2020-20945. 2020 Quarterly Listings; Safety Zones, Security Zones, and Special Local Regulations

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, and special local regulations, 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 July 2019 and March 2020, 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 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. 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 July 2019 and March 2020 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-2019-0623	Safety Zone	Port Buffalo Zone	7/7/2019
USCG-2019-0547	Safety Zone	Cleveland, OH	7/12/2019
USCG-2019-0539	Safety Zone	Port Buffalo Zone	7/12/2019
USCG-2019-0611	Safety Zone	Clayton, NY	7/20/2019
USCG-2019-0396	Safety Zone	Cleveland, OH	7/21/2019
USCG-2019-0583	Safety Zone	Pacific Grove, CA	7/27/2019
USCG-2019-0473	Safety Zone	Kendall, NY	8/3/2019
USCG-2019-0601	Safety Zone	North Tonawanda, NY	8/3/2019
USCG-2019-0680	Safety Zone	Erie, PA	8/27/2019
USCG-2019-0713	Safety Zone	Port Buffalo Zone	9/1/2019
USCG-2019-0723	Safety Zone	Sodus Point, NY	9/2/2019
USCG-2019-0731	Safety Zone	Westfield, NY	9/3/2019
USCG-2019-0708	Safety Zone	Conneaut, OH	9/7/2019
USCG-2019-0668	Safety Zone	Conneaut, OH	9/7/2019
USCG-2019-0711	Safety Zone	Lake Erie, Vermilion, OH	9/14/2019
USCG-2019-0766	Safety Zone	Bratenahl, OH	9/17/2019
USCG-2019-0779	Safety Zone	Verona, NY	9/17/2019
USCG-2019-0791	Safety Zone	Presque Isle Bay, Erie, PA	10/1/2019
USCG-2019-0805	Safety Zone	Cuyahoga River	10/5/2019
USCG-2019-0969	Safety Zone	Alameda, CA	1/5/2020
USCG-2020-0002	Safety Zone	Ft Lauderdale, FL	1/6/2020
USCG-2020-0016	Security Zones (Part 165)	Toledo, OH	1/9/2020
USCG-2020-0018	Safety Zone	Menominee, MI	1/18/2020
USCG-2020-0026	Security Zones (Part 165)	New Orleans, LA	1/18/2020
USCG-2020-0059	Safety Zone	Port New York Zone	1/23/2020
USCG-2020-0020	Special Local Regulations	Tampa, FL	1/25/2020
USCG-2020-0083	Security Zones (Part 165)	Wildwood, NJ	1/28/2020
USCG-2020-0070	Safety Zone	Chicago, IL	1/28/2020
USCG-2020-0077	Safety Zone	Naval Station Everett, WA	1/30/2020
USCG-2020-0079	Safety Zone	Smithland, KY	1/30/2020
USCG-2020-0072	Safety Zone	Hamilton Township, NJ	2/1/2020
USCG-2020-0131	Security Zones (Part 165)	Norfolk, VA	2/19/2020
USCG-2020-0104	Safety Zone	New Orleans, LA	2/19/2020
USCG-2020-0164	Safety Zone	Shackleford Banks, NC	3/6/2020
USCG-2020-0193	Safety Zone	Key West, FL	3/19/2020
USCG-2020-0200	Safety Zone	Green Bay, WI	3/24/2020

Dated: September 17, 2020.

M.T. Cunningham,

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