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Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2020–0172]
Port Access Route Study: Seacoast of
New Jersey Including Offshore
Approaches to the Delaware Bay,
Delaware
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of study; request for
comments.
ACTION:
The Coast Guard is
conducting a Port Access Route Study
(PARS) to determine whether existing or
additional vessel routing measures are
necessary along the seacoast of New
Jersey and approaches to the Delaware
Bay. The PARS will consider whether
existing or additional routing measures
are necessary to improve navigation
safety due to factors such as planned or
potential offshore development, current
port capabilities and planned
improvements, increased vessel traffic,
existing and potential anchorage areas,
changing vessel traffic patterns, weather
conditions, or navigational difficulty.
Vessel routing measures are
implemented to reduce the risk of
marine casualties. Examples of potential
measures include traffic separation
schemes, two-way routes, recommended
tracks, deep-water routes, precautionary
areas, and areas to be avoided. The
recommendations of the study may lead
to future rulemakings or international
agreements.
SUMMARY:
Comments and related material
must be received on or before July 6,
2020. Requests for a public meeting
must be submitted on or before June 4,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
2020–0172 using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public
Participation and Request for
Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
further instructions on submitting
comments.
DATES:
If
you have questions about this notice of
study, call or email Mr. Jerry Barnes,
Fifth Coast Guard District (dpw), U.S.
Coast Guard; telephone (757) 398–6230,
email Jerry.R.Barnes@uscg.mil; or Mr.
Matt Creelman, Fifth Coast Guard
District (dpw), U.S. Coast Guard;
telephone (757) 398–6225, email
Matthew.K.Creelman2@uscg.mil.
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I. Table of Abbreviations
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ACPARS Atlantic Coast Port Access Route
Study
AIS Automatic Identification System
COMDTINST Commandant Instruction
DHS Department of Homeland Security
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
MTS Marine Transportation System
PARS Port Access Route Study
TSS Traffic Separation Scheme
USCG United States Coast Guard
II. Background and Purpose
A. Requirements for Port Access
Route Studies: Under Section 70003 of
Title 46 of the United States Code, the
Commandant of the Coast Guard may
designate necessary fairways and traffic
separation schemes (TSSs) to provide
safe access routes for vessels proceeding
to and from U.S. ports. The designation
of fairways and TSSs recognizes the
paramount right of navigation over all
other uses in the designated areas.
Before establishing or adjusting
fairways or TSSs, the Coast Guard must
conduct a PARS, i.e., a study of
potential traffic density and the need for
safe access routes for vessels. Through
the study process, the Coast Guard must
coordinate with federal, state, and
foreign state agencies (as appropriate)
and consider the views of maritime
community representatives,
environmental groups, and other
interested stakeholders. The primary
purpose of this coordination is, to the
extent practicable, to reconcile the need
for safe access routes with other
reasonable waterway uses such as
anchorages, construction and operation
of renewable energy facilities and other
uses.
In addition to aiding the Coast Guard
in establishing new or adjusting
fairways or TSSs, this PARS may
recommend establishing or amending
other vessel routing measures. Examples
of other routing measures include twoway routes, recommended tracks, deepwater routes (for the benefit primarily of
ships whose ability to maneuver is
constrained by their draft),
precautionary areas (where ships must
navigate with particular caution), and
areas to be avoided (for reasons of
exceptional danger or especially
sensitive ecological and environmental
factors).
B. Previous Port Access Route Studies:
The Coast Guard last studied the
Seacoast of New Jersey and approaches
to the Delaware Bay in 1994, and
published the final results in 1995 (60
FR 49237, September 22, 1995). The
study was conducted in response to a
number of near collisions and at least
one collision between an outbound tugbarge and an inbound deep draft ship in
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the eastern approach lane of the TSS.
The previous study is available for
review upon request (refer to FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
In 2016, the Coast Guard published a
notice of its Atlantic Coast Port Access
Route Study (ACPARS) (81 FR 13307,
March 14, 2016) that analyzed the
Atlantic Coast waters seaward of
existing port approaches within the U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and
announced the report as final in 2017
(82 FR 16510, April 5, 2017). This
multiyear study began in 2011, included
public participation, and identified the
navigation routes customarily followed
by ships engaged in commerce between
international and domestic U.S. ports.
The study is available at https://
navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=PARS
Reports. The ACPARS analyzed waters
located seaward of existing port
approaches within the EEZ along the
entire Atlantic Coast. Data and
information from stakeholders,
including Automatic Identification
System (AIS) data from vessel traffic,
were used to identify and verify deep
draft and coastwise navigation routes
that are typically followed by ships
engaged in commerce between
international and domestic U.S. ports.
Additional analysis of sea space for
vessels to maneuver in compliance with
the International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea led to the
development of marine planning
guidelines and recommendations for
shipping safety fairways.
C. Need for a New Port Access Route
Study: In 2019, the Coast Guard
announced a new study of routes used
by ships to access ports on the Atlantic
Coast of the United States (84 FR 9541,
March 15, 2019). This new study
supplements and builds on the
ACPARS. As part of the study, the Coast
Guard will conduct several PARS to
examine ports along the Atlantic Coast
that are economically significant or
support military or critical national
defense operations and related
international entry and departure transit
areas that are integral to the safe and
efficient and unimpeded flow of
commerce to/from major international
shipping lanes.
III. Information Requested
The purpose of this notice is to
announce commencement of this PARS
to examine the seacoast of New Jersey
and approaches to the Delaware Bay in
conjunction with the implementation of
recommendations of the ACPARS, and
to solicit public comments. Similar to
the ACPARS, this PARS will use AIS
data and information from stakeholders
to identify and verify customary
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navigation routes as well as potential
conflicts involving alternative activities,
such as Offshore Renewable Energy
Installations. We encourage you to
participate in the study process by
submitting comments in response to this
notice. Comments should address
impacts to navigation along the seacoast
of New Jersey and approaches to the
Delaware Bay resulting from factors
such as: Planned or potential offshore
development including wind turbine
placements and transmission corridors,
current port capabilities and planned
improvements, increased vessel traffic,
changing vessel traffic patterns, weather
conditions, potential conflicts or
disruptions in uncharted or informal
anchorage areas, or navigational
difficulty.
IV. Public Participation and Request for
Comments
We encourage you to participate in
this study 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.
A. Submitting Comments: If you
submit comments to the online public
docket, please include the docket
number for this notice (USCG–2020–
0172), indicate the specific section of
this document to which each comment
applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. We
accept anonymous comments.
To submit your comment online, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and insert
‘‘USCG–2020–0172’’ in the ‘‘search
box.’’ Click ‘‘Search’’ and then click
‘‘Comment Now.’’ We will consider all
comments and material received during
the comment period.
B. Public Meetings: The Coast Guard
may hold a public meeting(s) if there is
sufficient public interest. You must
submit a request for one on or before
June 4, 2020. You may submit your
request for a public meeting online via
https://www.regulations.gov. Please
explain why you believe a public
meeting would be beneficial. If we
determine that a public meeting would
aid in the study, we will hold a meeting
at a time and place announced by a later
notice in the Federal Register.
C. Viewing Comments and
Documents: To view the comments and
documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, click on the
‘‘read comments’’ box, which will then
become highlighted in blue. In the
‘‘Keyword’’ box insert ‘‘USCG–2020–
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D. Privacy Act: We accept anonymous
comments. All comments received will
be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov and will include
any personal information you have
provided. For more about privacy and
submissions in response to this
document, see DHS’s Correspondence
System of Records notice (84 FR 48645,
September 26, 2018). Documents
mentioned in this notice as being
available in the docket, and all public
comments, will be in our online docket
at https://www.regulations.gov and can
be viewed by following that website’s
instructions. Additionally, if you go to
the online docket and sign up for email
alerts, you will be notified when
comments are posted or a final rule is
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V. Seacoast of New Jersey Including
Offshore Approaches to the Delaware
Bay, Delaware PARS: Timeline, Study
Area, and Process
The Fifth Coast Guard District and
Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay will
conduct this PARS. The study will
commence upon publication of this
notice and may take 12 months or more
to complete.
The study area is described as an area
bounded by a line connecting the
following geographic positions:
• 74° W 40°18′ N
• 71°16′ W 38°57′ N
• 71°16′ W 38°16′ N
• 75°7′ W 38°16′ N
thence along the coast line back to the
origin.
This area extends approximately 175
nautical miles seaward including the
offshore area of New Jersey, Delaware,
and Maryland used by private,
commercial and public vessels
transiting to and from these ports. An
illustration showing the study area is
available in the docket where indicated
under ADDRESSES. Additionally, the
study area is available for viewing on
the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal at
https://portal.midatlanticocean.org/
visualize/. See ‘‘USCG Proposed Areas
and Studies’’ under the ‘‘Maritime’’
portion of the Data Layers section.
This PARS will analyze navigation
routes to/from the seacoast of New
Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland
including approaches to the Delaware
Bayconnecting to the proposed fairways
outlined in the ACPARS including
international routes to/from the United
States. Current capabilities and planned
improvements to handle maritime
conveyances will be considered.
Analyses will be conducted in
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accordance with COMDTINST
16003.2B, Marine Planning to Operate
and Maintain the Marine Transportation
System (MTS) and Implement National
Policy. Instruction available at https://
media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/10/
2002155400/-1/-1/0/CI_16003_2B.PDF.
We will publish the results of the
PARS in the Federal Register. It is
possible that the study may validate the
status quo (no additional fairways or
routing measures) and conclude that no
changes are necessary. It is also possible
that the study may recommend one or
more changes to address navigational
safety and the efficiency of vessel traffic
management. The recommendations
may lead to future rulemakings or
international agreements.
This notice is published under the
authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: Dated: April 28, 2020.
Keith M. Smith,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
Fifth Coast Guard District.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2020-0172]
Port Access Route Study: Seacoast of New Jersey Including
Offshore Approaches to the Delaware Bay, Delaware
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of study; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is conducting a Port Access Route Study (PARS)
to determine whether existing or additional vessel routing measures are
necessary along the seacoast of New Jersey and approaches to the
Delaware Bay. The PARS will consider whether existing or additional
routing measures are necessary to improve navigation safety due to
factors such as planned or potential offshore development, current port
capabilities and planned improvements, increased vessel traffic,
existing and potential anchorage areas, changing vessel traffic
patterns, weather conditions, or navigational difficulty. Vessel
routing measures are implemented to reduce the risk of marine
casualties. Examples of potential measures include traffic separation
schemes, two-way routes, recommended tracks, deep-water routes,
precautionary areas, and areas to be avoided. The recommendations of
the study may lead to future rulemakings or international agreements.
DATES: Comments and related material must be received on or before July
6, 2020. Requests for a public meeting must be submitted on or before
June 4, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2020-0172 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal https://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further
instructions on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice of study, call or email Mr. Jerry Barnes, Fifth Coast Guard
District (dpw), U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (757) 398-6230, email
[email protected]; or Mr. Matt Creelman, Fifth Coast Guard
District (dpw), U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (757) 398-6225, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Table of Abbreviations
ACPARS Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study
AIS Automatic Identification System
COMDTINST Commandant Instruction
DHS Department of Homeland Security
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
MTS Marine Transportation System
PARS Port Access Route Study
TSS Traffic Separation Scheme
USCG United States Coast Guard
II. Background and Purpose
A. Requirements for Port Access Route Studies: Under Section 70003
of Title 46 of the United States Code, the Commandant of the Coast
Guard may designate necessary fairways and traffic separation schemes
(TSSs) to provide safe access routes for vessels proceeding to and from
U.S. ports. The designation of fairways and TSSs recognizes the
paramount right of navigation over all other uses in the designated
areas.
Before establishing or adjusting fairways or TSSs, the Coast Guard
must conduct a PARS, i.e., a study of potential traffic density and the
need for safe access routes for vessels. Through the study process, the
Coast Guard must coordinate with federal, state, and foreign state
agencies (as appropriate) and consider the views of maritime community
representatives, environmental groups, and other interested
stakeholders. The primary purpose of this coordination is, to the
extent practicable, to reconcile the need for safe access routes with
other reasonable waterway uses such as anchorages, construction and
operation of renewable energy facilities and other uses.
In addition to aiding the Coast Guard in establishing new or
adjusting fairways or TSSs, this PARS may recommend establishing or
amending other vessel routing measures. Examples of other routing
measures include two-way routes, recommended tracks, deep-water routes
(for the benefit primarily of ships whose ability to maneuver is
constrained by their draft), precautionary areas (where ships must
navigate with particular caution), and areas to be avoided (for reasons
of exceptional danger or especially sensitive ecological and
environmental factors).
B. Previous Port Access Route Studies: The Coast Guard last studied
the Seacoast of New Jersey and approaches to the Delaware Bay in 1994,
and published the final results in 1995 (60 FR 49237, September 22,
1995). The study was conducted in response to a number of near
collisions and at least one collision between an outbound tug-barge and
an inbound deep draft ship in the eastern approach lane of the TSS. The
previous study is available for review upon request (refer to FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
In 2016, the Coast Guard published a notice of its Atlantic Coast
Port Access Route Study (ACPARS) (81 FR 13307, March 14, 2016) that
analyzed the Atlantic Coast waters seaward of existing port approaches
within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and announced the report
as final in 2017 (82 FR 16510, April 5, 2017). This multiyear study
began in 2011, included public participation, and identified the
navigation routes customarily followed by ships engaged in commerce
between international and domestic U.S. ports. The study is available
at https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=PARS Reports. The ACPARS analyzed
waters located seaward of existing port approaches within the EEZ along
the entire Atlantic Coast. Data and information from stakeholders,
including Automatic Identification System (AIS) data from vessel
traffic, were used to identify and verify deep draft and coastwise
navigation routes that are typically followed by ships engaged in
commerce between international and domestic U.S. ports. Additional
analysis of sea space for vessels to maneuver in compliance with the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea led to the
development of marine planning guidelines and recommendations for
shipping safety fairways.
C. Need for a New Port Access Route Study: In 2019, the Coast Guard
announced a new study of routes used by ships to access ports on the
Atlantic Coast of the United States (84 FR 9541, March 15, 2019). This
new study supplements and builds on the ACPARS. As part of the study,
the Coast Guard will conduct several PARS to examine ports along the
Atlantic Coast that are economically significant or support military or
critical national defense operations and related international entry
and departure transit areas that are integral to the safe and efficient
and unimpeded flow of commerce to/from major international shipping
lanes.
III. Information Requested
The purpose of this notice is to announce commencement of this PARS
to examine the seacoast of New Jersey and approaches to the Delaware
Bay in conjunction with the implementation of recommendations of the
ACPARS, and to solicit public comments. Similar to the ACPARS, this
PARS will use AIS data and information from stakeholders to identify
and verify customary navigation routes as well as potential conflicts
involving alternative activities, such as Offshore Renewable Energy
Installations. We encourage you to participate in the study process by
submitting comments in response to this notice. Comments should address
impacts to navigation along the seacoast of New Jersey and approaches
to the Delaware Bay resulting from factors such as: Planned or
potential offshore development including wind turbine placements and
transmission corridors, current port capabilities and planned
improvements, increased vessel traffic, changing vessel traffic
patterns, weather conditions, potential conflicts or disruptions in
uncharted or informal anchorage areas, or navigational difficulty.
IV. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this study 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.
A. Submitting Comments: If you submit comments to the online public
docket, please include the docket number for this notice (USCG-2020-
0172), indicate the specific section of this document to which each
comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. We accept anonymous comments.
To submit your comment online, go to https://www.regulations.gov,
and insert ``USCG-2020-0172'' in the ``search box.'' Click ``Search''
and then click ``Comment Now.'' We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period.
B. Public Meetings: The Coast Guard may hold a public meeting(s) if
there is sufficient public interest. You must submit a request for one
on or before June 4, 2020. You may submit your request for a public
meeting online via https://www.regulations.gov. Please explain why you
believe a public meeting would be beneficial. If we determine that a
public meeting would aid in the study, we will hold a meeting at a time
and place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register.
C. Viewing Comments and Documents: To view the comments and
documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov, click on the ``read comments'' box,
which will then become highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box
insert ``USCG-2020-0172'' and click ``Search.'' Click the
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``Open Docket Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column.
D. Privacy Act: We accept anonymous comments. All comments received
will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov and will
include any personal information you have provided. For more about
privacy and submissions in response to this document, see DHS's
Correspondence System of Records notice (84 FR 48645, September 26,
2018). Documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the
docket, and all public comments, will be in our online docket at
https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that
website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online docket
and sign up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments are
posted or a final rule is published.
V. Seacoast of New Jersey Including Offshore Approaches to the Delaware
Bay, Delaware PARS: Timeline, Study Area, and Process
The Fifth Coast Guard District and Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay
will conduct this PARS. The study will commence upon publication of
this notice and may take 12 months or more to complete.
The study area is described as an area bounded by a line connecting
the following geographic positions:
74[deg] W 40[deg]18' N
71[deg]16' W 38[deg]57' N
71[deg]16' W 38[deg]16' N
75[deg]7' W 38[deg]16' N
thence along the coast line back to the origin.
This area extends approximately 175 nautical miles seaward
including the offshore area of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland used
by private, commercial and public vessels transiting to and from these
ports. An illustration showing the study area is available in the
docket where indicated under ADDRESSES. Additionally, the study area is
available for viewing on the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal at https://portal.midatlanticocean.org/visualize/. See ``USCG Proposed Areas and
Studies'' under the ``Maritime'' portion of the Data Layers section.
This PARS will analyze navigation routes to/from the seacoast of
New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland including approaches to the Delaware
Bayconnecting to the proposed fairways outlined in the ACPARS including
international routes to/from the United States. Current capabilities
and planned improvements to handle maritime conveyances will be
considered. Analyses will be conducted in accordance with COMDTINST
16003.2B, Marine Planning to Operate and Maintain the Marine
Transportation System (MTS) and Implement National Policy. Instruction
available at https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/10/2002155400/-1/-1/0/CI_16003_2B.PDF.
We will publish the results of the PARS in the Federal Register. It
is possible that the study may validate the status quo (no additional
fairways or routing measures) and conclude that no changes are
necessary. It is also possible that the study may recommend one or more
changes to address navigational safety and the efficiency of vessel
traffic management. The recommendations may lead to future rulemakings
or international agreements.
This notice is published under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: Dated: April 28, 2020.
Keith M. Smith,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2020-09538 Filed 5-4-20; 8:45 am]
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