---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 165.802"
title: "33"
number: "165.802"
heading: "Lower Mississippi River, vicinity of Old River Control Structure—Safety Zone."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/165.802"
---

# §165.802. Lower Mississippi River, vicinity of Old River Control Structure—Safety Zone.

- (a) **The area enclosed by the following boundary is a safety zone—** from the Black Hawk Point Light, mile 316.1 AHP LMR to a point opposite Ft. Adams Light, mile 311.5 AHP along the low water reference plane above the right descending bank; thence to the levee on a line perpendicular to the channel centerline; thence along the levee to the upstream end of the Old River Overbank structure; thence along a line to the Black Hawk Point Light.
- (b) Any vessel desiring to enter this safety zone must first obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, New Orleans. The resident engineer at Old River Control Structure (WUG-424) is delegated the authority to permit entry into this safety zone.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD8-87-10, 53 FR 15207, Apr. 28, 1988, as amended by CGD8 89-03, 54 FR 16108, Apr. 21, 1989]

### 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

[CGD8-87-10, 53 FR 15207, Apr. 28, 1988, as amended by CGD8 89-03, 54 FR 16108, Apr. 21, 1989]