33 CFR § 167.250 - In the approaches to the Cape Fear River: General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s167.250"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 167.250 - In the approaches to the Cape Fear River: General."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "167.250"
section_name: "In the approaches to the Cape Fear River: General."
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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# 167.250 In the approaches to the Cape Fear River: General.
The traffic separation scheme (TSS) in the approaches to the Cape Fear River consists of two parts: A precautionary area and a TSS. The specific areas in the approaches to Narragansett Bay, RI, and Buzzards Bay, MA, are described in §§ 167.251 and 167.252. The geographic coordinates in §§ 167.251 and 167.252 are defined using North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83), which is equivalent to WGS 1984 datum.
[USCG-2010-0718, 75 FR 77535, Dec. 13, 2010]