TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

CHAPTER II - CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

PART 334 - DANGER ZONE AND RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS

334.680 - Gulf of Mexico, southeast of St. Andrew Bay East Entrance, small - arms firing range, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.

  (a) The danger zones(1) Area No. 1. The waters of the Gulf of Mexico, southeast of St. Andrew Bay East Entrance within a rectangular area beginning at a point on shore at latitude 3004'32", longitude 8537'07"; thence to latitude 3003'03", longitude 8538'42"; thence to latitude 3002'14", longitude 8537'15"; thence to a point on shore at latitude 3004'13", longitude 8536'47"; thence along the shoreline to the point of beginning.

  (2) Area No. 2. The waters of the Gulf of Mexico and St. Andrew Sound within an area described as follows, but excluding Crooked Island: Beginning at a point on shore at latitude 3002'56", longitude 8534'35"; thence to latitude 3002'18", longitude 8536'18"; thence to latitude 3001'24", longitude 8535'40"; thence to latitude 3000'45", longitude 8534'41"; thence to a point on shore at latitude 3002'10", longitude 8533'42"; thence along the shore line to the point of beginning.

  (b) The regulations. (1) No person, vessel or other watercraft shall enter or remain in the areas during periods of firing. Area No. 1 will be used for firing practice between 6:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., as scheduled, Monday through Friday, with possibly some sporadic firings on Saturdays and Sundays. A 10' 18' red flag will be displayed on a pole at the shoreline whenever firing is in progress.

  (2) Area No. 2 will be operated on a sporadic schedule, with firings likely each day including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. A 10' 18' red flag will be displayed on a pole at the shore line whenever firing is in progress.

  (3) The regulations in this section shall be enforced by the Commanding Officer, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and such agencies as he may designate.

(Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 266, Chap. XIX, 40 Stat. 892; (33 U.S.C. 1, 3)) [28 FR 3394, Apr. 6, 1963, as amended at 30 FR 16267, Dec. 30, 1965; 39 FR 44752, Dec. 27, 1974. Redesignated at 50 FR 42696, Oct. 22, 1985, as amended at 62 FR 17555, Apr. 10, 1997]