Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 600 - OIL DISCHARGE PREVENTION AND POLLUTION CONTROL RULES FOR MARINE OIL TERMINALS, TRANSPORTATION PIPELINES AND VESSELS
Section 096-600-5 - Vessel to Vessel Transfer Areas and Hussey Sound Limitation
Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-600-5
Current through 2024-13, March 27, 2024
A. Hussey Sound Limitation. A tank ship or tank barge containing any oil cargo which is actually drawing 40 or more feet may not transit Hussey sound, Casco Bay (port of Portland) regardless of visibility, unless it would be abeam of Soldier's Ledge Buoy within one-half (½) hour of the time of high tide.
B. Vessel Transfers While at Anchor. Vessel to vessel transfers must be conducted only in anchorage areas designated by the Department.
(1)
Vessel to Vessel Transfer Area - Casco Bay. A tank vessel anchorage area one
mile square is established starting at Hussey Sound Buoy 12, Lat. 43° 42'
10" North, Long. 70° 90' 46" West (formerly Little Chebeague Island Shoal
Buoy 6) thence one mile true North to Lat. 43° 43' 10" North, Long. 70°
90' 46" West; thence one mile true West to Lat. 43° 43' 10" North, Long.
70° 11' 90" West; thence one mile true South to Lat. 43° 42' 10" North,
Long. 70° 11' 90" West; thence one mile true East to the point of
origin.
(2) Vessel to Vessel
Transfer Area - Penobscot Bay. The following tank vessel anchorage areas are
established:
(a) The first area designated
for vessel-to-vessel transfers of bulk oil in Penobscot Bay area is a circle 2
nautical miles in diameter with the center at Latitude 44° 24' 15" North
and Longitude 68° 55' 25" West;
(b) The second area designated for
vessel-to-vessel transfers of bulk oil in Penobscot Bay area is a circle of one
nautical mile in diameter with the center at Latitude 44° 25' 00" North and
Longitude 68° 50' 45" West;
Section (5)(B) does not apply to the transfer of fuel for a vessel's own use (bunkering operations).
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