---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 165.708"
title: "33"
number: "165.708"
heading: "Safety/Security Zone; Charleston Harbor and Cooper River, Charleston, SC."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/165.708"
---

# §165.708. Safety/Security Zone; Charleston Harbor and Cooper River, Charleston, SC.

- (a) **Regulated area.** The following boundaries are established as a safety and security zone during specified conditions:
  - (1) All waters 200 yards ahead and astern and 100 yards to each side of a vessel transporting nuclear materials while the vessel transits from Charleston Harbor Entrance approximate position (32°37.1′ N., 079°35.5′ W.) to the Charleston Naval Weapons Station (position 32-55.4N, 079-56.0W) on the Cooper River. All coordinates referenced use datum: NAD 1983.
  - (2) All waters within 100 yards of the vessel described in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section while the vessel is conducting cargo operations at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station.
- (b) Captain of the Port Charleston will announce the activation of the safety/security zones described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section by Broadcast Notice to Mariners. The general regulations governing safety and security zones contained in §§ [165.23](/cfr/33/165.23.md) and [165.33](/cfr/33/165.33.md) apply.

## Notes

### Amendments

[COTP Charleston 96-034, 61 FR 68156, Dec. 27, 1996, as amended by USCG-2015-0433, 80 FR 44286, July 27, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051, 70124; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-034, 47 FR 29660, July 8, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[COTP Charleston 96-034, 61 FR 68156, Dec. 27, 1996, as amended by USCG-2015-0433, 80 FR 44286, July 27, 2015]