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ADDRESSES:
II. Re-Opening of Comment Period
The proposed amendments have
generated a large amount of public
interest. The Commission believes that
providing the public additional time to
consider thoroughly the matters
addressed by the release and comments
submitted to date and to submit
comprehensive responses would benefit
the Commission in its consideration of
final rules. The Commission, therefore,
is re-opening the comment period for
‘‘Amendments to Regulation D, Form D
and Rule 156’’ (Release No. 33–9416
(July 10, 2013)) [78 FR 44806 (July 24,
2013)] until November 4, 2013.
By the Commission.
Dated: September 27, 2013.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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33 CFR Part 165
Regulated Navigation Area; Southern
Oahu Tsunami Vessel Evacuation,
Honolulu, HI
Coast Guard, DHS.
Supplementary notice of
proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard is proposing
to establish a permanent regulated
navigation area (RNA) and to enforce
this proposed regulation only when a
tsunami warning is issued for the
Hawaiian Islands by the Pacific
Tsunami Warning Center. Tsunami
warnings require the evacuation of a
large number of vessels from their
respective harbors. Following the
evacuation, these vessels must remain
offshore until the emergency situation
has passed and the harbors have been
deemed safe for reentry. Past tsunami
warnings have created potentially
dangerous offshore traffic congestion
between commercial and recreational
vessel traffic. Because of this,
designated vessel traffic staging areas
are necessary for a safe and orderly
evacuation of Southern Oahu ports.
DATES: Comments and related material
must be received by the Coast Guard on
or before November 4, 2013.
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NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
SNPRM Supplemental Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking
RNA Regulated Navigation Area
A. Public Participation and Request for
Comments
We encourage you to respond to this
notice by submitting comments and
related materials. All comments
received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov and will
include any personal information you
have provided.
1. Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please
include the docket number for this
rulemaking, indicate the specific section
of this document to which each
comment applies, and provide a reason
for each suggestion or recommendation.
You may submit your comments and
material online at https://
www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or
hand delivery, but please use only one
of these means. If you submit a
comment online, it will be considered
received by the Coast Guard when you
successfully transmit the comment. If
you fax, hand deliver, or mail your
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comment, it will be considered as
having been received by the Coast
Guard when it is received at the Docket
Management Facility. We recommend
that you include your name and a
mailing address, an email address, or a
telephone number in the body of your
document so that we can contact you if
we have questions regarding your
submission. To submit your comment
online, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, type the docket
number USCG–2012–0080 in the
‘‘SEARCH’’ box, and then click
‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on ‘‘Submit a
Comment’’ on the line associated with
this supplementary notice of proposed
rulemaking (SNPRM).
If you submit your comments by mail
or hand delivery, submit them in an
unbound format, no larger than 8c by 11
inches, suitable for copying and
electronic filing. If you submit
comments by mail and would like to
know that they reached the Facility,
please enclose a stamped, self-addressed
postcard or envelope. We will consider
all comments and material received
during the comment period and may
change the proposed rule based on your
comments.
2. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, inserting
USCG–2012–0080 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’
box, and then click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ You
may also visit the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12–140 on the
ground floor of the Department of
Transportation West Building, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. We have an agreement with
the Department of Transportation to use
the Docket Management Facility.
3. Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic
form of comments received into any of
our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on
behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review a Privacy
Act notice regarding our public dockets
in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
4. Public Meeting
We do not plan to hold a public
meeting. But you may submit a request
for one using one of the four methods
specified under ADDRESSES. Please
explain in detail why you believe a
public meeting would be beneficial. If
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we determine that one would aid in
solving this problem, we will hold one
at a time and place announced by a later
notice in the Federal Register.
B. Regulatory History and Information
The Coast Guard collaborated with
the Hawaii Ocean Safety Team, the
Industry Advisory Board and other
industry partners in the initial
development of a proposed Southern
Oahu Tsunami Vessel Evacuation
regulated navigation area. All
recommendations received careful
consideration during the drafting of this
rule. On May 14, 2013, the Coast Guard
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal
Register (78 FR 28170) under the same
docket number (USCG–2012–0080) as
this SNPRM. The Coast Guard received
a total of five comments; those
comments are posted, without change,
at https://www.regulations.gov. To view
these comments go to https://
www.regulations.gov, insert USCG–
2012–0080 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box, and
then click ‘‘SEARCH.’’
In accordance with 33 CFR 1.05–40,
we are issuing this supplementary
notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM)
because, after consideration of the
comments received, the Coast Guard
proposes to substantially change the
rule from that originally published in
the NPRM. This SNPRM advises the
public of the revised proposal and
provides an opportunity for comment
on the changes.
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C. Basis and Purpose
The statutory basis for this
rulemaking is 33 U.S.C. 1231, which
gives the Coast Guard, under a
delegation from the Secretary of
Homeland Security, regulatory authority
to enforce the Ports and Waterways
Safety Act. A regulated navigation area
is a water area within a defined
boundary for which regulations for
vessels navigating within the area have
been established to mitigate hazardous
conditions deemed to exist in that area.
The purpose of this rulemaking is to
provide greater safety for vessels and
maritime commerce in the event of a
tsunami threat.
D. Discussion of Comments, Changes
and the New Proposed Rule
The Coast Guard received a total of
five written submissions on the NPRM
published on May 14, 2013 in the
Federal Register.
One commenter voiced his support of
the rule proposed in the NPRM, calling
it an ‘‘important safety regulation’’.
One commenter was unable to locate
the graphic displaying the staging areas.
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An electronic copy of the graphic was
emailed to him. The graphic was also
disseminated via press release,
advertised on the local TV news and
posted on the Coast Guard Sector
Honolulu HOMEPORT Web page.
Further, the graphic associated with the
NPRM was filed in the docket on June
5, 2013.
One commenter suggested changes to
the proposed rule that would reduce the
potential for small recreational vessels
operating in the same staging area as
large container vessels and cruise ships.
In this SNPRM, the Coast Guard
proposes to segregate the staging areas
for recreational and commercial vessels.
The potential for hazardous situations
or even collisions, due to, among other
things, limited maneuverability, would
increase if recreational and commercial
vessels were staged in the same area.
Therefore, in this SNPRM the Coast
Guard has modified the proposed
staging areas to further reduce the
potential for vessel intermingling,
congestion and incidents. The current
proposed rule adds a second
recreational vessel staging area,
eliminating the need for recreational
vessels departing Keehi Lagoon to
transit through the commercial vessel
staging area.
One commenter suggested
reconsideration of the potential path of
commercial vessels and recreational
vessels transiting from their berths to
their respective staging areas. The
staging areas have been modified so that
commercial and recreational vessels can
transit to their respective staging area
without crossing each other’s path.
One commenter pointed out a
discrepancy with the stated
geographical positions. The latitudes
and longitudes have been changed to
more accurately reflect the intended
boundary for the regulated navigation
zone.
E. Discussion of the Proposed Rule
Earthquakes off Chile and Japan in
February 2010 and March 2011,
respectively, resulted in tsunami threats
to the Main Hawaiian Islands. These
incidents emphasized the need to
establish heightened safety measures, to
ensure an orderly and organized
evacuation plan, in order to protect the
infrastructure of the southern coast of
Oahu, Hawaii, including Honolulu
Harbor. Honolulu Harbor has only one
entrance for large commercial vessels
and is the principle harbor of Hawaii’s
hub and spoke maritime commerce
system. If, in response to a tsunami
warning, a marine incident were to
occur off the southern shore of Oahu,
especially near the entrance of Honolulu
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Harbor, the results could be devastating
to Hawaii’s economy and the maritime
commerce system and the
constituencies that rely heavily upon
the system’s viability.
In response to this risk, the Coast
Guard proposes the establishment of a
regulated navigation area (RNA)
designated as the Southern Oahu
Tsunami Evacuation zone.
In the event of a tsunami warning, the
Coast Guard Captain of the Port for
Honolulu (COTP) would notify the
public that an enforcement period is in
effect for the duration of the emergency
for this RNA. At the conclusion of the
threat, the COTP would notify the
public when the RNA enforcement
period is suspended or terminated.
During the enforcement period, the
COTP intends to deploy Coast Guard
vessels and personnel, if feasible, to
ensure participating commercial and
recreational vessels move to and stay
within separate staging areas, and
seaward of the 50-fathom curve that
covers near-shore waters less than 300
feet deep. Coast Guard plans, which
could vary depending on specific
conditions during an actual emergency,
call for those staging areas to be
separated by an exclusionary area. This
exclusionary area would measure 4
nautical miles long by one (1) nautical
mile wide, centering lengthwise and
along a line running seaward at 208
degrees southwest of the Honolulu
Harbor Range light. Vessels
participating in the staging area would
have to stay outside of the exclusionary
area.
There are two staging areas to the east
of the exclusionary area: a commercial
vessel staging area and a recreational
vessel staging area. This eastern
recreational staging area is intended for
use by recreational vessels departing
from and returning to the Ala Wai Small
Boat harbor and Kewalo Basin. There
will also be one recreational vessel
staging area to the west of the
exclusionary area. This staging area is
intended for recreational vessels
departing from and returning to the
Keehi Lagoon area.
Although recreational vessels would
be able to use either the east or west
staging area, the mariners decision for
which staging area to use should be
based on which staging area is the
easiest to transit to so as to avoid
crossing the path of other vessels. The
commercial staging area is intended for
use by all commercial vessels departing
from and returning to Kewalo Basin and
Honolulu Harbor.
A graphic of the regulated navigation
area is posted in the docket (https://
www.regulations.gov/
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#!docketDetail;D=USCG-2012-0080) and
also on the United States Coast Guard
Sector Honolulu Homeport Web page
(https://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/
ep/
portDirectory.do?tabId=1&cotpId=27)
under the Waterways Management tab.
The graphic shows how we expect to
separate commercial and recreational
vessels when the RNA is being enforced,
but under actual enforcement
conditions local commanders may vary
the plan as conditions warrant.
activated, and thus subject to
enforcement, when a tsunami warning
has been issued by the Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center.
If you think that your business,
organization, or governmental
jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity
and that this rule would have a
significant economic impact on it,
please submit a comment (see
ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it
qualifies and how and to what degree
this rule would economically affect it.
F. Regulatory Analyses
We developed this proposed rule after
considering numerous statutes and
executive orders related to rulemaking.
Below we summarize our analyses
based on a number of these statutes or
executive orders.
3. Assistance for Small Entities
Under section 213(a) of the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121),
we want to assist small entities in
understanding this rule. If the rule
would affect your small business,
organization, or governmental
jurisdiction and you have questions
concerning its provisions or options for
compliance, please contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, above.
Small businesses may send comments
on the actions of Federal employees
who enforce, or otherwise determine
compliance with, Federal regulations to
the Small Business and Agriculture
Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman
and the Regional Small Business
Regulatory Fairness Boards. The
Ombudsman evaluates these actions
annually and rates each agency’s
responsiveness to small business. If you
wish to comment on actions by
employees of the Coast Guard, call 1–
888–REG–FAIR (1–888–734–3247). The
Coast Guard will not retaliate against
small entities that question or complain
about this rule or any policy or action
of the Coast Guard.
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1. Regulatory Planning and Review
This proposed rule is not a significant
regulatory action under section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory
Planning and Review, because it would
have an effect on the regulated public
only in the rare circumstances of a
tsunami threat, while at other times
vessels will be able to transit the area
freely. Further, staging within this RNA
is completely voluntary and vessels are
free to evacuate outside of the RNA if
they prefer. Therefore, it does not
require an assessment of potential costs
and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that
Order. The Office of Management and
Budget has not reviewed it under that
Order.
2. Impact on Small Entities
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980
(RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601–612, as amended,
requires federal agencies to consider the
potential impact of regulations on small
entities during rulemaking. The term
‘‘small entities’’ comprises small
businesses, not-for-profit organizations
that are independently owned and
operated and are not dominant in their
fields, and governmental jurisdictions
with populations of less than 50,000.
The Coast Guard certifies under 5
U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposed rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. This proposed rule would affect
the following entities, some of which
might be small entities: the owners or
operators of vessels intending to transit
and remain in the exclusionary zone
during a tsunami threat, or owners or
operators of vessels otherwise intending
to operate in a fashion not compatible
with this proposed rule. This rule
would not have a significant impact on
a substantial number of small entities
because the RNA would only be
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4. Collection of Information
This proposed rule will not call for a
new collection of information under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501–3520.).
5. Federalism
A proposed rule has implications for
federalism under Executive Order
13132, Federalism, if it has a substantial
direct effect on State or local
governments and would either preempt
State law or impose a substantial direct
cost of compliance on them. We have
analyzed this proposed rule under that
Order and have determined that it does
not have implications for federalism.
6. Protest Activities
The Coast Guard respects the First
Amendment rights of protesters.
Protesters are asked to contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER
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section to
coordinate protest activities so that your
message can be received without
jeopardizing the safety or security of
people, places, or vessels.
INFORMATION CONTACT
7. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their discretionary regulatory actions. In
particular, the Act addresses actions
that may result in the expenditure by a
State, local, or tribal government, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector of
$100,000,000 or more in any one year.
Though this proposed rule would not
result in such expenditure, we do
discuss the effects of this proposed rule
elsewhere in this preamble.
8. Taking of Private Property
This proposed rule would not affect a
taking of private property or otherwise
have taking implications under
Executive Order 12630, Governmental
Actions and Interference with
Constitutionally Protected Property
Rights.
9. Civil Justice Reform
This rule meets applicable standards
in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive
Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to
minimize litigation, eliminate
ambiguity, and reduce burden.
10. Protection of Children From
Environmental Heath Risks
We have analyzed this proposed rule
under Executive Order 13045,
Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks. This proposed rule is not an
economically significant rule and would
not create an environmental risk to
health or risk to safety that might
disproportionately affect children.
11. Indian Tribal Governments
This proposed rule does not have
tribal implications under Executive
Order 13175, Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments, because it would not have
a substantial direct effect on one or
more Indian tribes, on the relationship
between the Federal Government and
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities between the
Federal Government and Indian tribes.
12. Energy Effects
This action is not a ‘‘significant
energy action’’ under Executive Order
13211, Actions Concerning Regulations
That Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use.
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13. Technical Standards
The National Technology Transfer
and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15
U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use
voluntary consensus standards in their
regulatory activities unless the agency
provides Congress, through the Office of
Management and Budget, with an
explanation of why using these
standards would be inconsistent with
applicable law or otherwise impractical.
Voluntary consensus standards are
technical standards (e.g., specifications
of materials, performance, design, or
operation; test methods; sampling
procedures; and related management
systems practices) that are developed or
adopted by voluntary consensus
standards bodies.
This proposed rule does not use
technical standards. Therefore, we did
not consider the use of voluntary
consensus standards.
14. Environment
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We have analyzed this proposed rule
under Department of Homeland
Security Management Directive 023–01
and Commandant Instruction
M16475.lD, which guide the Coast
Guard in complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA)(42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and
have made a preliminary determination
that this action is one of a category of
actions which do not individually or
cumulatively have a significant effect on
the human environment. This proposed
rule, implementing an RNA for vessel
staging areas in the event of a tsunami
threat to the Main Hawaiian Islands, is
categorically excluded from further
review under paragraph (34)(g) of Figure
2–1 of the Commandant Instruction. A
preliminary environmental analysis
checklist and a categorical exclusion
determination are available in the
docket where indicated under
ADDRESSES, or you may obtain a copy by
calling or emailing Lieutenant
Commander Scott Whaley of the United
States Coast Guard Sector Honolulu at
808–522–8264 ext. 3352 or
Scott.O.Whaley@uscg.mil, respectively.
We seek any comments or information
that may lead to the discovery of a
significant environmental impact from
this proposed rule.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165
Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation
(water), Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Security measures,
Waterways.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to
amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows:
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PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION
AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS
1. The authority citation for part 165
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C.
Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195;
33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5;
Pub. L. 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department
of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
2. Add § 165.14–1413 to read as
follows:
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§ 165.14–1413 Regulated navigation area;
Southern Oahu Tsunami Evacuation;
Honolulu, Hawaii.
(a) Location. The following area is a
regulated navigation area (RNA): All
waters of the Pacific Ocean south of the
southern shoreline of Oahu, HI,
extending from the surface of the water
to the ocean floor, enclosed by a line
connecting the following points:
21°17′14″ N, 157°55′34″ W; 21°13′30″ N,
157°55′34″ W; 21°13′30″ N, 157°48′20″
W; 21°14′14″ N, 157°48′20″ W, thence
westward along the 50 fathom curve to
the beginning point. These coordinates
are based upon the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration Coast
Survey, Pacific Ocean, Oahu, Hawaii,
chart 19357.
(b) Regulations. You may contact the
Coast Guard on VHF Channel 16
(156.800 MHz) or at telephone number
808–842–2600, to obtain clarification on
RNA transits and locations. Operations
permitting, the Coast Guard patrol boats
plan to enforce the RNA and provide
on-scene direction. During the
enforcement period persons and vessels
wishing to remain inside the RNA must
abide by the following stipulations:
(1) No person or vessel may enter into
an exclusionary area 4 nautical miles
long by one (1) nautical mile wide,
centered lengthwise and along a line
running seaward at 208 degrees
southwest of Honolulu Harbor Front
Range Light, except to transit to or from
the staging areas or other areas outside
the zone. Loitering or lingering in the
exclusionary zone is prohibited.
(2) The Western Recreational Vessel
Staging area is bound by a line
connecting the following points:
21°17′14″ N, 157°55′34″ W; 21°14′36″ N,
157°55′34″ W; 21°16′31″ N, 157°53′54″
W and then along the 50-fathom curve
to the beginning point. This staging area
is intended for recreational vessels
departing from and returning to the
Keehi Lagoon area.
(3) The Commercial Vessel Staging
Area is bound by a line connecting the
following points: 21°16′09″ N,
157°52′59″ W; 21°13′30″ N, 157°55′34″
W; 21°13′30″ N, 157°51′39″ W;
21°15′22″ N, 157°51′10″ W and then
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along the 50-fathom curve to the
beginning point. This staging area is
intended for use by all commercial
vessels intended to remain in the RNA
during a tsunami treat.
(4) The Eastern Recreational Vessel
Staging Area is bound by the following
points: 21°15′22″ N, 157°51′10″ W;
21°13′30″ N, 157°51′39″ W; 21°13′30″ N,
157°48′20″ W; 21°14′14″ N, 157°48′20″
W and then along the 50-fathom curve
to the beginning point. The Commercial
Vessel Staging Area bounds this staging
area’s western edge. The dividing line
between the Commercial Vessel Staging
Area and the Eastern Recreational
Vessel Staging Area can be determined
visually. The private dayboards located
in the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and
the La Ronde Rotating Restaurant roof
top restaurant form a natural range that
mariners can use in daylight hours to
gauge the eastern boundary of the
Commercial Vessel Staging Area and the
western boundary of the Eastern
Recreational Vessel Staging Area. This
eastern recreational staging area is
intended for use by recreational vessels
departing from and returning to the Ala
Wai Small Boat harbor and Kewalo
Basin.
(5) Located between the Western
Recreational Vessel Staging Area and
the Commercial Vessel Staging Area is
an Exclusion Area. This area is bound
by the following points: 21°16′31″ N,
157°53′54″ W; 21°14′36″ N, 157°55′35″
W; 21°13′30″ N, 157°55′34″ W;
21°13′54″ N, 157°55′08″ W; 21°16′09″ N,
157°52′59″ W.
(6) All vessels staging in the RNA
must be seaward of
the 50 fathom (300 foot) curve.
(c) Enforcement period. Paragraph (b)
of this section will be enforced only
when a tsunami warning has been
issued for the Hawaiian Islands by the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The
COTP will notify the public of any
enforcement, suspension of
enforcement, or termination of
enforcement through appropriate means
to ensure the widest publicity,
including the use of broadcast notice to
mariners, notices of implementation and
press releases.
(d) Penalties. Vessels or persons
violating this rule are subject to the
penalties set forth in 33 U.S.C. 1232.
Dated: September 3, 2013.
C.B. Thomas,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
Fourteenth Coast Guard District.
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[Pages 61223-61226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24150]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2012-0080]
RIN 1625-AA00
Regulated Navigation Area; Southern Oahu Tsunami Vessel
Evacuation, Honolulu, HI
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Supplementary notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a permanent
regulated navigation area (RNA) and to enforce this proposed regulation
only when a tsunami warning is issued for the Hawaiian Islands by the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Tsunami warnings require the evacuation
of a large number of vessels from their respective harbors. Following
the evacuation, these vessels must remain offshore until the emergency
situation has passed and the harbors have been deemed safe for reentry.
Past tsunami warnings have created potentially dangerous offshore
traffic congestion between commercial and recreational vessel traffic.
Because of this, designated vessel traffic staging areas are necessary
for a safe and orderly evacuation of Southern Oahu ports.
DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast
Guard on or before November 4, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in this preamble are part of docket
USCG-2012-0080. To view documents mentioned in this preamble as being
available in the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type the
docket number in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open
Docket Folder on the line associated with this rulemaking. The
following link will take you directly to the docket: https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=USCG-2012-0080. You may also visit
the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of
the Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this proposed
rule, call or email Lieutenant Commander Scott Whaley of the United
States Coast Guard Sector Honolulu at 808-522-8264 ext. 3352 or
Scott.O.Whaley@uscg.mil, respectively. If you have questions on viewing
or submitting material to the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Acronyms
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
SNPRM Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
RNA Regulated Navigation Area
A. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to respond to this notice by submitting comments
and related materials. All comments received will be posted without
change to https://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal
information you have provided.
1. Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to which
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. You may submit your comments and material online at
https://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but
please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online, it
will be considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully
transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment,
it will be considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when
it is received at the Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a
telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact
you if we have questions regarding your submission. To submit your
comment online, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type the docket
number USCG-2012-0080 in the ``SEARCH'' box, and then click ``SEARCH.''
Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with this
supplementary notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).
If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them
in an unbound format, no larger than 8[frac12] by 11 inches, suitable
for copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by mail and
would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a
stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all
comments and material received during the comment period and may change
the proposed rule based on your comments.
2. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov,
inserting USCG-2012-0080 in the ``SEARCH'' box, and then click
``SEARCH.'' You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room
W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. We
have an agreement with the Department of Transportation to use the
Docket Management Facility.
3. Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
4. Public Meeting
We do not plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a
request for one using one of the four methods specified under
ADDRESSES. Please explain in detail why you believe a public meeting
would be beneficial. If
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we determine that one would aid in solving this problem, we will hold
one at a time and place announced by a later notice in the Federal
Register.
B. Regulatory History and Information
The Coast Guard collaborated with the Hawaii Ocean Safety Team, the
Industry Advisory Board and other industry partners in the initial
development of a proposed Southern Oahu Tsunami Vessel Evacuation
regulated navigation area. All recommendations received careful
consideration during the drafting of this rule. On May 14, 2013, the
Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the
Federal Register (78 FR 28170) under the same docket number (USCG-2012-
0080) as this SNPRM. The Coast Guard received a total of five comments;
those comments are posted, without change, at https://www.regulations.gov. To view these comments go to https://www.regulations.gov, insert USCG-2012-0080 in the ``SEARCH'' box, and
then click ``SEARCH.''
In accordance with 33 CFR 1.05-40, we are issuing this
supplementary notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) because, after
consideration of the comments received, the Coast Guard proposes to
substantially change the rule from that originally published in the
NPRM. This SNPRM advises the public of the revised proposal and
provides an opportunity for comment on the changes.
C. Basis and Purpose
The statutory basis for this rulemaking is 33 U.S.C. 1231, which
gives the Coast Guard, under a delegation from the Secretary of
Homeland Security, regulatory authority to enforce the Ports and
Waterways Safety Act. A regulated navigation area is a water area
within a defined boundary for which regulations for vessels navigating
within the area have been established to mitigate hazardous conditions
deemed to exist in that area. The purpose of this rulemaking is to
provide greater safety for vessels and maritime commerce in the event
of a tsunami threat.
D. Discussion of Comments, Changes and the New Proposed Rule
The Coast Guard received a total of five written submissions on the
NPRM published on May 14, 2013 in the Federal Register.
One commenter voiced his support of the rule proposed in the NPRM,
calling it an ``important safety regulation''.
One commenter was unable to locate the graphic displaying the
staging areas. An electronic copy of the graphic was emailed to him.
The graphic was also disseminated via press release, advertised on the
local TV news and posted on the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu HOMEPORT
Web page. Further, the graphic associated with the NPRM was filed in
the docket on June 5, 2013.
One commenter suggested changes to the proposed rule that would
reduce the potential for small recreational vessels operating in the
same staging area as large container vessels and cruise ships. In this
SNPRM, the Coast Guard proposes to segregate the staging areas for
recreational and commercial vessels. The potential for hazardous
situations or even collisions, due to, among other things, limited
maneuverability, would increase if recreational and commercial vessels
were staged in the same area. Therefore, in this SNPRM the Coast Guard
has modified the proposed staging areas to further reduce the potential
for vessel intermingling, congestion and incidents. The current
proposed rule adds a second recreational vessel staging area,
eliminating the need for recreational vessels departing Keehi Lagoon to
transit through the commercial vessel staging area.
One commenter suggested reconsideration of the potential path of
commercial vessels and recreational vessels transiting from their
berths to their respective staging areas. The staging areas have been
modified so that commercial and recreational vessels can transit to
their respective staging area without crossing each other's path.
One commenter pointed out a discrepancy with the stated
geographical positions. The latitudes and longitudes have been changed
to more accurately reflect the intended boundary for the regulated
navigation zone.
E. Discussion of the Proposed Rule
Earthquakes off Chile and Japan in February 2010 and March 2011,
respectively, resulted in tsunami threats to the Main Hawaiian Islands.
These incidents emphasized the need to establish heightened safety
measures, to ensure an orderly and organized evacuation plan, in order
to protect the infrastructure of the southern coast of Oahu, Hawaii,
including Honolulu Harbor. Honolulu Harbor has only one entrance for
large commercial vessels and is the principle harbor of Hawaii's hub
and spoke maritime commerce system. If, in response to a tsunami
warning, a marine incident were to occur off the southern shore of
Oahu, especially near the entrance of Honolulu Harbor, the results
could be devastating to Hawaii's economy and the maritime commerce
system and the constituencies that rely heavily upon the system's
viability.
In response to this risk, the Coast Guard proposes the
establishment of a regulated navigation area (RNA) designated as the
Southern Oahu Tsunami Evacuation zone.
In the event of a tsunami warning, the Coast Guard Captain of the
Port for Honolulu (COTP) would notify the public that an enforcement
period is in effect for the duration of the emergency for this RNA. At
the conclusion of the threat, the COTP would notify the public when the
RNA enforcement period is suspended or terminated.
During the enforcement period, the COTP intends to deploy Coast
Guard vessels and personnel, if feasible, to ensure participating
commercial and recreational vessels move to and stay within separate
staging areas, and seaward of the 50-fathom curve that covers near-
shore waters less than 300 feet deep. Coast Guard plans, which could
vary depending on specific conditions during an actual emergency, call
for those staging areas to be separated by an exclusionary area. This
exclusionary area would measure 4 nautical miles long by one (1)
nautical mile wide, centering lengthwise and along a line running
seaward at 208 degrees southwest of the Honolulu Harbor Range light.
Vessels participating in the staging area would have to stay outside of
the exclusionary area.
There are two staging areas to the east of the exclusionary area: a
commercial vessel staging area and a recreational vessel staging area.
This eastern recreational staging area is intended for use by
recreational vessels departing from and returning to the Ala Wai Small
Boat harbor and Kewalo Basin. There will also be one recreational
vessel staging area to the west of the exclusionary area. This staging
area is intended for recreational vessels departing from and returning
to the Keehi Lagoon area.
Although recreational vessels would be able to use either the east
or west staging area, the mariners decision for which staging area to
use should be based on which staging area is the easiest to transit to
so as to avoid crossing the path of other vessels. The commercial
staging area is intended for use by all commercial vessels departing
from and returning to Kewalo Basin and Honolulu Harbor.
A graphic of the regulated navigation area is posted in the docket
(https://www.regulations.gov/
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!docketDetail;D=USCG-2012-0080) and also on the United States
Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Homeport Web page (https://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/portDirectory.do?tabId=1&cotpId=27)
under the Waterways Management tab. The graphic shows how we expect to
separate commercial and recreational vessels when the RNA is being
enforced, but under actual enforcement conditions local commanders may
vary the plan as conditions warrant.
F. Regulatory Analyses
We developed this proposed rule after considering numerous statutes
and executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our
analyses based on a number of these statutes or executive orders.
1. Regulatory Planning and Review
This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review,
because it would have an effect on the regulated public only in the
rare circumstances of a tsunami threat, while at other times vessels
will be able to transit the area freely. Further, staging within this
RNA is completely voluntary and vessels are free to evacuate outside of
the RNA if they prefer. Therefore, it does not require an assessment of
potential costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that Order. The
Office of Management and Budget has not reviewed it under that Order.
2. Impact on Small Entities
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601-612, as
amended, requires federal agencies to consider the potential impact of
regulations on small entities during rulemaking. The term ``small
entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations
that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their
fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than
50,000.
The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposed
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. This proposed rule would affect the following
entities, some of which might be small entities: the owners or
operators of vessels intending to transit and remain in the
exclusionary zone during a tsunami threat, or owners or operators of
vessels otherwise intending to operate in a fashion not compatible with
this proposed rule. This rule would not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities because the RNA would only be
activated, and thus subject to enforcement, when a tsunami warning has
been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
If you think that your business, organization, or governmental
jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity and that this rule would have
a significant economic impact on it, please submit a comment (see
ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it qualifies and how and to what
degree this rule would economically affect it.
3. Assistance for Small Entities
Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we want to assist small
entities in understanding this rule. If the rule would affect your
small business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction and you have
questions concerning its provisions or options for compliance, please
contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
above.
Small businesses may send comments on the actions of Federal
employees who enforce, or otherwise determine compliance with, Federal
regulations to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory
Enforcement Ombudsman and the Regional Small Business Regulatory
Fairness Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and
rates each agency's responsiveness to small business. If you wish to
comment on actions by employees of the Coast Guard, call 1-888-REG-FAIR
(1-888-734-3247). The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small
entities that question or complain about this rule or any policy or
action of the Coast Guard.
4. Collection of Information
This proposed rule will not call for a new collection of
information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520.).
5. Federalism
A proposed rule has implications for federalism under Executive
Order 13132, Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on State
or local governments and would either preempt State law or impose a
substantial direct cost of compliance on them. We have analyzed this
proposed rule under that Order and have determined that it does not
have implications for federalism.
6. Protest Activities
The Coast Guard respects the First Amendment rights of protesters.
Protesters are asked to contact the person listed in the For Further
Information Contact section to coordinate protest activities so that
your message can be received without jeopardizing the safety or
security of people, places, or vessels.
7. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538)
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or tribal government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 or more in any
one year. Though this proposed rule would not result in such
expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this proposed rule elsewhere
in this preamble.
8. Taking of Private Property
This proposed rule would not affect a taking of private property or
otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630,
Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected
Property Rights.
9. Civil Justice Reform
This rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2)
of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize litigation,
eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.
10. Protection of Children From Environmental Heath Risks
We have analyzed this proposed rule under Executive Order 13045,
Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks. This proposed rule is not an economically significant rule and
would not create an environmental risk to health or risk to safety that
might disproportionately affect children.
11. Indian Tribal Governments
This proposed rule does not have tribal implications under
Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments, because it would not have a substantial direct effect on
one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.
12. Energy Effects
This action is not a ``significant energy action'' under Executive
Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use.
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13. Technical Standards
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15
U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards
in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress,
through the Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why
using these standards would be inconsistent with applicable law or
otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical
standards (e.g., specifications of materials, performance, design, or
operation; test methods; sampling procedures; and related management
systems practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus
standards bodies.
This proposed rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we
did not consider the use of voluntary consensus standards.
14. Environment
We have analyzed this proposed rule under Department of Homeland
Security Management Directive 023-01 and Commandant Instruction
M16475.lD, which guide the Coast Guard in complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)(42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have
made a preliminary determination that this action is one of a category
of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant
effect on the human environment. This proposed rule, implementing an
RNA for vessel staging areas in the event of a tsunami threat to the
Main Hawaiian Islands, is categorically excluded from further review
under paragraph (34)(g) of Figure 2-1 of the Commandant Instruction. A
preliminary environmental analysis checklist and a categorical
exclusion determination are available in the docket where indicated
under ADDRESSES, or you may obtain a copy by calling or emailing
Lieutenant Commander Scott Whaley of the United States Coast Guard
Sector Honolulu at 808-522-8264 ext. 3352 or Scott.O.Whaley@uscg.mil,
respectively. We seek any comments or information that may lead to the
discovery of a significant environmental impact from this proposed
rule.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165
Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard proposes
to amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows:
PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS
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1. The authority citation for part 165 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701, 3306, 3703;
50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Pub.
L. 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of Homeland Security
Delegation No. 0170.1.
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2. Add Sec. 165.14-1413 to read as follows:
Sec. 165.14-1413 Regulated navigation area; Southern Oahu Tsunami
Evacuation; Honolulu, Hawaii.
(a) Location. The following area is a regulated navigation area
(RNA): All waters of the Pacific Ocean south of the southern shoreline
of Oahu, HI, extending from the surface of the water to the ocean
floor, enclosed by a line connecting the following points:
21[deg]17'14'' N, 157[deg]55'34'' W; 21[deg]13'30'' N, 157[deg]55'34''
W; 21[deg]13'30'' N, 157[deg]48'20'' W; 21[deg]14'14'' N,
157[deg]48'20'' W, thence westward along the 50 fathom curve to the
beginning point. These coordinates are based upon the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration Coast Survey, Pacific Ocean, Oahu,
Hawaii, chart 19357.
(b) Regulations. You may contact the Coast Guard on VHF Channel 16
(156.800 MHz) or at telephone number 808-842-2600, to obtain
clarification on RNA transits and locations. Operations permitting, the
Coast Guard patrol boats plan to enforce the RNA and provide on-scene
direction. During the enforcement period persons and vessels wishing to
remain inside the RNA must abide by the following stipulations:
(1) No person or vessel may enter into an exclusionary area 4
nautical miles long by one (1) nautical mile wide, centered lengthwise
and along a line running seaward at 208 degrees southwest of Honolulu
Harbor Front Range Light, except to transit to or from the staging
areas or other areas outside the zone. Loitering or lingering in the
exclusionary zone is prohibited.
(2) The Western Recreational Vessel Staging area is bound by a line
connecting the following points: 21[deg]17'14'' N, 157[deg]55'34'' W;
21[deg]14'36'' N, 157[deg]55'34'' W; 21[deg]16'31'' N, 157[deg]53'54''
W and then along the 50-fathom curve to the beginning point. This
staging area is intended for recreational vessels departing from and
returning to the Keehi Lagoon area.
(3) The Commercial Vessel Staging Area is bound by a line
connecting the following points: 21[deg]16'09'' N, 157[deg]52'59'' W;
21[deg]13'30'' N, 157[deg]55'34'' W; 21[deg]13'30'' N, 157[deg]51'39''
W; 21[deg]15'22'' N, 157[deg]51'10'' W and then along the 50-fathom
curve to the beginning point. This staging area is intended for use by
all commercial vessels intended to remain in the RNA during a tsunami
treat.
(4) The Eastern Recreational Vessel Staging Area is bound by the
following points: 21[deg]15'22'' N, 157[deg]51'10'' W; 21[deg]13'30''
N, 157[deg]51'39'' W; 21[deg]13'30'' N, 157[deg]48'20'' W;
21[deg]14'14'' N, 157[deg]48'20'' W and then along the 50-fathom curve
to the beginning point. The Commercial Vessel Staging Area bounds this
staging area's western edge. The dividing line between the Commercial
Vessel Staging Area and the Eastern Recreational Vessel Staging Area
can be determined visually. The private dayboards located in the Ala
Wai Small Boat Harbor and the La Ronde Rotating Restaurant roof top
restaurant form a natural range that mariners can use in daylight hours
to gauge the eastern boundary of the Commercial Vessel Staging Area and
the western boundary of the Eastern Recreational Vessel Staging Area.
This eastern recreational staging area is intended for use by
recreational vessels departing from and returning to the Ala Wai Small
Boat harbor and Kewalo Basin.
(5) Located between the Western Recreational Vessel Staging Area
and the Commercial Vessel Staging Area is an Exclusion Area. This area
is bound by the following points: 21[deg]16'31'' N, 157[deg]53'54'' W;
21[deg]14'36'' N, 157[deg]55'35'' W; 21[deg]13'30'' N, 157[deg]55'34''
W; 21[deg]13'54'' N, 157[deg]55'08'' W; 21[deg]16'09'' N,
157[deg]52'59'' W.
(6) All vessels staging in the RNA must be seaward of
the 50 fathom (300 foot) curve.
(c) Enforcement period. Paragraph (b) of this section will be
enforced only when a tsunami warning has been issued for the Hawaiian
Islands by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The COTP will notify the
public of any enforcement, suspension of enforcement, or termination of
enforcement through appropriate means to ensure the widest publicity,
including the use of broadcast notice to mariners, notices of
implementation and press releases.
(d) Penalties. Vessels or persons violating this rule are subject
to the penalties set forth in 33 U.S.C. 1232.
Dated: September 3, 2013.
C.B. Thomas,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fourteenth Coast Guard
District.
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