---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.355"
title: "33"
number: "150.355"
heading: "How are other vessels cleared to move within the safety zone?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.355"
---

# §150.355. How are other vessels cleared to move within the safety zone?

- (a) Clearance by a manned deepwater port's person in charge of vessel operations is required before a vessel, other than a tanker or support vessel, enters the safety zone.
- (b) The port's person in charge of vessel operations may clear a vessel under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section only if its entry into the safety zone would not:
  - (1) Interfere with the purpose of the deepwater port;
  - (2) Endanger the safety of life, property, or environment; or
  - (3) **Be prohibited by regulation.**
- (c) At an unmanned deepwater port, such as a submerged turret landing (STL) system, paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section apply once a tanker connects to the STL buoy.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.