Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Nov 20, 2024
§ 147.861 - Interim Big Foot TLP Construction Site safety zone.

(a) Description. The Big Foot Tension Leg Platform (TLP) construction site is in the deepwater area of the Gulf of Mexico at Walker Ridge 29. The Big Foot TLP construction site outermost points are located at:

NW Corner 26-56-18.85 N, 090-31-26.44 W

NE Corner 26-56-18.85 N, 090-30-53.06 W

SE Corner 26-55-46.76 N, 090-30-53.06 W

SW Corner 26-55-46.76 N, 090-31-26.44 W,

and the area within 500 meters of the construction site's outermost points, 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 authorized by the Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District or a designated representative.

[80 FR 42388, July 17, 2015]
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 147.861