Section 096-600-5 - Vessel to Vessel Transfer Areas and Hussey Sound LimitationA.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 (1/2) 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).
06-096 C.M.R. ch. 600, § 5