33 CFR § 334.102 - Sandy Hook Bay, Naval Weapons Station EARLE, Piers and Terminal Channel, restricted area, Middletown, New Jersey.

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title: "33 CFR § 334.102 - Sandy Hook Bay, Naval Weapons Station EARLE, Piers and Terminal Channel, restricted area, Middletown, New Jersey."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "334.102"
section_name: "Sandy Hook Bay, Naval Weapons Station EARLE, Piers and Terminal Channel, restricted area, Middletown, New Jersey."
chapter_name: "CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
part_number: "334"
part_name: "DANGER ZONE AND RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS"
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authority: "40 Stat. 266 (33 U.S.C. 1) and 40 Stat. 892 (33 U.S.C. 3)."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 42696, Oct. 22, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
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# 334.102 Sandy Hook Bay, Naval Weapons Station EARLE, Piers and Terminal Channel, restricted area, Middletown, New Jersey.

(a) *The area.* All of the navigable waters within the area bounded by these coordinates:

Latitude 40°25′55.6″ N, longitude 074°04′31.4″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°26′54.0″ N, longitude 074°03′53.0″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°26′58.0″ N, longitude 074°04′03.0″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°27′56.0″ N, longitude 074°03′24.0″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°27′41.7″ N, longitude 074°02′45.0″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°28′23.5″ N, longitude 074°02′16.6″W; thence to

Latitude 40°28′21.2″ N, longitude 074°01′56.0″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°28′07.9″ N, longitude 074°02′18.6″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°27′39.3″ N, longitude 074°02′38.3″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°27′28.5″ N, longitude 074°02′10.4″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°26′29.5″ N, longitude 074°02′51.2″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°26′31.4″ N, longitude 074°02′55.4″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°25′27.1″ N, longitude 074°03′39.7″W longitude;

and thence along the shoreline to the point of origin (NAD 83).

The Department of the Navy plans to install buoys along these coordinates to outline the Restricted Area.

(b) *The regulation.* (1) Except as set forth in subparagraph (b)(2), no persons, unauthorized vessels or other unauthorized craft may enter the restricted area at any time;

(2) Vessels are authorized to cross the Terminal Channel provided that there are no naval vessels then transiting the channel bounded by:

Latitude 40°27′41.7″ N, longitude 074°02′45.0″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°28′23.5″ N, longitude 074°02′16.6″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°28′21.2″ N, longitude 074°01′56.0″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°28′07.9″ N, longitude 074°02′18.6″ W; thence to

Latitude 40°27′39.3″ N, longitude 074°02′38.3″ W); and (3) No person may swim in the Restricted Area.

(c) *Enforcement.* The regulation in this section, promulgated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, shall be enforced by the Commanding Officer, Naval Weapons Station Earle, and/or other persons or agencies as he/she may designate.

[68 FR 37971, June 26, 2003]