Title 33

SECTION 334.102

334.102 Sandy Hook Bay, Naval Weapons Station EARLE, Piers and Terminal Channel, restricted area, Middletown, New Jersey.

§ 334.102 Sandy Hook Bay, Naval Weapons Station EARLE, Piers and Terminal Channel, restricted area, Middletown, New Jersey.

(a) The area. All of the navigable waters within the area bounded by these coordinates:

Latitude 40°25′55.6″ N, longitude 074°04′31.4″ W; thence to Latitude 40°26′54.0″ N, longitude 074°03′53.0″ W; thence to Latitude 40°26′58.0″ N, longitude 074°04′03.0″ W; thence to Latitude 40°27′56.0″ N, longitude 074°03′24.0″ W; thence to Latitude 40°27′41.7″ N, longitude 074°02′45.0″ W; thence to Latitude 40°28′23.5″ N, longitude 074°02′16.6″W; thence to Latitude 40°28′21.2″ N, longitude 074°01′56.0″ W; thence to Latitude 40°28′07.9″ N, longitude 074°02′18.6″ W; thence to Latitude 40°27′39.3″ N, longitude 074°02′38.3″ W; thence to Latitude 40°27′28.5″ N, longitude 074°02′10.4″ W; thence to Latitude 40°26′29.5″ N, longitude 074°02′51.2″ W; thence to Latitude 40°26′31.4″ N, longitude 074°02′55.4″ W; thence to Latitude 40°25′27.1″ N, longitude 074°03′39.7″W longitude; and thence along the shoreline to the point of origin (NAD 83). The Department of the Navy plans to install buoys along these coordinates to outline the Restricted Area.

(b) The regulation. (1) Except as set forth in subparagraph (b)(2), no persons, unauthorized vessels or other unauthorized craft may enter the restricted area at any time;

(2) Vessels are authorized to cross the Terminal Channel provided that there are no naval vessels then transiting the channel bounded by:

Latitude 40°27′41.7″ N, longitude 074°02′45.0″ W; thence to Latitude 40°28′23.5″ N, longitude 074°02′16.6″ W; thence to Latitude 40°28′21.2″ N, longitude 074°01′56.0″ W; thence to Latitude 40°28′07.9″ N, longitude 074°02′18.6″ W; thence to Latitude 40°27′39.3″ N, longitude 074°02′38.3″ W); and (3) No person may swim in the Restricted Area.

(c) Enforcement. The regulation in this section, promulgated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, shall be enforced by the Commanding Officer, Naval Weapons Station Earle, and/or other persons or agencies as he/she may designate.

[68 FR 37971, June 26, 2003]

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