01-3897. Safety Zones, Security Zone, Drawbridges and Special Local Regulations

AGENCY:

Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION:

Notice of temporary rules issued.

SUMMARY:

This document provides required notice of substantive rules adopted by the Coast Guard and temporarily effective between October 1, 2000 and December 31, 2000 which were not published in the Federal Register. This quarterly notice lists temporary local regulations, drawbridge regulations, security zones, and safety zones of limited duration and for which timely publication in the Federal Register was not possible.

DATES:

This notice lists temporary Coast Guard regulations that became effective and were terminated between October 1, 2000 and December 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES:

The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this notice. Documents indicated in this notice will be available for inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may electronically access the public docket for this notice on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For questions on this notice, contact Lieutenant Bruce Walker, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, telephone [phone]. For questions on viewing, or on submitting material to the docket, contact Dorothy Beard, Chief, Dockets, Department of Transportation [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

District Commanders and Captains of the Port (COTP) must be immediately responsive to the safety needs of the waters 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 vessels, ports, or waterfront facilities to prevent injury or damage. Special local regulations are issued to enhance the safety of participants and spectators at regattas and other marine events. Timely publication of these regulations in the Federal Register is often precluded when a regulation responds to an emergency, or when an event occurs without sufficient advance notice. However, the affected public is informed of these regulations 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 regulation. Because mariners are notified by Coast Guard officials on-going scene prior to enforcement action, Federal Register notice is not required to place the special local regulation, security zone, or safety zone in effect. 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 special local regulations, security zones, and safety zones. Permanent regulations are not included in this list because they are published in their entirety in the Federal Register. Temporary regulations may also be published in their entirety if sufficient time is available to do so before they are placed in effect or terminated. The safety zones, special local regulations, drawbridge regulations and security zones listed in this notice have been exempted from review under Executive Order 12866 because of their emergency nature, or limited scope and temporary effectiveness.

The following regulations were placed in effect temporarily during the period October 1, 2000 and December 31, 2000, unless otherwise indicated.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

S.G. Venckus,

Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law.

COTP Quarterly Report

COTP docket	Location	Type	Effective date
CHARLESTON 00-125	CHARLESTON HARBOR, SC	SAFETY ZONE	12/09/2000
JACKSONVILLE 00-102	ST. JOHNS RIVER, MAYPORT, FL	SECURITY ZONE	10/14/2000
JACKSONVILLE 00-103	ST. JOHNS RIVER, JACKSONVILLE, FL	SAFETY ZONE	11/02/2000
JACKSONVILLE 00-118	FERNANDINA BEACH, FL	SAFETY ZONE	11/25/2000
KENTUCKY 00-001	OHIO RIVER, M. 461.8 TO 477.6	SAFETY ZONE	10/19/2000
LOUISVILLE 00-002	OHIO RIVER, M. 639.5 TO 641.5	SAFETY ZONE	11/01/2000
MSO MOBILE 00-002	BACK BAY OF BILOXI	SAFETY ZONE	11/04/2000
NEW ORLEANS 00-031	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 299 TO 232	SAFETY ZONE	10/13/2000
NEW ORLEANS 00-032	VIDALIA BRIDGE M. 363.3, LMR, AHOP	SAFETY ZONE	10/20/2000
NEW ORLEANS 00-033	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 94.4 TO M. 95.8	SECURITY ZONE	10/20/2000
NEW ORLEANS 00-034	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 94 TO 96	SAFETY ZONE	10/27/2000
NEW ORLEANS 00-035	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 94 TO 96	SAFETY ZONE	11/02/2000
NEW ORLEANS 00-037	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 231	SAFETY ZONE	12/09/2000
NEW ORLEANS 00-038	OUACHITA RIVER, M. 165 TO 168	SAFETY ZONE	12/02/2000
NEW ORLEANS 00-040	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 112 TO 114	SAFETY ZONE	12/08/2000
PADUCAH 00-016	TENNESSEE RIVER, M. 647.5 TO 647.7	SAFETY ZONE	11/17/2000
PADUCAH 00-017	TENNESSEE RIVER, M. 463.7 TO 464	SAFETY ZONE	11/25/2000
PADUCAH 00-018	UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER M. 16.2	SAFETY ZONE	10/24/2000
SAN DIEGO 00-009	OCEANSIDE, CA	SAFETY ZONE	10/15/2000
SAN DIEGO 00-010	LAKE HAVASU, COLORADO RIVER, AZ	SAFETY ZONE	10/08/2000
SAN DIEGO 00-011	SAN DIEGO, CA	SAFETY ZONE	10/10/2000
SAN DIEGO 00-012	SAN DIEGO BAY, SAN DIEGO, CA	SAFETY ZONE	10/20/2000
SAN DIEGO 00-013	LAKE MOOVALYA REGION, COLORADO RIVER	SAFETY ZONE	11/24/2000
SAN FRANCISCO BAY 00-007	SAN FRANCISCO BAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA	SAFETY ZONE	10/11/2000
SAN FRANCISCO BAY 00-008	MONTERERY BAY, CA	SAFETY ZONE	10/14/2000
SAN FRANCISCO BAY 00-010	SAN FRANCISCO BAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA	SAFETY ZONE	10/24/2000
SAN FRANCISCO BAY 00-011	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	SECURITY ZONE	11/16/2000
TAMPA 00-121	TAMPA BAY, FL	SAFETY ZONE	12/05/2000
TAMPA 00-136	TAMPA BAY, FL	SAFETY ZONE	12/31/2000

District Quarterly Report

District docket	Location	Type	Effective date
01-00-222	DORCHESTER BAY, MA	DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION	10/03/2000
01-00-225	BOSTON, MA	SAFETY ZONE	10/08/2000
01-00-231	HUDSON RIVER, JERSEY CITY, NJ	SAFETY ZONE	10/14/2000
01-00-232	BOSTON, MA	SECURITY ZONE	10/03/2000
01-00-235	BOSTON, MA	SAFETY ZONE	10/12/2000
01-00-241	HUDSON RIVER, JERSEY CITY, NJ	SAFETY ZONE	10/28/2000
01-00-249	EAST RIVER, NEW YORK, NY	SAFETY ZONE	12/14/2000
01-00-252	PORT OF NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY	SAFETY ZONE	12/05/2000
01-00-255	FIRST NIGHT FIREWORKS, BOSTON, MA	SAFETY ZONE	12/31/2000
05-00-049	PATAPSCO RIVER, CHESAPEAKE BAY, MD	SAFETY ZONE	10/16/2000
05-00-050	LITTLE CREEK ENTRANCE, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA	SAFETY ZONE	11/07/2000
05-00-052	NORFOLK HARBOR REACH, VA	SECURITY ZONE	10/18/2000
05-00-056	FORT MCHENRY CHANNEL, BALTIMORE, MD	SAFETY ZONE	12/28/2000
07-00-107	CHARLESTON HARBOR, SC	SPECIAL LOCAL	12/09/2000
07-00-115	GREAT BAY, SAINT THOMAS, USVI	SPECIAL LOCAL	11/21/2000
07-00-117	TAMPA BAY, ST. PETERSBURG, FL	SPECIAL LOCAL	11/16/2000
07-00-122	HILLSBOROUGH RIVER	DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION	12/10/2000
09-00-106	CHICAGO CHASE, CHICAGO, IL	SAFETY ZONE	10/07/2000
09-00-113	CHICAGO,IL	SAFETY ZONE	10/06/2000
09-00-114	MUSKEGON LAKE	SECURITY ZONE	10/29/2000
09-00-115	NAVY PIER, LAKE MICHIGAN CHICAGO HARBOR, IL	SAFETY ZONE	11/04/2000
09-00-117	LAKE MICHIGAN, CHICAGO HARBOR, IL	SAFETY ZONE	11/11/2000
09-00-118	CHICAGO RIVER	SECURITY ZONE	11/10/2000
09-00-119	CHICAGO RIVER, CHICAGO, IL	SAFETY ZONE	11/18/2000
09-00-123	LAKE ERIE, MAUMEE RIVER, OHIO	SAFETY ZONE	12/31/2000
11-00-013	MARE ISLAND STRAIT, NAPA RIVER, CA	DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION	11/04/2000