95-435. Anchorage Regulations; Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas (CGD 86-079)

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2364-2365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-435]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 110

[CGD 86-079]
RIN 2115-AC96]


Anchorage Regulations; Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited 
Access Areas (CGD 86-079)

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of termination.

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SUMMARY: This rulemaking project was initiated to make various 
administrative changes to clarify the statutory authority and purposes 
of special anchorage areas and anchorage grounds; remove references to 
specific state and local ordinances governing special anchorage areas; 
relocate anchorage grounds (Subpart B) from Part 110 to a new Part 111; 
adopt a standardized anchorage description format using latitudes and 
longitudes; and establish a geographically oriented national numbering 
system for anchorages. Because Coast Guard resources have been devoted 
to higher priority issues, staff to complete this editorial effort has 
not been and will not be available in the foreseeable future to 
complete this initiative. Therefore, the Coast Guard is terminating 
further rulemaking under docket number 86-079.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margie G. Hegy, Project Manager, Short 
Range Aids to Navigation Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, (202) 
267-0415.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Responsibility for the administration and 
enforcement of anchorage regulations was transferred from the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers to the U.S. Coast Guard in 1967. Many of the 
regulations have remained basically unchanged since that time. In 1979, 
the authority to designate special anchorage areas and anchorage 
grounds and to issue regulations pertaining to anchorage grounds was 
delegated to Coast Guard district commanders. State and local 
governments have also promulgated ordinances which apply in some of 
these designated anchorages.
    On March 11, 1988 (53 FR 7949) the Coast Guard proposed a number of 
editorial changes and a partial reorganization of the anchorage 
regulations in 33 CFR Part 110. After reviewing the comments received 
as a result of the NPRM, the Coast Guard published a Supplemental 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on December 5, 1988 (53 FR 48935) 
proposing to expand the editorial revision of Part 110 to include 
creating a new Part 111 and standardizing the format for anchorage 
descriptions by using latitudes and longitudes.
    Because Coast Guard resources have been devoted to higher priority 
issues, staff to complete this extensive editorial effort has not been 
and will not be available in the foreseeable future to complete this 
initiative. Therefore, due to the time that has lapsed since the last 
section (1988) and the lack of resources to complete this rulemaking, 
the Coast Guard is terminating further rulemaking under docket number 
86-079. This subject may be further reviewed and, as resources permit, 
future rulemaking projects initiated as needed.

    Dated: December 30, 1994.
G.A. Penington,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Chief, Office of Navigation Safety and 
Waterway Services.
[FR Doc. 95-435 Filed 1-6-95; 8:45 am]
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