---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.900"
title: "33"
number: "150.900"
heading: "What does this subpart do?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.900"
---

# §150.900. What does this subpart do?

- (a) This subpart provides requirements for the establishment, restrictions, and location of safety zones, no anchoring areas (NAAs), and areas to be avoided (ATBAs) around deepwater ports.
- (b) Subpart D of this part, concerning vessel navigation and activities permitted and prohibited at deepwater ports, applies to safety zones, NAAs, ATBAs, and their adjacent waters; and supplements the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
- (c) Recommended shipping safety fairways associated with deepwater ports are described in [part 166](/cfr/33/part166.md) of this chapter.

## 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.