04-1861. Quarterly Listings; Safety Zones, Security Zones, Special Local Regulations and Drawbridge Operation Regulations

AGENCY:

Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION:

Notice of temporary rules issued.

SUMMARY:

This document provides required notice of substantive rules issued by the Coast Guard and temporarily effective between October 1, 2003 and December 31, 2003, that were not published in the Federal Register. This quarterly notice lists temporary local regulations, drawbridge operation regulations, security zones, and safety zones, all of limited duration and for which timely publication in the Federal Register was not possible.

DATES:

This notice is effective January 29, 2004.

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 LT Jeff Bray, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, telephone [phone]. For questions on viewing, or on submitting material to the docket, contact Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 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 and may also describe a zone around a vessel in motion. 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. Timely publication of these rules in the Federal Register is often precluded when a rule responds to an emergency, or when an event occurs without sufficient advance notice. The affected public is, however, 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 beginning of the effective period, mariners were personally notified of the contents of these special local regulations, drawbridge operation regulations, security zones, or safety zones 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 special local regulations, security zones, safety zones and temporary 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 safety zones, special local regulations, security zones and drawbridge operation regulations listed in this notice have been exempted from review under Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, because of their emergency nature, or limited scope and temporary effectiveness.

The following rules were placed in effect temporarily during the period from October 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

Dated: January 22, 2004

S.G. Venckus,

Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law.

COTP Quarterly Report—4th Quarter 2003

COTP Docket	Location	Type	Effective date
Charleston 03-169	Charleston, SC	Safety Zone	12/6/2003
Corpus Christi 03-007	Ingleside, TX	Safety Zone	11/2/2003
Corpus Christi 03-008	Port Aransas, TX	Safety Zone	11/6/2003
Jacksonville 03-146	St. Johns River, M 161.1 Volusia County, FL	Safety Zone	10/23/2003
Jacksonville 03-149	Atlantic Ocean, Jacksonsville, FL	Safety Zone	10/23/2003
Jacksonville 03-156	Atlantic Ocean, Daytona Beach, FL	Safety Zone	11/7/2003
Jacksonville 03-161	Volusia County, FL	Safety Zone	11/24/2003
Jacksonville 03-162	Lake Eustis, Eustis, FL	Safety Zone	11/28/2003
Jacksonville 03-163	St. Johns River, Jacksonville, FL	Safety Zone	11/29/2003
Jacksonville 03-164	West Lake Tohopekaliga, Kissimmee, FL	Safety Zone	12/13/2003
Jacksonville 03-170	Lake Eustis, Eustis, FL	Safety Zone	12/5/2003
LA-LB 03-010	Long Beach, CA	Safety Zone	10/11/2003
Louisville 03-012	Ohio River, M 602.0 TO 606.0 Louisville, KY	Safety Zone	10/14/2003
Louisville 03-013	Louisville, KY	Safety Zone	10/3/2003
Memphis 03-003	Rosedale, MS	Safety Zone	10/10/2003
Memphis 03-004	Osceloa, AR	Safety Zone	10/15/2003
Memphis 03-005	Osceola, AR	Safety Zone	11/2/2003
Miami 03-150	Columbus Day Regatta, Bicayne Bay, Miami, FL	Special Local Reg	10/11/2003
Miami 03-158	Port of Miami, Miami, FL	Security Zone	11/19/2003
Miami 03-160	Boca Raton, FL	Security Zone	11/19/2003
Morgan City 03-006	Louisa, LA	Safety Zone	10/23/2003
Morgan City 03-008	Amelia, LA	Safety Zone	11/6/2003
Morgan City 03-012	Amelia, LA	Safety Zone	11/18/2003
Morgan City 03-013	Morgan City, LA	Safety Zone	12/2/2003
Morgan City 03-014	Berwick, LA	Security Zone	12/9/2003
Pittsburgh 03-023	Pittsburgh, PA	Safety Zone	10/4/2003
Pittsburgh 03-024	Pittsburgh, PA	Safety Zone	10/3/2003
Pittsburgh 03-025	Pittsburgh, PA	Safety Zone	10/18/2003
Pittsburgh 03-026	Star City, WV	Safety Zone	10/31/2003
Pittsburgh 03-027	Star City, WV	Safety Zone	11/3/2003
Pittsburgh 03-028	Star City, WV	Safety Zone	11/7/2003
Pittsburgh 03-031	Pittsburgh, PA	Security Zone	12/2/2003
Port Arthur 03-020	Neches River, Beaumont, TX	Safety Zone	10/10/2003
Port Arthur 03-023	Beaumont, TX	Safety Zone	11/10/2003
San Diego 03-031	Colorado River, Parker, AZ	Safety Zone	11/28/2003
San Diego 03-034	Pacific Ocean, San Diego Bay, San Diego, CA	Safety Zone	11/9/2003
San Francisco Bay 03-025	San Franccisco, CA	Safety Zone	10/10/2003
San Francisco Bay 03-028	SFB, SPB, and Carquinez Strait, CA	Safety Zone	11/5/2003
San Francisco Bay 03-031	San Francisco Bay, CA	Safety Zone	12/30/2003
Savannah 03-157	Savannah River, Savanah, GA	Security Zone	11/17/2003
Savannah 03-174	Savannah River, Savannah, GA	Security Zone	12/16/2003
Savannah 03-175	Savannah River, Savannah, GA	Security Zone	12/18/2003
Wilmington 03-151	Bogue Sound, NC	Safety Zone	10/7/2003

District Quarterly Report—4th Quarter 2003

District docket	Location	Type	Effective date
01-03-109	Bar Harbor, ME, M/V Acadia Clipper Salvage	Safety Zone	10/24/2003
01-03-112	Huntington, NY	Safety Zone	12/31/2003
05-03-132	SPA Creek, Annapolis, MD	Special Local Reg.	11/8/2003
05-03-154	Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, VA	Security Zone	10/1/2003
05-03-155	Elizabeth River, Norfolk, VA	Drawbridge	10/2/2003
05-03-157	York River, West Point, VA	Safety Zone	10/4/2003
05-03-158	Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, Elizabeth	Security Zone	10/5/2003
05-03-159	Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, VA	Security Zone	10/7/2003
05-03-161	COTP Wilmington Zone	Safety Zone	10/7/2003
05-03-162	Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, Elizabeth	Security Zone	10/11/2003
05-03-163	Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, Elizabeth	Security Zone	10/15/2003
05-03-164	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	10/17/2003
05-03-165	Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, VA	Security Zone	11/13/2003
05-03-166	Bogue Sound, NC	Safety Zone	10/20/2003
05-03-169	Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, VA	Security Zone	10/14/2003
05-03-170	COTP Wilmington Zone	Safety Zone	10/14/2003
05-03-171	Hampton Roads, Elizabeth River, VA	Security Zone	10/19/2003
05-03-172	Hampton Roads, Elizabeth River, VA	Security Zone	10/23/2003
05-03-173	Hampton Roads, Elizabeth River, VA	Security Zone	11/3/2003
05-03-174	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	10/20/2003
05-03-176	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	10/28/2003
05-03-178	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	11/1/2003
05-03-179	Patapsco River, Northwest Harbor, Baltimore	Safety Zone	11/7/2003
05-03-182	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	11/7/2003
05-03-183	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	11/12/2003
05-03-187	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	11/17/2003
05-03-189	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	11/22/2003
05-03-191	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	11/27/2003
05-03-192	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	11/30/2003
05-03-193	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	12/2/2003
05-03-194	Delaware Bay and River	Safety Zone	11/26/2003
05-03-197	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	12/5/2003
05-03-198	Baltimore, Maryland	Security Zone	12/5/2003
05-03-201	Virginia Beach, Virginia	Safety Zone	12/4/2003
05-03-202	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	12/11/2003
05-03-203	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	12/16/2003
05-03-208	Delaware Bay and River	Safety Zone	12/16/2003
05-03-209	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	12/19/2003
05-03-210	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	12/26/2003
05-03-212	Hampton Roads, Virginia	Security Zone	12/26/2003
09-03-250	Chicago, IL	Safety Zone	10/4/2003
09-03-279	COTP Detroit Zone, Renaissance Center	Security Zone	10/2/2003
09-03-281	Chicago, IL	Safety Zone	11/22/2003
09-03-282	Saint Lawrence Seaway, New York	Safety and Security	11/2/2003
09-03-286	Chicago, IL	Safety Zone	12/7/2003
11-03-007	Stockton, CA	Drawbridge	12/1/2003
13-03-037	Puget Sound, Washington	Security Zone	10/8/2003
13-03-038	Columbia River	Safety Zone	11/8/2003
13-03-039	Puget Sound, Washington	Security Zone	12/9/2003