Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Nov 20, 2024
§ 147.849 - Safety Zone; Olympus Tension Leg Platform.

(a) Description. The Olympus Tension Leg Platform is in the deepwater area of the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi Canyon Block 807B. The facility is located at 28° 9′35.59″ N, 89°14′20.86″ W. The area within 500 meters (1640.4 feet) from each point on the structure's outer edge and the area within 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of each of the supply boat mooring buoys is a safety zone.

(b) Regulation. No vessel may enter or remain in this safety zone except the following:

(1) An attending vessel;

(2) A vessel under 100 feet in length overall not engaged in towing; or

(3) A vessel authorized by the Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District or a designated representative.

[USCG-2013-0070, 79 FR 6819, Feb. 5, 2014]
authority: 14 U.S.C. 544; 43 U.S.C 1333; 33 CFR 1.05-1; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3
source: CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9386, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 147.849