---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 147.827"
title: "33"
number: "147.827"
heading: "Marlin Tension Leg Platform safety zone."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/147.827"
---

# §147.827. Marlin Tension Leg Platform safety zone.

- (a) **Description.** The Marlin Tension Leg Platform (Marlin TLP), Viasca Knoll, Block 915 (VK 915), is located at position 29°6′27.46″ N, 87°56′37.14″ W. The area within 500 meters (1640.4 feet) from each point on the structure's outer edge 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, USCG Heartland District.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD08-02-045, 68 FR 55445, Sept. 26, 2003]

### Authority

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. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9386, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD08-02-045, 68 FR 55445, Sept. 26, 2003]