2022-23022. 2021 Quarterly Listings; Safety Zones, Security Zones, and Special Local Regulations AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION:

Notification of expired temporary rules issued.

SUMMARY:

This document provides notification of substantive rules issued by the Coast Guard that were made temporarily effective but expired before they could be published in the Federal Register . This document lists temporary safety zones, security zones, and special local regulations, all of limited duration and for which timely publication in the Federal Register was not possible. This document also announces notifications of enforcement for existing reoccurring regulations that we issued but were unable to be published before the enforcement period ended.

DATES:

This document lists temporary Coast Guard rules and notifications of enforcement that became effective or enforceable, primarily between April 2021 and June 2021, unless otherwise indicated, and were terminated before they could be published in the Federal Register .

ADDRESSES:

Temporary rules listed in this document may be viewed online, under their respective docket numbers, using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For questions on this document contact Yeoman First Class Glenn Grayer, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Coast Guard District Commanders and Captains of the Port (COTP) must be immediately responsive to the safety and security needs within their jurisdiction; therefore, District Commanders and COTPs have been delegated the authority to issue certain local regulations. Safety zones may be established for safety or environmental purposes. A safety zone may be stationary and described by fixed limits or it may be described as a zone around a vessel in motion. Security zones limit access to prevent injury or damage to vessels, ports, or waterfront facilities. Special local regulations are issued to enhance the safety of participants and spectators at regattas and other marine events.

Timely publication of these rules in the Federal Register may be precluded when a rule responds to an emergency, or when an event occurs without sufficient advance notice. The affected public is, however, often informed of these rules through Local Notices to Mariners, press releases, and other means. Moreover, actual notification is provided by Coast Guard patrol vessels enforcing the restrictions imposed by the rule. Timely publication of notifications of enforcement of reoccurring regulations may be precluded when the event occurs with short notice or other agency procedural restraints.

Because Federal Register publication was not possible before the end of the effective or enforcement period, mariners were personally notified of the contents of these safety zones, security zones, special local regulations, regulated navigation areas, or drawbridge operation regulations by Coast Guard officials on-scene prior to any enforcement action. However, the Coast Guard, by law, must publish in the Federal Register notice of substantive rules adopted. To meet this obligation without imposing undue expense on the public, the Coast Guard periodically publishes a list of these temporary safety zones, security zones, special local regulations, regulated navigation areas, and drawbridge operation regulations. Permanent rules are not included in this list because they are published in their entirety in the Federal Register . Temporary rules are also published in their entirety if sufficient time is available to do so before they are placed in effect or terminated. In some of our reoccurring regulations, we say we will publish a notice of enforcement as one of the means of notifying the public. We use this notification to announce those notifications of enforcement that we issued and will post them to their dockets.

The following unpublished rules were placed in effect temporarily during the period between April 2021 and June 2021 unless otherwise indicated. To view copies of these rules, visit www.regulations.gov and search by the docket number indicated in the following table.

Docket No.	Type of regulation	Location	Enforcement date
USCG-2021-0232	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	League City, TX	4/17/2021
USCG-2021-0279	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Port Fourchon, LA	4/21/2021
USCG-2021-0271	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Wellsburg, WV	4/23/2021
USCG-2021-0268	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Cleveland, OH	4/29/2021
USCG-2021-0265	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Vilano Beach, FL	4/30/2021
USCG-2021-0300	Special Local Regulations (Part 100)	Seattle, WA	5/1/2021
USCG-2021-0310	Security Zones (Part 165)	Lake Charles, LA	5/6/2021
USCG-2021-0115	Security Zones (Part 165)	Ocean City, MD	5/8/2021
USCG-2021-0256	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Horry County, SC	5/10/2021
USCG-2021-0342	Security Zones (Part 165)	North Kingston, RI	5/19/2021
USCG-2021-0359	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Corpus Christi, TX	5/27/2021
USCG-2021-0192	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Sturgeon Bay, WI	5/29/2021
USCG-2021-0080	Special Local Regulations (Part 100)	Jones Beach, NY	5/31/2021
USCG-2021-0365	Security Zones (Part 165)	Rehoboth Beach, DE	6/2/2021
USCG-2021-0074	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Elizabeth, PA	6/6/2021
USCG-2021-0328	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Buffalo, NY	6/17/2021
USCG-2021-0413	Security Zones (Part 165)	Newport, DE	6/18/2021
USCG-2021-0479	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Detroit, MI	6/21/2021
USCG-2021-0471	Security Zones (Part 165)	New Orleans, LA	6/25/2021
USCG-2021-0436	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Richland, WA	6/25/2021
USCG-2021-0216	Special Local Regulations (Part 100)	Sunrise Beach, MO	6/26/2021
USCG-2021-0244	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Port Long Island Sound	6/26/2021
USCG-2021-0263	Special Local Regulations (Part 100)	Hendersonville, TN	6/26/2021
USCG-2021-0484	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Alameda, CA	6/27/2021
USCG-2021-0486	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Ingleside, TX	6/29/2021

Dated: October 19, 2022.

M.T. Cunningham,

Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, United States Coast Guard.