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RULES: Cape Fear River, Wilmington, NC,
Published: 2006-12-29
The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone from the mouth
of the Cape Fear River to the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge to provide for
the safety of the public during the transit and mooring of a vessel
carrying four (4) large industrial cranes. The cranes are of such size
and dimension that they will create a significant obstruction to safe
RULES: Choptank River, Cambridge, MD,
Published: 2006-12-29
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone
encompassing certain waters of the Choptank River. This action is
necessary to ensure the safety of persons and property, and prevent
terrorist acts or incidents during the U.S. House Republican Issues
Conference, being held during January 2426, 2007. This rule prohibits
vessels and people
RULES: Jacksonville Captain of Port Zone, FL,
Published: 2006-12-29
The Coast Guard is temporarily establishing security zones
around any vessel escorted by one or more Coast Guard, State, or local
law enforcement assets within the Captain of the Port Zone
Jacksonville, FL. No vessel or person is allowed within 100 yards of an
escorted vessel, while within the navigable waters of the Captain of
the Port Zone,
NOTICES: Southeastern New England Area Maritime Security Committee,
Published: 2006-12-29
The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership in the Area
Maritime Security Committee, Southeastern New England. The Committee
assists the Captain of the Port, Southeastern New England, in
developing, reviewing, and updating the Area Maritime Security Plan for
their area of responsibility.
NOTICES: Triennial exercise schedule (2007-2009 CY),
Published: 2006-12-29
The Coast Guard, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Minerals
Management Service, in concert with representatives from various State
governments, industry, environmental interest groups, and the general
public, developed the National Preparedness for Response Exercise
Program
RULES: Maryland and Virginia,
Published: 2006-12-27
The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has issued a
temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the
new Woodrow Wilson Memorial (I95) Bridge, mile 103.8, across Potomac
River between Alexandria, Virginia and Oxon Hill, Maryland. This
deviation allows the new drawbridge to remain closed to navigation each
day from 10 a.m.
RULES: North Carolina,
Published: 2006-12-27
The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has issued a
temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the
Figure Eight Swing Bridge across the AICW mile 278.1, at Scotts Hill,
North Carolina to perform needed mechanical and structural repairs.
RULES: Pennsylvania,
Published: 2006-12-27
The Coast Guard is changing the drawbridge operation
regulation that governs the Consolidated Rail Corporation (CONRAIL)
Railroad Bridge, at mile 0.3, across Darby Creek in Essington,
Pennsylvania. This change will allow the bridge to be left in the open
tonavigation position from April 1 through October 31 of every year.
The bridge will only close
PROPOSED RULES: Atchafalaya River, Berwick Bay, LA,
Published: 2006-12-27
The Coast Guard proposes to remove both paragraph (f)(4) and
the note located at the end of the section from 33 CFR 165.811. Coast
Guard Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Berwick Bay has determined that the
Southern Pacific Railroad (SPRR) Bridge visual displays are no longer
necessary due to updated VTS technologies and procedures that actively
inform
NOTICES: Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee,
Published: 2006-12-27
The Houston / Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee
(HOGANSAC) and its working groups will meet to discuss waterway
improvements, aids to navigation, area projects impacting safety on the
Houston Ship Channel, and various other navigation safety matters in
the Galveston Bay area. All meetings will be open to the public.
RULES: Louisiana,
Published: 2006-12-21
The Coast Guard is changing the regulations governing six
bridges across Bayou Lafourche, south of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
(GIWW), and one bridge across Bayou Lafourche, north of the GIWW, in
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The Lafourche Parish Council has requested
that the six bridges below the GIWW remain closed to navigation at
various
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2006-12-21
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard is forwarding an
Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to request a revision of a currently
approved collection of
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2006-12-20
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard is forwarding an
Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to request an extension of their approval
of the following
NOTICES: Drug testing; covered crewmembers random testing rate,
Published: 2006-12-20
The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2007 minimum random
drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers.
RULES: Annual Gasparilla Marine Parade,
Published: 2006-12-20
The Coast Guard is amending the permanent special local
regulation for the Annual Gasparilla Marine Parade, Hillsborough Bay,
and Tampa Bay, FL. This rule will change the date of the event from the
first weekend in February to the last weekend in January. Additionally,
this regulation will create a parade staging area and a 50 foot safety
zone
RULES: Tacoma Narrows, WA,
Published: 2006-12-18
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone around
the Barge ``MARMACK 12'', Official Number 1024657, while it is being
used for the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge Construction Project. The zone
will extend 500 feet in all directions from the barge, and will be in
effect at all times during the duration of this rule. This zone is only
in
RULES: Tacoma Narrows, WA,
Published: 2006-12-18
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone around
the lifting beams of the cranes being used to lift deck sections into
place on the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The zone will encompass all
waters within 500 feet of the area directly below the lifting beams for
the duration of the lowering, hookup, raising, and securing evolutions,
and
RULES: Tacoma Narrows, WA,
Published: 2006-12-18
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone around
construction vessels and mooring lines under the West Span of the
Tacoma Narrows Bridge during the deck erection phase of construction.
This safety zone will be in effect regardless of whether construction
vessels are present or not. This zone approximately encompasses all
waters from
RULES: MARPOL Annex II and the IBC Code revisions; implementation guidance,
Published: 2006-12-15
The Coast Guard announces the availability of Navigation and
Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) No. 0306, titled ``Guidance on
Implementation of Revisions to MARPOL Annex II and the IBC Code.'' This
NVIC provides guidelines on how the revisions to Annex II of the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,
1973, as modified
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2006-12-14
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard is forwarding an
Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to request an extension of their approval
of the following
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2006-12-14
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard is forwarding an
Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to request an extension of their approval
of the following
NOTICES: Houston-Galveston Area Maritime Security Committee,
Published: 2006-12-13
Under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, the
Secretary of Homeland Security has established an Area Maritime
Security (AMS) Committee under the direction of the HoustonGalveston
Captain of the Port (COTP)/Federal Maritime Security Coordinator
(FMSC). The HoustonGalveston COTP/FMSC hereby requests qualified
individuals interested in
NOTICES: Annual chemical test results for dangerous drugs and physical examinations; pilots submission requirements,
Published: 2006-12-12
By this notice, the Coast Guard is exercising authority
currently set forth in Coast Guard regulations to require all first
class pilots on vessels greater than 1600 gross registered tons (GRT),
and other individuals who ``serve as'' pilots on certain types of
vessels greater than 1600 GRT, to provide the passing results of their
annual chemical
RULES: East Rockaway Inlet to Atlantic Beach Bridge, NY,
Published: 2006-12-11
The Coast Guard is issuing another temporary final rule to
continue a temporary regulated navigation area (RNA) from the entrance
of East Rockaway Inlet to the Atlantic Beach Bridge, Nassau County, New
York. Significant shoaling in this area has reduced the depths of the
navigable channel and has increased the risk of vessels with drafts of
NOTICES: National security cutters; homeporting; Alameda, CA,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Coast Guard (USCG) announces the availability of the draft
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the homeporting of four National
Security Cutters (NSCs) at Coast Guard Island (CGI), Alameda,
California, and requests public comments. The draft EA tiers from the
USCG's 2002 Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)
for the Integrated
