1. Waterways Management LT David Bourbeau Waterways Management Division
Sector Northern New England

2. Overview TOPIC 1: Safety and Security Zones
TOPIC 2: ATON Discrepancy Reporting
TOPIC 3: Mariner Radio Activated Sound Signals 2

3. TOPIC 1: Safety and Security Zones3

4. Safety Zones Ref: 33 CFR 165.20 Auth: PWSA, 33 USC 1221-1232
Max daily penalty: $40K
Definition: A water area, shore area, or water and shore area to which, for safety or environmental purposes, access is limited to authorized persons, vehicles, or vessels.
Purpose: Usually established in response to some emergency situation and are temporary in nature. Also used to protect participants/spectators of permitted marine events. 4

6. Security Zones Ref: 33 CFR 165.30 Auth: PWSA, 33 USC 1221-1232
Magnuson Act, 50 USC
Max daily penalty: $40K
Definition: An area land and/or water which is so designated by the COTP (or DC) for such time necessary to prevent damage or injury to any vessel or waterfront facility, to safeguard ports, harbors, territories, or waters of the US or to secure the observance of the rights and obligations of the US.
Purpose: to safeguard from destruction, loss, or injury from sabotage or other subversive acts in the US to vessels, harbors, ports, or waterfront facilities 6

7. Passenger Vessel Security Zone
33 CFR , NNE COTP zone
Applies to passenger vessels >100GT and >500 passengers
100 yards radius around any anchored, moored, or in the process of mooring
200 yards ahead of & 100 yards aside and astern
Entry into prohibited unless authorized by the COTP or Rep.
Over 400 called on Maine in are scheduled for Bar Harbor alone in 2016 (beginning Apr 29) 7

8. LPG Vessel Safety & Security Zone
33 CFR , NNE COTP Zone
All navigable waters of any LPG,
1 mile ahead
½ mile astern
1000yds either side
Exception: All waters of the Piscataqua River within a 500yds radius of any LPG vessel while moored at a receiving facility
Entry into prohibited unless authorized by the COTP or Rep. 8

9. Naval Vessel Protection Zone
33 CFR
14 USC 91 and 633
Applicable to US Naval vessels over 100 feet LOA
Prohibited within 100 yards
Minimum speed within 500 yards 9

10. TOPIC 2: ATON Discrepancy Reporting10

11. ATON Discrepancy Reporting
Ref: 33 CFR 62.65
Action: Mariners should notify the USCG immediately of any observed ATON defects or discrepancies.
Need specifics:
Aid Number
Detailed location
Observed defect or discrepancy
Bonus - Light List information
Contact Sector Command Center: (207) or VHF – FM Ch 16 or 11

13. ATON Seasonal Schedule
Waterway
Light List Date
Planned date and status
Primary
Unit
Number of Hulls
Medomak River
April 1st
March 15th- 01 April
So Portland 6
Montsweag Bay
March 15th – 01 April 9
Cowseagan Narrows
May 15th
May 1st – 15 May 4
Sasanoa River
May 1st -15 May 13
Upper Kennebec River 41
St George River 5
Royal River 18
Lake Champlain
May 1st
Waiting on 49ft BUSL
STANT Burlington 28
St Croix River
March 30th- 31st
SW Harbor
Union River
April 26th
Pleasant River 8
Benjamin River
May 11th 3
Pennamaquan River 13

14. TOPIC 3: Mariner Radio Activated Sound Signals14

15. MRASS Update All 17 proposed changes have been completed
No VM-100 “fog detectors” remain in Sector Northern N.E.
All 40 sound signals in Northern N.E. either activate;
(25) On demand via MRASS, VHF-FM ch. 83A
(12) Continuous, 24/7
(03) RRASS, relay activated off the MRASS 15

16. 2015 MRASS Picture 16

17. 2016 MRASS Picture
Need the sound signal?
Activate it! 17

18. USCG manufactured MRASS unit18

19. MRASS…moving forward
Continue outreach efforts with a primary focus of reaching seasonal, recreational waterway users.
Proactive public affairs campaign using local media
Continue to offer public meetings to concerned communities & stakeholders 19

20. Contact Info
LT David Bourbeau
phone: (207)