---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 147.847"
title: "33"
number: "147.847"
heading: "Safety Zone; BW PIONEER Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading System Safety Zone."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/147.847"
---

# §147.847. Safety Zone; BW PIONEER Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading System Safety Zone.

- (a) **Description.** The BW PIONEER, a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) system, is in the deepwater area of the Gulf of America at Walker Ridge 249. The FPSO can swing in a 360 degree arc around the center point of the turret buoy's swing circle at 26°41′46.25″ N and 090°30′30.16″ W. The area within 500 meters (1640.4 feet) around the stern of the FPSO when it is moored to the turret buoy is a safety zone. If the FPSO detaches from the turret buoy, the area within 500 meters around the center point at 26°41′46.25″ N and 090°30′30.16″ W 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

[USCG-2009-0571, 75 FR 19882, Apr. 16, 2010]

### 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

[USCG-2009-0571, 75 FR 19882, Apr. 16, 2010]