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[Docket No. USCG–2018–0133]
Discontinuance of the Nationwide
Differential Global Positioning System
(NDGPS)
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The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
announces the discontinuance of its
remaining 38 maritime Differential
Global Positioning System (DGPS) sites.
The USCG will implement the closures
through a phased reduction in service,
which will commence in September of
2018, and conclude by September of
2020. These closures will culminate in
the complete cessation of the
Nationwide Differential Global
Positioning System (NDGPS) service.
This notice provides the general
schedule for the discontinuance of the
remaining maritime DGPS sites. Specific
site broadcast termination dates will be
published via local notices to mariners
(LNMs).
SUMMARY:
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Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice.
If
you have questions on this notice,
contact CAPT Mary Ellen Durley, Coast
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background and Purpose
The Maritime Differential GPS system
was established in the late 1980s to
augment the existing GPS signal with
accuracy corrections and integrity
monitoring. This augmentation signal
was broadcast over Medium Frequency
from terrestrial broadcast sites. At the
time, the publicly available GPS signal
was intentionally degraded through
Selective Availability (SA), and thus
augmentation was necessary to meet
minimum requirements for maritime
positioning and navigation. Selective
Availability was permanently
discontinued in 2000, and as system
technology has improved, observed
positional accuracy for un-augmented
GPS consistently meets requirements for
harbor/harbor-approach navigation on
modern GPS receivers.
On July 5, 2016, the USCG, the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT),
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) published a notice in the
Federal Register (81 FR 43613), which
announced that the Nationwide
Differential Global Positioning System
(NDGPS) would remain operational
with a total of 46 USCG and USACE
sites available to users in the maritime
and coastal regions. Since 2016, the
USACE has discontinued 7 sites, and
the USCG has discontinued 1 site in
Aransas, TX due to storm damage from
Hurricane Harvey. Currently, there are
only 38 remaining NDGPS sites, all of
which are maritime sites.
Discussion
The USCG has continued assessments
and outreach affirming that the
positional accuracy provided by unaugmented GPS and GPS augmented by
the U.S. Wide Area Augmentation
System (WAAS) is sufficient to meet its
mission requirements and navigational
safety requirements for harbor
approaches. Because there is no
regulatory requirement for the carriage
of Differential Global Positioning
System (DGPS) equipment, and other
GPS augmentation systems such as
WAAS are already in prevalent use by
marine navigation equipment, the USCG
cannot justify further investment to
upgrade and maintain the NDGPS
system. Additionally, the Coast Guard
no longer has a mission requirement for
DGPS to position Maritime Aids to
Navigation because current Coast Guard
policy allows the placement of aids to
navigation with un-augmented GPS or
GPS augmented by WAAS. Finally,
other government and commercial
augmentation systems (e.g. WAAS) are
readily available to provide GPS
accuracy corrections. For these reasons,
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the NDGPS system was reduced from
the 2015 constellation of 84 sites, to the
current constellation of 38 maritime
sites. Pursuant to this announcement,
the USCG’s remaining 38 maritime sites
will be discontinued in stages,
beginning in September of 2018 and
ending in September of 2020.
Timeline of Maritime Sites To Be
Discontinued
Termination of the NDGPS broadcast
during Fiscal Year 2018 is planned to
occur at the following sites. Specific
broadcast discontinuance dates for each
site will be announced via Local Notices
to Mariners (LNMs) 60 days in advance
of the termination of the NDGPS
broadcast.
• Annapolis, MD
• New Bern, NC
• Robinson Point, WA
• Pigeon Point, CA
• Bobo, MS
Termination of the NDGPS broadcast
at the following sites is planned to occur
in Fiscal Year 2019.
• Whidbey Island, WA
• Appleton, WA
• Fort Stevens, OR
• Cape Mendocino, CA
• Lincoln, CA
• Point Loma, CA
• Kokole Point, HI
• Upolu Point, HI
• Driver, VA
• Kensington, SC
• Cape Canaveral, FL
• Card Sound, FL
• Tampa, FL
• Wisconsin Point, WI
• Mequon, WI
• Upper Keweenaw, MI
• Cheboygan, MI
• Detroit, MI
• Youngstown, NY
Termination of the NDGPS broadcast
at the following sites is planned to occur
in Fiscal Year 2020.
• Penobscot, ME
• Acushnet, MA
• Hudson Falls, NY
• Moriches, NY
• Sandy Hook, NJ
• English Turn, LA
• Angleton, TX
• Annette Island, AK
• Biorka, AK
• Kenai, AK
• Kodiak, AK
• Gustavus, AK
• Potato Point, AK
• Level Island, AK
General information regarding the
NDGPS Service and graphics depicting
the proposed changes to NDGPS
coverage are available at the USCG’s
NDGPS General Information website at:
https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
?pageName=dgpsMain.
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For more information on the NDGPS
outages and broadcast termination
dates, visit the USCG’s website at
https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
?pageName=dgpsSiteInfo&
currentOutages.
Additional information on GPS,
NDGPS, and other GPS augmentation
systems is also available in the 2017
Federal Radionavigation Plan, which is
published by the Department of
Defense, Department of Homeland
Security, and U.S. DOT, and is also
available at the USCG’s website at
https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
?pageName=pubsMain.
Authority: This notice is issued under the
authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 14 U.S.C. 81.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 14,
2018.
Michael D. Emerson,
Director of Marine Transportation Systems,
U.S. Coast Guard.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2018-0133]
Discontinuance of the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning
System (NDGPS)
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announces the discontinuance of
its remaining 38 maritime Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS)
sites. The USCG will implement the closures through a phased reduction
in service, which will commence in September of 2018, and conclude by
September of 2020. These closures will culminate in the complete
cessation of the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System
(NDGPS) service. This notice provides the general schedule for the
discontinuance of the remaining maritime DGPS sites. Specific site
broadcast termination dates will be published via local notices to
mariners (LNMs).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
contact CAPT Mary Ellen Durley, Coast Guard, telephone (202) 372-1605
or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
The Maritime Differential GPS system was established in the late
1980s to augment the existing GPS signal with accuracy corrections and
integrity monitoring. This augmentation signal was broadcast over
Medium Frequency from terrestrial broadcast sites. At the time, the
publicly available GPS signal was intentionally degraded through
Selective Availability (SA), and thus augmentation was necessary to
meet minimum requirements for maritime positioning and navigation.
Selective Availability was permanently discontinued in 2000, and as
system technology has improved, observed positional accuracy for un-
augmented GPS consistently meets requirements for harbor/harbor-
approach navigation on modern GPS receivers.
On July 5, 2016, the USCG, the U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published a notice
in the Federal Register (81 FR 43613), which announced that the
Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) would remain
operational with a total of 46 USCG and USACE sites available to users
in the maritime and coastal regions. Since 2016, the USACE has
discontinued 7 sites, and the USCG has discontinued 1 site in Aransas,
TX due to storm damage from Hurricane Harvey. Currently, there are only
38 remaining NDGPS sites, all of which are maritime sites.
Discussion
The USCG has continued assessments and outreach affirming that the
positional accuracy provided by un-augmented GPS and GPS augmented by
the U.S. Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is sufficient to meet its
mission requirements and navigational safety requirements for harbor
approaches. Because there is no regulatory requirement for the carriage
of Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) equipment, and other
GPS augmentation systems such as WAAS are already in prevalent use by
marine navigation equipment, the USCG cannot justify further investment
to upgrade and maintain the NDGPS system. Additionally, the Coast Guard
no longer has a mission requirement for DGPS to position Maritime Aids
to Navigation because current Coast Guard policy allows the placement
of aids to navigation with un-augmented GPS or GPS augmented by WAAS.
Finally, other government and commercial augmentation systems (e.g.
WAAS) are readily available to provide GPS accuracy corrections. For
these reasons,
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the NDGPS system was reduced from the 2015 constellation of 84 sites,
to the current constellation of 38 maritime sites. Pursuant to this
announcement, the USCG's remaining 38 maritime sites will be
discontinued in stages, beginning in September of 2018 and ending in
September of 2020.
Timeline of Maritime Sites To Be Discontinued
Termination of the NDGPS broadcast during Fiscal Year 2018 is
planned to occur at the following sites. Specific broadcast
discontinuance dates for each site will be announced via Local Notices
to Mariners (LNMs) 60 days in advance of the termination of the NDGPS
broadcast.
Annapolis, MD
New Bern, NC
Robinson Point, WA
Pigeon Point, CA
Bobo, MS
Termination of the NDGPS broadcast at the following sites is
planned to occur in Fiscal Year 2019.
Whidbey Island, WA
Appleton, WA
Fort Stevens, OR
Cape Mendocino, CA
Lincoln, CA
Point Loma, CA
Kokole Point, HI
Upolu Point, HI
Driver, VA
Kensington, SC
Cape Canaveral, FL
Card Sound, FL
Tampa, FL
Wisconsin Point, WI
Mequon, WI
Upper Keweenaw, MI
Cheboygan, MI
Detroit, MI
Youngstown, NY
Termination of the NDGPS broadcast at the following sites is
planned to occur in Fiscal Year 2020.
Penobscot, ME
Acushnet, MA
Hudson Falls, NY
Moriches, NY
Sandy Hook, NJ
English Turn, LA
Angleton, TX
Annette Island, AK
Biorka, AK
Kenai, AK
Kodiak, AK
Gustavus, AK
Potato Point, AK
Level Island, AK
General information regarding the NDGPS Service and graphics
depicting the proposed changes to NDGPS coverage are available at the
USCG's NDGPS General Information website at: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=dgpsMain.
For more information on the NDGPS outages and broadcast termination
dates, visit the USCG's website at https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=dgpsSiteInfo¤tOutages.
Additional information on GPS, NDGPS, and other GPS augmentation
systems is also available in the 2017 Federal Radionavigation Plan,
which is published by the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland
Security, and U.S. DOT, and is also available at the USCG's website at
https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=pubsMain.
Authority: This notice is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C.
552(a) and 14 U.S.C. 81.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2018.
Michael D. Emerson,
Director of Marine Transportation Systems, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2018-05684 Filed 3-20-18; 8:45 am]
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