---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 165.827"
title: "33"
number: "165.827"
heading: "Regulated Navigation Area; Galveston Channel, TX."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/165.827"
---

# §165.827. Regulated Navigation Area; Galveston Channel, TX.

- (a) **Location.** The following area is a regulated navigation area: All waters of the Galveston Channel within the area from Latitude 29°20′19″ N, Longitude 094°46′36″ W, east to Latitude 29°20′06″ N, Longitude 094°46′15″ W, south to Latitude 29°19′47″ N, Longitude 094°46′27″ W, west to Latitude 29°19′51″ N, Longitude 094°46′45″ W, and north to Latitude 29°20′19″ N, Longitude 094°46′36″ W.
- (b) **Regulations.**
  - (1) Vessels navigating this area must do so at a minimum safe speed so as to not cause any wake.
  - (2) Vessels may proceed at greater than a minimum safe speed with permission of the Captain of the Port Houston-Galveston or a designated representative.
  - (3) To request permission as required by these regulations, contact the Sector Houston-Galveston Command Center by telephone at (713)671-5113.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2009-0931, 75 FR 47715, Aug. 9, 2010]

### 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

[USCG-2009-0931, 75 FR 47715, Aug. 9, 2010]