: {.gpotbl_div} Precautionary area name Radius (yds.) Center point Latitude Longitude Bolivar Roads 4000 29°20.9′ N 94°47.0′ W Red Fish Bar 4000 29°29.8′ N 94°51.9′ W Bayport Channel 4000 29°36.7′ N 94°57.2′ W Morgans Point 2000 29°41.0′ N 94°59.0′ W Upper San Jacinto Bay 1000 29°42.3′ N 95°01.1′ W Baytown 1000 29°43.6′ N 95°01.4′ W Lynchburg 1000 29°45.8′ N 95°04.8′ W Carpenters Bayou 1000 29°45.3′ N 95°05.6′ W Jacintoport 1000 29°44.8′ N 95°06.0′ W Greens Bayou 1000 29°44.8′ N 95°10.2′ W Hunting Bayou 1000 29°44.3′ N 95°12.1′ W Sims Bayou 1000 29°43.2′ N 95°14.4′ W Brady Island 1000 29°43.5′ N 95°16.4′ W Buffalo Bayou 1000 29°45.0′ N 95°17.3′ W ::: ::: {.table_foot} Note: Each Precautionary Area encompasses a circular area of the radius denoted. ::: :::
(c)Reporting points. ::: {.table_head} Table 161.35(c)---VTS Houston/Galveston Reporting Points ::: Designator Geographic name Geographic description Latitude/ longitude Notes 1 Galveston Bay Entrance Channel Galveston Bay Entrance CH Lighted Buoy
(LB)"1C" 29°18.2′ N; 94°37.6′ W 2 Galveston Bay Entrance Channel Galveston Bay Entrance Channel LB 11 and 12 29°20.6′ N; 94°44.6′ W E Bolivar Land Cut Mile 349 Intracoastal Waterway
(ICW)29°22.5′ N; 94°46.9′ W Tows entering HSC also report at HSC LB 25 26. W Pelican Cut Mile 351 ICW 29°21.4′ N; 94°48.5′ W Tows entering HSC also report at HSC LB 25 26. G Galveston Harbor Galveston Channel Lt. 2 29°20.2′ N; 94°46.6′ W Coast Guard Base. T Texas City Channel Texas City Channel Lt. 12 29°22.4′ N; 94°50.9′ W X Houston Ship Channel ICW Intersection Houston Ship Channel
(HSC)LB 25 and 26 29°22.2′ N; 94°48.1′ W Tow entering HSC from ICW or Texas Cut Only. 3 Lower Galveston Bay HSC Lt. 31 and LB 32 29°23.8′ N; 94°48.9′ W 4 Red Fish Bar HSC Lt. 53 54 29°30.3′ N; 94°52.4′ W P Bayport Ship Channel Bayport Ship Channel Lt. 8 and 9 29°36.8′ N; 94°59.5′ W Bayport Land Cut. 4A Upper Galveston Bay HSC Lt. 69 and 70 29°34.7′ N; 94°55.8′ W Tows only. 5 Morgan's Point HSC Lt. 91 29°41.0′ N; 94°59.0′ W 6 Exxon HSC Lt. 109A 29°43.5′ N; 95°01.4′ W 7 Lynchburg Ferry crossing 29°45.8′ N; 95°04.8′ W 8 Shell Oil Boggy Bayou 29°44.1′ N; 95°08.0′ W 9 Greens Bayou HSC Lt. 152 29°44.8′ N; 95°10.1′ W 10 Hunting Bayou Hunting Bayou Turning Basin. 29°44.4′ N; 95°12.1′ W 11 Lyondell Sims Bayou Turning Basin. 29°43.2′ N; 95°14.4′ W 12 I-610 Bridge I-610 Bridge 29°43.5′ N; 95°16.0′ W 13 Buffalo Bayou Houston Turning Basin 29°45.0′ N; 95° 17.4′ W \[CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, as amended by CGD 95-033, 60 FR 28331, May 31, 1995; USCG-2000-7223, 65 FR 40058, June 29, 2000; USCG-2007-27887, 72 FR 45904, Aug. 16, 2007\]
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