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Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Manitowoc River, Manitowoc, WI
Document Number: 2025-09136
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is issuing a temporary interim rule from the operating schedule that governs the Eighth Street Bridge, mile 0.29 and the Tenth Street Bridge, mile 0.43, over the Manitowoc River, in the town of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The City of Manitowoc has requested a full review of the current bridge regulations to alleviate vehicle congestion in downtown Manitowoc. The Coast Guard is seeking comments from the public regarding this deviation and specifically on whether we should make this drawbridge operation schedule permanent.
Special Local Regulation; Duluth Harbor, Duluth, MN
Document Number: 2025-09149
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-05-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary special local regulation for designated areas of the Duluth Harbor entrance to Superior Bay on Lake Superior during the Festival of Sail 2025 event in Duluth, MN. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters around the port of Duluth, MN during a sail festival with tall ships beginning on July 10, 2025, and ending the evening of July 13, 2025. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from being in the designated areas unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Duluth or a designated representative. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Safety Zone; Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, HI
Document Number: 2025-09092
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-05-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary safety zone while the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Squadron conducts aerobatic performances over Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. This safety zone is necessary to protect watercrafts and the general public from hazards associated with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels aircraft performing low flying, high powered jet aerobatics over open water. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from being in the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) Sector Honolulu or a designated representative. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Safety Zone; Graduation Fireworks, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Document Number: 2025-09016
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-20
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters of the San Francisco Bay, outside McCovey Cove, in San Francisco, CA in support of a fireworks display on May 23, 2025. The safety zone is necessary to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by pyrotechnics. Unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port Sector San Francisco or designated representative.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Beaufort, SC
Document Number: 2025-08990
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-20
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is modifying the operating schedule that governs the Lady's Island (Woods Memorial) Bridge across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW) (Beaufort River), mile 536.0, at Beaufort, SC. We are modifying the specific requirement for the seasonal operating schedule. This action will assist in reducing vehicular traffic congestion and provide a consistent operating schedule for the bridge.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Okeechobee Waterway, Stuart, FL; Extension of Deviation
Document Number: 2025-08888
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-19
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is extending the effective period for the temporarily modified operating schedule that governs the Florida East Coast Railroad Bridge, across the Okeechobee Waterway, mile 7.41, at Stuart, FL. This action allows for continuity in drawbridge operations while the Coast Guard evaluates documentation received for a request to permanently change the operating regulation. This temporary rule will be in place until September 30, 2025.
Special Local Regulation; Elizabeth River, Western Branch, Portsmouth, VA
Document Number: 2025-08858
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-05-19
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a special local regulation for certain waters on the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, VA. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters during a high-speed boat race. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from entering the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Virginia or a designated representative. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Special Local Regulation; York River, Yorktown, VA
Document Number: 2025-08865
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-19
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a special local regulation for certain waters on the York River in Yorktown, VA. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters during an annual high-speed boat race. This rulemaking prohibits persons and vessels from entering the regulated area when it is subject to enforcement unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Virginia or a designated representative.
Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0119
Document Number: 2025-08815
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-05-16
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0119, Coast Guard Exchange System Scholarship Application; without change. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.
Special Local Regulation, East River, Mathews, Virginia
Document Number: 2025-08764
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-16
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a special local regulation for certain waters on the East River in Mathews, VA. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters during an annual event, the "Mathews Wharf to Wharf Swim." This regulation prohibits persons and vessels from entering the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Virginia or a designated representative.
Safety Zones; Rocket Launches in the Gulf of America and South Bay, Boca Chica Beach, TX
Document Number: 2025-08686
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-05-15
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard proposes to establish two permanent safety zones to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by commercial spaceflight activities. The proposed permanent safety zones are located in navigable waters of South Bay, TX and in navigable waters of the Gulf of America. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from being in the safety zones during scheduled launches, unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Corpus Christi (COTP) or a designated representative. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, North Myrtle Beach, SC
Document Number: 2025-08366
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-13
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Little River Bridge, across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW), mile 347.3, at North Myrtle Beach, SC. South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) requested the Coast Guard consider placing the swing bridge on weekday scheduled openings at designated times to assist with vehicle congestion. This deviation will test a change to the drawbridge operation schedule to determine whether a permanent change to the schedule is needed. The Coast Guard is seeking comments from the public regarding these changes.
Special Local Regulation; Allegheny River Mile Marker 20.5-21.5, Creighton, PA
Document Number: 2025-08193
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-05-12
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary special local regulation on the waters of the Allegheny River from mile marker 20.5 to mile marker 21.5 in Creighton, PA. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters from potential hazards during the powerboat regatta for the activities planned from June 7, 2025, through June 8, 2025. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from being in the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Pittsburgh or a designated representative. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Safety Zone; Atlantic Ocean, Cocoa Beach, FL
Document Number: 2025-08288
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-12
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for certain waters of the Atlantic Ocean near Cocoa Beach, Florida. This safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards associated with the Thunder on Cocoa Beach powerboat racing event. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Jacksonville or a designated representative.
Special Local Regulation; Ohio River, Cincinnati, OH
Document Number: 2025-08200
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-09
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary special local regulation on the navigable waters of the Ohio River, extending the entire width of the river, between mile marker (MM) 469.6-470.2 in Cincinnati, OH. This special local regulation is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters near Cincinnati, OH, during the Queen City Triathlon on June 22, 2025.
Security Zone; Upper Mississippi River, Saint Louis, MO
Document Number: 2025-08194
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-05-09
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard proposes establishing a permanent security zone for certain waters of the Upper Mississippi River adjacent to the Jefferson Barracks military installation, Saint Louis, MO. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from operating or anchoring within the Security zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector Upper Mississippi River or a designated representative. This action is necessary to ensure no unauthorized entry into the waters adjacent to the military installation to safeguard the installation from sabotage or other subversive acts. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Safety Zone; Key West Paddle Classic, Key West, FL
Document Number: 2025-08170
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-09
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the navigable waterways surrounding Key West, Florida, during the Key West Paddle Classic event. This safety zone is necessary to ensure the safety of event participants and spectators from potential hazards associated with this event. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Key West or a designated representative.
Safety Zone; Fireworks Displays Within the Fifth Coast Guard District; The Wharf, Washington, DC
Document Number: 2025-08169
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-09
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for a fireworks display at "The Wharf DC," in Washington, DC, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation, "Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District," identifies the precise location. During the enforcement period, vessels may not enter, remain in, or transit through the safety zone unless authorized to do so by the COTP or his representative, and vessels in the vicinity must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
Safety Zone; Gulf of America, Pass A Loutre State Wildlife Management Area
Document Number: 2025-07959
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-06
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone one nautical mile in all directions around well #59 at approximate position 29[deg]04'28.919" N, 089[deg]10'48.720" W, near the Pass A Loutre State Wildlife Management Area. The safety zone is needed to protect persons and critical infrastructure from the potential contamination due to an oil spill in the Gulf of America. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone, or movement of vessels within this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port or a designated representative.
Safety Zones; Recurring Safety Zones in Captain of the Port Northern Great Lakes Zone
Document Number: 2025-07881
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-06
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce various safety zones for maritime events in the Captain of the Port Northern Great Lakes. Enforcement of these safety zones is necessary to protect the safety of life and property on the navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after this event. During the period, the Coast Guard will enforce restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels in a specified area immediately prior to, during, and immediately after events. During each enforcement period, vessels must stay out of the established safety zone and may only enter with permission from the designated representative of the Captain of the Port Northern Great Lakes.
Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Detroit Zone
Document Number: 2025-07879
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-06
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce various safety zones for annual marine events in the Captain of the Port Detroit zone. Enforcement of these safety zones is necessary to protect the safety of life and property on the navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after these events. During each enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the respective safety zone without permission of the Captain of the Port Detroit or his designated representative.
Special Local Regulation: Miami Beach Air and Sea Show, Atlantic Ocean, Miami Beach, FL
Document Number: 2025-07800
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-06
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce a special local regulation for the Miami Beach Air and Sea Show from May 24 through May 25, 2025, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the Seventh Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in Miami Beach, FL. During the enforcement periods, no person or vessel may enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated area unless authorized by the Coast Guard Patrol Commander or a designated representative.
Special Local Regulations; Marine Events in the Coast Guard Sector Detroit Captain of the Port Zone-July to August 2025
Document Number: 2025-07733
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-05
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce various special local regulations for the annual regattas and marine parades on dates between July 11, 2025, and August 31, 2025, in the Captain of the Port Detroit zone. Our regulation for marine events within Sector Detroit identifies the regulated area for these events. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
Special Local Regulation; St. Mary's River, St. George's Creek, Piney Point, MD
Document Number: 2025-07680
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-05-05
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary special local regulation for certain waters of the St. Mary's River. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters, located at Piney Point, MD, during a two-day, high-speed, power boat demonstration event on June 7, 2025, and June 8, 2025. This rule prohibits persons and vessels from being in the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Maryland-National Capital Region, or the Coast Guard Event Patrol Commander.
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget
Document Number: 2025-07533
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-05-05
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0092, Sewage and Graywater Discharge Records for Certain Cruise Vessels Operating on Alaskan Waters; without change. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.
Recreational Boating Safety Projects, Programs, and Activities Funded Under Provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; Fiscal Year 2024
Document Number: 2025-07630
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-05-02
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is publishing this notice to satisfy a requirement of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that requires a detailed accounting of the projects, programs, and activities funded under the national recreational boating safety program provision of the Act be published annually in the Federal Register. This notice specifies the funding amounts the Coast Guard has committed, obligated, or expended during fiscal year 2024, as of September 30, 2024.
Safety Zone; Straits of Mackinac, Mackinaw City, MI
Document Number: 2025-07531
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-05-01
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary safety zone for navigable waters within a 100-yard radius of the center span of the Mackinac Bridge, Straits of Mackinac, Mackinaw City, MI. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from a marine event involving swimmers under the bridge. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from being in the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector Northern Great Lakes or a designated representative. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Safety Zones; Erie, PA; Detroit, MI; Duluth, MN
Document Number: 2025-07530
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-05-01
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish temporary safety zones around each tall ship visiting the Great Lakes during the Tall Ships Challenge 2025 race series beginning on July 10, 2025 through October 1, 2025. These safety zones will provide for the regulation of vessel traffic in the vicinity of each tall ship in the navigable waters of the United States. The Coast Guard is taking this action to safeguard participants and spectators from the hazards associated with the limited maneuverability of these tall ships and to ensure public safety during tall ships events. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Safety Zone; Recurring Events in Captain of the Port Duluth Zone-Pointe to La Pointe Swim
Document Number: 2025-07100
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-30
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Pointe to La Pointe Swim event in Bayfield, WI from 7 a.m. through 12 noon on August 2, 2025. This action is necessary to protect participants and spectators during the event. During the enforcement period, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Duluth or a designated on-scene representative.
Safety Zone; Underwater Lake Bed HAUX/ROV Survey; Straits of Mackinac, MI
Document Number: 2025-07333
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-29
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters within a 500-yard radius of the vessels Ugle Duckling and Streak. The safety zone is necessary to protect vessels while a HAUV/ROV survey is conducting underwater surveys. Entry of vessels into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector Northern Great Lakes (COTP).
Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the M/V LA BORINQUENA
Document Number: 2025-07331
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-04-29
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard announces that the Chief of Prevention Division, Seventh District has issued a certificate of alternative compliance from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), for the M/V LA BORINQUENA (O.N. 1345507). We are issuing this notice because its publication is required by statute. Due to the construction and placement of the forward and aft masthead lights, M/V LA BORINQUENA cannot fully comply with the light provisions of the 72 COLREGS without interfering with the vessel's design and construction. This notification of the issuance of these certificates of alternative compliance promotes the Coast Guard's marine safety mission.
National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee; Vacancy
Document Number: 2025-07345
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-04-29
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The U.S. Coast Guard is re-soliciting applications from persons interested in membership on the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) to fill one vacant position representing entities engaged in offshore oil exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf adjacent to Alaska. The Committee advises the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on matters relating to activities directly involved with, or in support of, the exploration of offshore mineral and energy resources, to the extent that such matters are within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Security Zone; Electric Boat Shipyard, Narragansett Bay, Quonset Point, North Kingstown, RI
Document Number: 2025-07067
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-04-25
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a security zone in the waters adjacent to the General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation Quonset Point facility in Narragansett Bay, North Kingstown, RI. This action is necessary to protect the facility, material storage areas, and adjacent areas from sabotage or other subversive acts, accidents or incidents of a similar nature. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit all persons and vessels from operating within the prescribed security zone without first obtaining authorization by the Captain of the Port, Sector Southeastern New England or a designated representative. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Captain of the Port Charleston
Document Number: 2025-07077
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-24
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for the Low Country Splash event on May 24, 2025, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the Seventh Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in Charleston and Mt. Pleasant, SC. During the enforcement periods, no person or vessel may enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated area unless authorized by the Coast Guard Patrol Commander or a designated representative.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway; West Palm Beach, FL
Document Number: 2025-07058
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-24
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is modifying the operating schedule that governs the Flagler Memorial (SR A1A) Bridge, mile 1021.8, the Royal Park (SR 704) Bridge, mile 1022.6, and the Southern Boulevard (SR 700/ 80) Bridge, mile 1024.7, across Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW), at West Palm Beach, FL. This modification will allow the drawbridges to operate in concert while assisting local communities with vehicle congestion during peak weekday traffic hours.
Safety Zone; Greater Bath Foundation Fireworks Display, Bath Creek, Bath, NC
Document Number: 2025-06954
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-23
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard published a notification of enforcement of regulation in the Federal Register on April 1, 2025, concerning the enforcement a safety zone for the Greater Bath Foundation Fireworks Display, Bath Creek, Bath, NC. That document contained an incorrect CFR citation. This document corrects that citation.
Safety Zone; Matagorda Ship Channel, Port Lavaca, TX
Document Number: 2025-06947
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-23
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for certain navigable waters of the Matagorda Ship Channel. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by the repair of submerged dredge pipeline in the Matagorda Ship Channel. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Corpus Christi, or a designated representative.
Special Local Regulations & Safety Zones; USCG Sector Eastern Great Lakes
Document Number: 2025-06946
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-23
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is amending existing regulations relating to special local regulations and safety zones that occur annually in Captain of the Port Zone Eastern Great Lakes. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters.
Special Local Regulation; York River, Yorktown, VA
Document Number: 2025-06945
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-04-23
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a special local regulation for certain waters on the York River in Yorktown, VA. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters during an annual high-speed boat race. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from entering the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Virginia or a designated representative. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Regulated Navigation Area; Ludington Harbor Channel and Pere Marquette Lake, Ludington, MI
Document Number: 2025-06868
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-04-22
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a regulated navigation area to control vessel movement for certain waters of Lake Michigan, the Ludington Harbor Channel, and Pere Marquette Lake in Ludington, MI. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life, environment, and property on these navigable waters due to hazardous conditions resulting from increased vessel traffic congestion. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee; Vacancy
Document Number: 2025-06815
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-04-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The U.S. Coast Guard is accepting applications to fill one vacancy on the Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee provides advice and makes recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland Security via the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard on matters relating to Great Lakes pilotage, including review of proposed Great Lakes pilotage regulations and policies.
Safety Zone; Cable Laying Corridor, Atlantic Ocean, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Document Number: 2025-06681
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary, moving safety zone to surround nearshore operations conducted by a cable laying barge. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters near Virginia Beach, Virginia. Cable lay and burial operations will create navigational hazards moving along a corridor from shore extending seaward 12 NM. This rulemaking will prohibit persons and vessels from entering the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Virginia or a designated representative.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Passaic River, Harrison, New Jersey
Document Number: 2025-06394
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-17
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is removing the existing drawbridge operation regulation for the AMTRAK Dock Railroad Bridge, mile 5.0 across the Passaic River, Harrison, New Jersey. On December 11, 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard issued a permit amendment for the AMTRAK Dock Bridge which authorized the conversion of the bridge from a movable bridge to a fixed bridge. The operating regulation for the bridge, is no longer applicable or necessary and will be removed from the CFR.
Special Local Regulation; Bush River and Otter Point Creek; Between Perryman, MD and Edgewood, MD
Document Number: 2025-06374
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-15
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary special local regulation for certain waters of the Bush River and Otter Point Creek, in Maryland. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters, located at Edgewood, MD, during a high-speed power boat race on May 3, 2025, and May 4, 2025. This regulation prohibits persons and vessels (other than those already at berth at the time the regulation takes effect) from being in the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Maryland-National Capital Region (COTP), or a designated representative.
Special Local Regulation; Neuse and Trent Rivers, New Bern, NC
Document Number: 2025-06370
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-04-15
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish special local regulations (SLR) to provide for the safety of human life on certain waters of the Neuse and Trent Rivers during raft races to be held annually in New Bern, NC on select Saturdays in June. This proposed rulemaking would restrict non-participant access within the designated race area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP), Sector North Carolina or a designated representative. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the M/V FALCON
Document Number: 2025-06395
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-04-15
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard announces that the Chief of Prevention Division, Seventh District has issued a certificate of alternative compliance from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), for the M/V FALCON (O.N. 1824383). We are issuing this notice because its publication is required by statute. Due to the construction and placement of the masthead light, stern light, and sidelights, M/V FALCON cannot fully comply with the light, shape, or sound signal provisions of the 72 COLREGS without interfering with the vessel's design and construction. This notification of the issuance of these certificates of alternative compliance promotes the Coast Guard's marine safety mission.
Security Zone; Intracoastal Waterway, Palm Beach, FL
Document Number: 2025-06238
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-11
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone on the waters of the Atlantic Ocean near the Mar-A-Lago Club and the Southern Boulevard Bridge in Palm Beach, Florida FL. This rule is substantially like the "east zone" security zone in Coast Guard regulations. The Coast Guard will only enforce this rule when the President of the United States, members of the First Family, or other persons under the protection of the Secret Service are present or expected to be present. This action is necessary to protect the official party, public, and surrounding waterways from terrorist acts, sabotage or other subversive acts, accidents, or other events of a similar nature.
Safety Zone; Empire Wind 1 Wind Farm Project Area, Outer Continental Shelf, Lease OCS-A 0512, Offshore New York and New Jersey, Atlantic Ocean
Document Number: 2025-06188
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-11
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing 55 temporary safety zones around the construction of individual wind energy facilities during the development of the Empire Wind 1 Wind Farm project area. The area lies within Federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf, specifically in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0512, approximately 12 nautical miles south of Long Island, NY. This action protects life, property, and the environment during construction of each facility. When being enforced, only attending vessels and vessels with authorization are permitted to enter or remain in the temporary safety zones.
Special Local Regulation; Conch Republic Navy Parade and Battle, Key West, FL
Document Number: 2025-06184
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-04-11
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulation for the Conch Republic Navy Parade and Battle, in Key West, Florida. Our regulation for recurring Marine Events in Captain of the Port Key West Zone identifies the regulated area for this event. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated area without approval from the Captain of the Port Key West or a designated representative.
Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0094
Document Number: 2025-05955
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-04-08
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0094, Ships Carrying Bulk Hazardous Liquids; without change. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.
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