33 CFR § 167.174 - Off Delaware Bay: Precautionary area.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s167.174"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 167.174 - Off Delaware Bay: Precautionary area."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "167.174"
section_name: "Off Delaware Bay: Precautionary area."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "P"
subchapter_name: "PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY"
part_number: "167"
part_name: "OFFSHORE TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEMES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 70001, 70003; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.0."
regulatory_source: "CGD 81-080, 48 FR 36456, Aug. 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "167"
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# 167.174 Off Delaware Bay: Precautionary area.
A precautionary area is established as follows: from 38°42.80′ N, 74°58.90′ W; then northerly by an arc of eight nautical miles centered at 38°48.90′ N, 75°05.60′ W to 38°48.32′ N, 74°55.30′ W; then westerly to 38°47.50′ N, 75°01.80′ W; then northerly to 38°50.75′ N, 75°03.40′ W; then northeasterly to 38°51.27′ N, 75°02.83′ W; then northerly to 38°54.80′ N, 75°01.60′ W; then westerly by an arc of 6.7 nautical miles centered at 38°48.90′ N, 75°05.60′ W to 38°55.53′ N, 75°05.87′ W; then southwesterly to 38°54.00′ N, 75°08.00′ W; then southerly to 38°46.60′ N, 75°03.55′ W; then southeasterly to 38°42.80′ N, 74°58.90′ W.
Datum: NAD 83.
[CGD 97-004, 65 FR 12946, Mar. 10, 2000]