01-12976. Safety Zones, Security Zones, 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 January 1, 2001 and March 31, 2001 which were not published in the Federal Register. This quarterly notice lists temporary local 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 January 1, 2001 and March 31, 2001. This notice also lists three regulations that were effective and terminated between September and December, 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 Christena Green, 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 or 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-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 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 January 1, 2001 and March 31, 2001, unless otherwise indicated. This notice also includes 3 regulations that were not received in time to be included on the quarterly notices for the third and fourth quarters of 2000.

Dated: May 17, 2001.

S.G. Venckus,

Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law.

District Quarterly Report

District Docket	Location	Type	Effective date
01-00-003	Boston, MA	Safety Zone	01/05/2001
01-01-005	Boston, MA	Safety Zone	01/13/2001
01-01-006	Newport, RI	Safety Zone	03/03/2001
01-01-007	Boston, MA	Safety Zone	01/18/2001
01-01-012	Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME	Safety Zone	02/11/2001
01-01-027	USS Boone Port Visit, Newport, RI	Security Zone	02/23/2001
01-01-029	Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI	Safety Zone	03/29/2001
01-01-035	Boston, MA	Safety Zone	03/16/2001
01-01-039	USS De Wert Port Visit, Newport, RI	Safety Zone	03/19/2001
01-01-042	Portland, ME	Security Zone	03/23/2001
01-01-044	Port of NY/NY	Safety Zone	03/24/2001
05-01-002	Washington, DC	Safety Zone	01/18/2001
09-01-007	Hennepin Bridge, Hennepin, IL	Safety Zone	03/22/2001
09-01-016	Manitowoc, WI	Safety Zone	03/17/2001
13-01-001	Quillayute River, WA	Safety Zone	02/02/2001

COTP Quarterly Report

COTP Docket	Location	Type	Effective Date
Charleston 01-010	Charleston, SC	Safety Zone	02/08/2001
Guam 01-001	Outer APRA Harbor, Guam	Safety Zone	01/24/2001
Guam 01-002	North of Glass Breakwater, Guam	Safety Zone	01/25/2001
Honolulu 01-002	Hawaii, Kaiwi Channel, Pacific Ocean	Safety Zone	02/24/2001
Honolulu 01-003	Kaiwi, Hawaii	Security Zone	03/20/2001
Honolulu 01-004	Kawaii, Kaiwi Channel, Pacific Ocean	Safety Zone	02/09/2001
Houston-Galveston 01-002	Houston, TX	Safety Zone	01/08/2001
Houston-Galveston 01-001	Houston, TX	Safety Zone	01/05/2001
Jacksonville 01-016	Indian River, Cocoa, FL	Safety Zone	02/24/2001
Jacksonville 01-018	St. Johns River, Palatka, FL	Safety Zone	03/03/2001
Jacksonville 01-021	Cocoa Beach, FL	Safety Zone	03/24/2001
LA/LB 01-001	Queens Gate, Long Beach, CA	Safety Zone	02/15/2001
Memphis 01-001	Mississippi River, M. 727 to 729.5	Safety Zone	02/20/2001
Memphis 01-002	Mississippi River, M. 532 to 525	Safety Zone	02/26/2001
Memphis 01-003	Mississippi River, M. 532 to 525	Safety Zone	03/01/2001
Memphis 01-004	Mississippi River, M. 555 to 550	Safety Zone	03/03/2001
Mobile 01-003	Mobile River at Pier 3 AND 4	Security Zone	02/02/2001
Mobile 01-004	Port of Gulfport, MS	Security Zone	02/03/2001
New Orleans 01-002	LWR Mississippi River, M 95 to 98	Safety Zone	02/14/2001
New Orleans 01-004	LWR Mississippi River, M 95.5	Security Zone	02/21/2001
New Orleans 01-005	LWR Mississippi River, M 95 to 96	Safety Zone	02/26/2001
New Orleans 01-006	LWR Mississippi River, M 94 to 96	Safety Zone	03/11/2001
New Orleans 01-007	LWR Mississippi River, M 94 to 96	Safety Zone	03/15/2001
San Diego 01-001	Lake Havasu, Colorado River, AZ	Safety Zone	03/03/2001
San Juan 01-006	Guayanilla, Puerto Rico	Safety Zone	02/05/2001
Savannah 01-022	Savannah, GA	Security Zone	03/14/2001
Savannah	Savannah, GA	Security Zone	03/19/2001
Tampa 01-004	Tampa Bay, FL	Safety Zone	01/20/2001
Wilmington 01-001	Wilmington, North Carolina	Safety Zone	03/27/2001

Regulations Not on Previous 3rd and 4th Quarterly Report

District/COTP	Location	Type	Effective Date
Guam 00-31	Kilo Wharf, APRA Harbor Guam	Safety Zone	09/18/00
Guam 00-034	Agat Bay, Guam	Safety Zone	12/12/00
New Orleans 00-039	LWR Mississippi	Safety Zone	11/30/00