RULES: Louisiana,
Published: 2000-12-28
The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District has issued a
temporary deviation from the regulation in 33 CFR 117.478(b) governing
the operation of the LA 77 bridge across the Lower Grand River, mile
47.0 (Alternate Route) at Grosse Tete, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.
This deviation allows the Louisiana Department of Transportation and
Development to
RULES: Gulf of Mexico; shipping safety fairways and anchorage areas,
Published: 2000-12-28
The Coast Guard is creating a new anchorage area on the
eastern side of the Sabine Pass Safety Fairway, opposite the Sabine
Bank Offshore (North) Anchorage area in the Gulf of Mexico south of
Sabine Pass. This will help alleviate the need for inbound deep draft
vessels to cross the Sabine Pass Safety Fairway and navigate around a
charted shallow
RULES: Safety zones and security zones, etc.; list of temporary rules,
Published: 2000-12-28
This document provides required notice of substantive rules
adopted by the Coast Guard and temporarily effective between July 1,
2000 and September 30, 2000 which were not published in the Federal
Register. This notice also contains 9 temporary final rules issued
during the period of April 1, 2000, thru June 30, 2000, that were not
included in the
PROPOSED RULES: System safety, reliability, and efficiency; meeting,
Published: 2000-12-28
The Coast Guard's Office of Great Lakes Pilotage will hold a
public meeting. This meeting is in response to the marine industry's
request for a comprehensive review of the Great Lakes Pilotage System.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss options for improving the
safety, reliability, and efficiency of the Great Lakes Pilotage System.
We
PROPOSED RULES: Towing vessels; fire suppression systems and voyage planning; Meeting,
Published: 2000-12-28
The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting to discuss proposed
rules for improving the safety of towing vessels. A supplemental notice
of proposed rulemaking published on November 8, 2000, would require the
installation of fixed fireextinguishing systems in towing vessels'
engine rooms, and it would require owners or operators, and masters, to
NOTICES: Submission for OMB review; comment request,
Published: 2000-12-28
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded the
two Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below to OMB for
review and comment. These ICRs describe the information we seek to
collect from the public. Review and comment by OMB ensure that we
impose only
NOTICES: Submission for OMB review; comment request,
Published: 2000-12-28
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded the
five Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below to OMB for
review and comment. These ICRs describe the information we seek to
collect from the public. Review and comment by OMB ensure that we
impose only
NOTICES: Zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species; recreational activities to control spread; voluntary guidelines,
Published: 2000-12-28
The Coast Guard makes available this final version of the
voluntary guidelines for persons engaged in waterrelated recreational
activities (e.g., boating and fishing) to help control the spread of
aquatic nuisance species (ANS). The Coast Guard must issue these
guidelines per the recommendations prepared by the Aquatic Nuisance
Species Task Force.
NOTICES: Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound Regional Citizen's Advisory Councils; alternative voluntary advisory groups; recertification procedures,
Published: 2000-12-28
Under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight
and Monitoring Act of 1990, the Coast Guard may certify, on an annual
basis, an alternative voluntary advisory group in lieu of a Regional
Citizen's Advisory Council for Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound
regions of Alaska. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public
that the
