The Coast Guard proposes to establish moving and fixed security zones in the navigable waters of Coast Guard District 17 around and under all high capacity passenger (HCP) vessels. The zones would extend 100 yards from HCP vessels while they are underway and 25 yards from HCP vessels while they are moored or anchored. The Coast Guard also proposes to

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary moving security zone around foreign naval submarines in transit within the area between 12 nautical miles offshore from the baseline, also known as the shoreline, at the mouth of the St. Mary's River to the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, GA. The security zone includes all waters within 500

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the Jones Beach Air show, Jones Beach, New York. The safety zone will provide for safety of navigation of the maritime public viewing the air show and the air show practice sessions, which consists of aircraft performing aerobatics over the water area off of Jones Beach specified within

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing temporary moving Safety Zones around the Tall Ships participating in the Tacoma Tall Ships 2005 Parade of Sail and simulated cannon battle events. The Safety Zones will be in effect in Quartermaster Harbor and Commencement Bay, Washington. These actions are necessary to provide for the safety of life and property on

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is expanding the geographical boundaries of the permanent security zone at Naval Base San Diego. This action is required to provide adequate area for the U.S. Navy to install an upgraded barrier system and provide the minimum required separation distances between the barrier and protected assets at Naval Station San Diego. The

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone at the North Carolina State Port Authority (NCSPA), Wilmington to include the Cape Fear River and Eagle Island. Entry into or movement within the security zone will be prohibited without authorization from the COTP. This action is necessary to safeguard the vessels and the facility from

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard proposes to revise the perimeter of the existing
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security zone that extends approximately 150 feet into the navigable waters of the Oakland Estuary, Alameda, California, around the United States Coast Guard Island Pier to coincide with the perimeter of a floating security barrier. This action is necessary to provide

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard proposes to establish fixed security zones in the waters extending approximately 100 yards around six separate oil refinery piers in the San Francisco Bay area. These security zones are an integral part of the Coast Guard's efforts to protect these facilities and the surrounding areas from destruction or damage due to accidents,

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the Port of Baltimore, Maryland during the movement of the historic Sloop ofWar U.S.S. CONSTELLATION. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during the dead ship tow of the vessel from its berth, to the Fort McHenry Angle on the Patapsco River, and

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary moving and fixed security zone around cruise ships entering, departing, mooring or anchoring at the Port of Fredericksted in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. This temporary final rule is a security measure designed to protect cruise ships at this port. All vessels, with the exception of cruise ships,

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing moving and fixed security zones extending 100 yards in the U.S. navigable waters around and under all cruise ships, tank vessels, and High Interest Vessels (HIVs) that enter, are moored in, anchored in, or depart from the designated waters of Monterey Bay or Humboldt Bay, California. These security zones are needed

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is extending the effective period of the safety zone in the Bering Sea, west of and including Makushkin Bay, Unalaska Island, Alaska. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District, the Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Western Alaska, or

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is temporarily altering the effective period of the safety zone defined in 33 CFR 165.162 for the annual New York Super Boat Race. This temporary rule changes the effective date for this safety zone from Sunday, September 11, 2005 to Saturday, September 10, 2005. This action is required to protect life on navigable waters during

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone during the construction of temporary aerial scaffolding, catwalk, superstructure suspension system, main cable wires, cable bands, and suspender ropes being used for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge construction project. The Coast Guard is taking this action to safeguard the public from hazards

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard proposes to remove three established safety/ security zone regulations for Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, Captain of the Port Hampton Roads and Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Delaware Bay, Delaware River and its tributaries. The Commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District recently issued a Districtwide security zone

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is revising its proposed rule published March 9, 2005, to establish permanent moving security zones around all escorted High Capacity Passenger Vessels (``HCPV'') and escorted Alaska Marine Highway System Vessels (``AMHS vessels'') during their transit in the navigable waters of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District. The 250yard

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Captain of the Port Puget Sound will begin enforcing the Budd Inlet security zone in West Bay, Olympia, Washington on Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at 8 a.m. Pacific daylight time. The security zone provides for the security of Department of Defense assets and military cargo in the navigable waters of Puget Sound and adjacent waters. The security

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone around a fireworks barge as it launches fireworks. The rule prohibits entry into the security zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port Jacksonville or his designated representative. The rule is needed to protect participants, vendors, and spectators from the hazards associated

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the Bering Sea, west of and including Makushkin Bay, Unalaska Island, Alaska. The zone is needed to facilitate oil spill recovery operations related to the grounding of the merchant vessel (M/V) SELENDANG AYU, and to mitigate damage to the environment during oil spill recovery operations.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the navigable waters of the Mission Creek Waterway in China Basin surrounding the construction site of the Fourth Street Bridge, San Francisco, California. This temporary safety zone is necessary to protect persons and vessels
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from hazards associated with bridge construction

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard proposes to amend the Portland Rose Festival on
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Willamette River security zone. This regulation is enforced annually during the Portland, Oregon Rose Festival on the waters of the Willamette River between the Hawthorne and Steel Bridges. The proposed change would clarify the annual enforcement period for this

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing safety zones on the navigable waters of Sector New Orleans surrounding barges that have sustained damage requiring salvage operations during Hurricane Katrina. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life and property during salvage operations, as well as to minimize effects on the navigable waters of

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is revising the perimeter of the existing security zone that extends approximately 50 yards into the navigable waters of the Oakland Estuary, Alameda, California, around the United States Coast Guard Island Pier to coincide with the perimeter of a floating security barrier. This action is necessary to provide continued security for

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard proposes to establish a moving and fixed security zone around cruise ships entering, departing, mooring or anchoring at the Port of Fredericksted in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. These proposed regulations are designed to protect cruise ships at this port. All vessels, with the exception of cruise ships, would be prohibited

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard proposes to modify the permanent safety zone for the annual Macy's July 4 fireworks
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display. The modification is required to accommodate an added fireworks discharge site near Liberty Island, and necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during the event. This action is intended to restrict

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard