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NOTICES: Area Maritime Security Advisory Committee,
Published: 2003-12-31
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Secretary of
Homeland Security is establishing Area Maritime Security Advisory
Committees, and requesting qualified individuals interested in serving
on these committees to apply for membership.
NOTICES: Pollution prevention equipment; alternative testing standards,
Published: 2003-12-31
The Coast Guard will consider alternative testing standards,
including but not limited to standards in International Maritime
Organization (IMO) resolutions MEPC.107(49) and MEPC.108(49), for
approval of oilwater separators, bilge monitors, cargo monitors and
bilge alarms, and for the designation of laboratories as approved
facilities to conduct
RULES: Charleston Harbor, Charleston, SC; security zone,
Published: 2003-12-31
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary fixed security
zone in the waters under the Don Holt I526 Bridge on the Cooper River
to the entrance of Foster Creek on the Cooper River. This security zone
is needed for national security reasons to protect the public and ports
from potential subversive acts during port embarkation operations.
Vessels
RULES: Chesapeake Bay, MD—; Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal; safety and security zone,
Published: 2003-12-30
The Coast Guard is revising the established safety zone at the
Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal. This is in response to
the reopening of the terminal by Dominion Corporation on July 25,
2003. This safety and security zone is necessary to help ensure public
safety and security. The zone will prohibit vessels and persons from
entering
RULES: Chesapeake Bay, MD—; Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal; safety and security zone,
Published: 2003-12-30
The Coast Guard is establishing a safety/security zone at the
Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal. This is in response to
the reopening of the terminal by Dominion Power in July 2003. This
safety and security zone is necessary to help ensure public safety and
security. The zone will prohibit vessels and persons from entering a
RULES: Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Louisa, LA; safety zone,
Published: 2003-12-29
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone 100
feet east and west of the Louisa Bridge on the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway (GIWW), mile 134 West of the Harvey Locks (WHL), extending the
entire width of the waterway. This safety zone is needed to protect
persons and vessels from the potential safety hazards associated with
erecting the north
RULES: Suisun Bay, CA; security zones,
Published: 2003-12-29
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone in
the navigable waters of the United States adjacent to the Military
Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO), California (formerly United States
Naval Weapons Center Concord, California). In light of recent terrorist
actions against the United States, the security zone is necessary to
ensure the safe
RULES: Minnesota and Wisconsin,
Published: 2003-12-24
The Coast Guard is changing the regulations governing the
operation of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Bridge, Mile
0.2, Prescott, Wisconsin; U.S. 1661 Bridge, Mile 0.3, Prescott,
Wisconsin, the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, Mile 17.3, Hudson,
Wisconsin across the St. Croix River, and the S36 Highway Bridge at
Stillwater, mile 23.4.
RULES: Ninth Coast Guard District—; Barges loaded with dangerous cargoes; reporting requirements; regulated navigation area,
Published: 2003-12-24
On October 3, 2003, the Coast Guard published an interim final
rule in the Federal Register that established a regulated navigation
area (RNA) within all portions of the Illinois Waterway System located
in the Ninth Coast Guard District and contained reporting requirements
for barges loaded with certain dangerous cargoes. This document
provides
PROPOSED RULES: Madeline Island, WI,
Published: 2003-12-24
The Coast Guard proposes to enlarge the existing special
anchorage area in Madeline, Wisconsin. This action is being taken at
the request of the La Pointe Yacht Club, which, due to low water
levels, has lost usable anchorage space. This proposed rule would make
additional space available within the special anchorage area.
NOTICES: Recreational boating safety projects, programs, and activities,
Published: 2003-12-24
For each of 5 fiscal years starting in 1999, the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century has made $5 million
available to the Secretary of Transportation for payments of Coast
Guard expenses for personnel and activities directly related to
coordinating and carrying out the national recreational boating safety
program. This notice is being
RULES: Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment,
Published: 2003-12-23
The Coast Guard is adjusting fines and other civil monetary
penalties to reflect the impact of inflation. These adjustments are
made in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement
Act of 1996.
PROPOSED RULES: Port access routes study; approaches to Narragensett and Buzzards Bays, etc., CT, RI and MA,
Published: 2003-12-23
The Coast Guard is conducting a Port Access Route Study (PARS)
to evaluate the continued applicability of, and the need for
modifications to, current vessel routing measures in the approaches to
Narragansett Bay and Buzzards Bay, Cleveland Ledge to the Race,
Narragansett Bay East Passage, and the areas offshore of Connecticut,
Rhode Island, and
RULES: Delaware Bay and River, PA and NJ,
Published: 2003-12-22
The Coast Guard is temporarily changing the regulations that
govern Anchorage 5, southeast of Pea Patch Island, due to U.S. Army
Corp of Engineers dredging operations in the anchorage. This regulation
will help ensure the safety of vessels anchoring in Anchorage 5 while
dredging operations are ongoing. Mariners must receive approval from
the
NOTICES: Maritime Security Directives,
Published: 2003-12-22
The Coast Guard announces the availability of MARSEC
Directives 10401, 10402, 10403, 1044, 10501, 10502, 10503, and
1061. The MARSEC Directives provide performance standards to assist
facility and vessel owners/operators with developing facility and
vessel security plans that comport with national maritime security
initiatives. Information within
NOTICES: Vessel tonnage regulations interpretations,
Published: 2003-12-22
This notice addresses the use of a Marine Safety Center
Technical Note (MTN) for interpreting the Coast Guard's vessel tonnage
measurement regulations. While the regulations provide the necessary
framework for assigning gross and net tonnages and registered
dimensions to vessels, detailed interpretations of the regulations must
be periodically
RULES: Florida,
Published: 2003-12-19
The Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, has approved a
temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the
Florida East Coast Railway bridge across the Loxahatchee River, mile
1.2, Jupiter, Florida. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in
the closed position from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. each day from December 10,
2003 until
RULES: Connecticut,
Published: 2003-12-17
The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a
temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations for the
Amtrak Bridge across the Niantic River, mile 0.0, at Niantic,
Connecticut. This temporary deviation will allow the bridge to remain
in the closed position from 7 a.m. on January 2, 2004 through 8 p.m. on
February 15, 2004.
RULES: Suisun Bay, Concord, CA; security zones,
Published: 2003-12-17
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone in
the navigable waters of the United States adjacent to the Military
Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO), California (formerly United States
Naval Weapons Center Concord, California). In light of recent terrorist
actions against the United States, the security zone is necessary to
ensure the
RULES: Notice of Violation Program; policy revison,
Published: 2003-12-16
The Coast Guard is expanding the scope of its Notice of
Violation (NOV) program for resolving civil penalty cases as provided
for in 33 CFR part 1, subpart 1.07. The Coast Guard will issue a
revised policy expanding use of the NOV program to all statutory
penalty provisions that the Coast Guard is authorized to enforce, and
raising the maximum for
RULES: Eighth Coast Guard District inland rivers; barges loaded with dangerous cargoes; reporting requirements; regulated navigation area,
Published: 2003-12-16
On October 3, 2003, the Coast Guard published an interim final
rule in the Federal Register that established a regulated navigation
area (RNA) within all inland rivers of the Eighth Coast Guard District
and contained reporting requirements for barges loaded with certain
dangerous cargoes. This document provides notice that the Office of
Management
RULES: Lockwood Folly Inlet, NC; safety zone,
Published: 2003-12-15
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the
Atlantic IntraCoastal Waterway (AICW) in the vicinity of Lockwood
Folly Inlet, NC. This action is necessary to ensure public safety. This
rule prohibits vessels with a draft greater than 3 feet from entering
the safety zone unless specifically exempt under the provisions in this
rule
NOTICES: Drug testing; minimum random drug-testing rate (2004 CY),
Published: 2003-12-15
The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2004 minimum random
chemical drugtesting rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. An
evaluation of the 2002 Management Information System (MIS) data
collection forms submitted by marine employers showed that random drug
testing on covered crewmembers for the calendar year 2002 resulted in
positive test
RULES: Louisiana,
Published: 2003-12-15
The Coast Guard is changing the regulation governing the
operation of the SR 46 (St. Claude Avenue) bridge, mile 0.5 (Gulf
Intracoastal Water Way (GIWW) mile 6.2 East of Harvey Lock), the SR 39
(Judge Seeber/Claiborne Avenue) bridge, mile 0.9 (GIWW mile 6.7 East of
Harvey Lock), and the Florida Avenue bridge, mile 1.7 (GIWW mile 7.5
East of Harvey
RULES: San Carlos Bay, FL; regulated navigation area,
Published: 2003-12-09
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary regulated
navigation area on the waters of San Carlos Bay, Florida. The regulated
navigation area is needed to minimize the risk of potential bridge
allisions by vessels utilizing the main channel under span ``A''
(bascule portion) of the Sanibel Island Causeway Bridge and enhance the
safety of vessels
