2019-05626. 2018 Quarterly Listings; Safety Zones, Security Zones, Special Local Regulations, Drawbridge Operation Regulations and Regulated Navigation Areas

AGENCY:

Coast Guard, 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, special local regulations, drawbridge operation regulations and regulated navigation areas, all of limited duration and for which timely publication in the Federal Register was not possible.

DATES:

This document lists temporary Coast Guard rules that became effective, primarily between September 2018 and December 2018, 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 http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For questions on this document contact Deborah Thomas, 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. Drawbridge operation regulations authorize changes to drawbridge schedules to accommodate bridge repairs, seasonal vessel traffic, and local public events. Regulated Navigation Areas are water areas within a defined boundary for which regulations for vessels navigating within the area have been established by the regional Coast Guard District Commander.

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. Because Federal Register publication was not possible before the end of the effective 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.

The following unpublished rules were placed in effect temporarily during the period between September 2018 and December 2018 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	Location	Effective date
USCG-2018-0926	Security Zones (Part 165)	Wheeling, WV	9/29/2018
USCG-2018-0804	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Bayville, NY	9/29/2018
USCG-2018-0954	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Key West, FL	10/2/2018
USCG-2018-0911	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Sister Bay, WI	10/5/2018
USCG-2018-0904	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Osage Beach, MO	10/5/2018
USCG-2018-0797	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	San Francisco, CA	10/6/2018
USCG-2018-0809	Special Local Regulations (Part 100)	Pittsburgh, PA	10/6/2018
USCG-2018-0927	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Wilmington DE	10/7/2018
USGC-2018-0896	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Capitola, CA	10/7/2018
USCG-2018-0943	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	San Francisco, CA	10/13/2018
USCG-2018-0887	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Moundsville, WV	10/14/2018
USCG-2018-0969	Security Zones (Part 165)	Beaufort, SC	10/19/2018
USCG-2018-0938	Security Zones (Part 165)	New York Harbor	10/19/2018
USCG-2018-0867	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Pittsburgh, PA	10/20/2018
USCG-2018-0978	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Florence, AL	10/20/2018
USCG-2018-0883	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Manasquan, NJ	10/20/2018
USCG-2018-0837	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	San Diego, CA	10/27/2018
USCG-2018-1000	Security Zones (Part 165)	Pittsburgh, PA	10/30/2018
USCG-2018-1031	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Madeira Beach, FL	11/9/2018
USCG-2018-0994	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	San Francisco, CA	11/10/2018
USCG-2018-0993	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Monongahela, PA	11/16/2018
USCG-2018-0582	Security Zones (Part 165)	North Shore, Guam	11/18/2018
USCG-2018-0966	Drawbridge	Allemands, LA	11/20/2018
USCG-2018-0979	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Tinicum Township, PA	11/25/2018
USCG-2018-1069	Security Zones (Part 165)	Hollywood Beach, FL	11/30/2018
USCG-2018-0999	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Washington, DC	12/1/2018
USCG-2018-1037	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	San Francisco, CA	12/5/2018
USCG-2018-0982	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Cincinnati, OH	12/6/2018
USCG-2018-0976	Special Local Regulations (Part 100)	San Diego, CA	12/9/2018
USCG-2018-1092	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Bayou, LA	12/11/2018
USCG-2018-0767	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Sinclair Inlet, WA	12/13/2018
USCG-2018-1090	Security Zones (Part 165)	Corpus Christi, TX	12/15/2018
USCG-2018-1004	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Decatur Island, WA	12/18/2018
USCG-2018-1122	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	New Orleans, LA	12/28/2018
USCG-2018-1121	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Wilmington DE	12/29/2018
USCG-2018-1078	Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165)	Marina Del Rey, CA	12/31/2018

Dated: March 20, 2019.

Katia Kroutil,

Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard.