02-11277. Safety Zones and Security Zones

AGENCY:

Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION:

Notice of temporary rules issued.

SUMMARY:

This document provides required notice of substantive rules issued by the Coast Guard and temporarily effective between July 1, 2001 and March 31, 2002, which were not published in the Federal Register. This quarterly notice lists temporary local regulations 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 July 1, 2001 and March 31, 2002.

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 LTJG Sean Fahey, 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 and security 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. Security zones limit access to vessels, ports, or waterfront facilities to prevent injury or damage. Safety and security zones may be stationary and described by fixed limits or it may be described as a zone around a vessel in motion. 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. The affected public is, however, 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 Federal Register publication was not possible before the beginning of the effective period, mariners were personally notified of the contents of these special local regulations, security zones, or safety zones by Coast Guard officials on-scene prior to the 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 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 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 from July 1, 2001 through March 31, 2002, unless otherwise indicated. This notice also includes regulations that were not received in time to be included on the quarterly notice for the third and fourth quarter of 2001.

Dated: May 1, 2002.

S.G. Venckus,

Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law.

COTP Quarterly Report.—1st Quarter 2002

COTP docket	Location	Type	Effective date
ACTBALT 02-001	POCOMOKE CITY, MARYLAND	SAFETY ZONE	01/18/2002
CHARLESTON 02-012	COOPER RIVER, SOUTH CAROLINA	SECURITY ZONE	02/19/2002
CORPUS CHRISTI 02-002	PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS	SECURITY ZONE	03/09/2002
HOUSTON-GALVESTON 02-003	GALVESTON, TEXAS	SECURITY ZONE	03/19/2002
HOUSTON-GALVESTON 02-004	GALVESTON, TEXAS	SECURITY ZONE	03/29/2002
JACKSONVILLE 02-005	ATLANTIC OCEAN, DAYTON BEACH, FL	SECURITY ZONE	01/30/2002
JACKSONVILLE 02-010	PORT CANAVERAL, FL	SECURITY ZONE	02/13/2002
JACKSONVILLE 02-016	COCOA, FL	SAFETY ZONE	02/23/2002
JACKSONVILLE 02-017	MATANZAS RIVER, ST. AUGUSTINE, FL	SAFETY ZONE	02/22/2002
LA/LONG BEACH 02-001	LOS ANGELES HARBOR, CALIFORNIA	SECURITY ZONE	01/07/2002
MEMPHIS 02-001	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 595 TO 618	SAFETY ZONE	01/10/2002
MEMPHIS 02-003	MCCLELLAN-KERR ARKANSAS RIVER	SAFETY ZONE	02/13/2002
MEMPHIS 02-004	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 733 TO 736	SAFETY ZONE	02/13/2002
MEMPHIS 02-005	MCCLELLAN-KERR ARKANSAS RIVER	SAFETY ZONE	02/28/2002
MEMPHIS 02-006	MCCLELLAN-KERR ARKANSAS RIVER	SAFETY ZONE	03/16/2002
MOBILE 02-001	WEST PASCAGOULA RIVER AND BAY	SAFETY ZONE	01/21/2002
MOBILE 02-002	CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY, FLORIDA	SECURITY ZONE	02/04/2002
MOBILE 02-003	MOBILE RIVER, MOBILE, ALABAMA	SAFETY ZONE	03/01/2002
MORGAN CITY 02-001	EUGENE ISLAND SEA BUOY TO MM 119.8	SAFETY ZONE	03/12/2002
NEW ORLEANS 02-001	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 99 TO 102	SECURITY ZONE	01/15/2002
NEW ORLEANS 02-002	LWR MISSISSIPPI RIVER, M. 92.6 TO 98.2	SECURITY ZONE	02/01/2002
NEW ORLEANS 02-003	LUNDI GRASS BOAT PARADE, M. 94 TO 96	SAFETY ZONE	02/11/2002
NEW ORLEANS 02-006	RIGOLETS RAILROAD DRAW BRIDGE	SAFETY ZONE	03/18/2002
PADUCAH 02-001	TENNESSEE RIVER, M. 446 TO 471	SAFETY ZONE	01/24/2002
PADUCAH 02-002	TENNESSEE RIVER, M. 0 TO 003.5	SAFETY ZONE	01/29/2002
PADUCAH 02-003	TENNESSEE RIVER, M. 002 TO 003	SAFETY ZONE	02/07/2002
PADUCAH 02-004	TENNESSEE RIVER, M. 446 TO 454.6	SAFETY ZONE	03/18/2002
PITTSBURGH 02-003	MONONGAHELA RIVER, M. 0 TO 0.5	SECURITY ZONE	02/05/2002
PITTSBURGH 02-004	OHIO RIVER, M. 14.8	SAFETY ZONE	02/27/2002
PITTSBURGH 02-006	OHIO RIVER, M. 24 TO 25	SAFETY ZONE	03/09/2002
PORT ARTHUR 02-001	PORT ARTHUR, TX	SAFETY ZONE	02/10/2002
SAN DIEGO 02-002	SAN DIEGO, CA	SAFETY ZONE	02/06/2002
SAN FRANCISCO BAY 02-001	OFFSHORE OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA	SAFETY ZONE	02/08/2002
WESTERN ALASKA 02-002	COOK INLET, AK	SECURITY ZONE	01/08/2002
WESTERN ALASKA 02-006	S/S ARCTIC SUN, COOK INLET, AK	SECURITY ZONE	01/19/2002

District Quarterly Report.—1st Quarter 2002

District docket	Location	Type	Effective date
01-02-008	PRESIDENTIAL VISITS, PORTLAND, ME	SAFETY ZONE	01/25/2002
01-02-022	PORTLAND, ME	SAFETY ZONE	02/22/2002
05-02-001	HAMPTON ROADS, ELIZABETH RIVER, VA	SECURITY ZONE	01/14/2002
05-02-001a	HAMPTON ROADS, ELIZABETH RIVER, VA	SECURITY ZONE	01/15/2002
05-02-002	HAMPTON ROADS, ELIZABETH RIVER, VA	SECURITY ZONE	02/07/2002
05-02-010	ELK RIVER, CHESAPEAKE BAY, MARYLAND	SAFETY ZONE	03/04/2002
05-02-011	HAMPTON ROADS, ELIZABETH RIVER, VA	SECURITY ZONE	03/21/2002
09-02-002	LAKE ST. CLAIR, HARRISON TWP., MI	SAFETY ZONE	02/16/2002
13-02-001	PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	SECURITY ZONE	01/05/2002
13-2-005	AIRCRAFT IN THE WATER, ELLIOTT BAY, WA	SAFETY ZONE	03/28/2002

Regulations Not on Previous 3rd and 4th Quarterly Report

District/COTP	Location	Type	Effective date
DISTRICT REGULATION FOR 3RD QUARTER
CGD09-01-062	LAKE ONTARIO, OSWEGO, NEW YORK	SAFETY ZONE	07/01/01
COTP REGULATIONS FOR 4TH QUARTER
CORPUS CHRISTI 01-003	INNER HARBOR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX	SAFETY ZONE	10/01/01
JACKSONVILLE 01-131	ST. JOHN'S RIVER, JACKSONVILLE, FL	SAFETY ZONE	10/27/01
PITTSBURGH 01-005	OHIO RIVER, M. 119 TO 119.8	SAFETY ZONE	10/15/01
PITTSBURGH 01-006	OHIO RIVER, M. 34.6 TO 35.1	SAFETY ZONE	10/15/01
WESTERN ALASKA 01-007	PHILLIPS PETROLEUM, LNG PIER, NIKISKI, AK	SECURITY ZONE	10/19/01