Coast Guard June 30, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This joint Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) temporary interim rule will suspend oil spill response time requirements, and certain identification and location requirements, for facilities and vessels whose response resources are relocated in support of the Deepwater Horizon SONS response. By providing oil spill removal organizations (OSROs), and facilities and vessels with their own response resources, with the temporary opportunity to relocate response resources from current locations to the Gulf of Mexico, this rule directly assists in the urgently needed immediate relocation of nationwide oil spill response resources to the Gulf of Mexico to aid in the response to the Deepwater Horizon SONS. The rule also provides notice that the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Deepwater Horizon SONS has requested the Armed Forces to relocate Armed Forces oil spill response resources, in particular those of the Navy, from their current locations to the Gulf of Mexico to aid in the response to the Deepwater Horizon SONS.

The Coast Guard is correcting a temporary final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on June 15, 2010 (75 FR 33696). The temporary final rule established a temporary safety zone on the waters of Port Gardner Bay, Washington in support of the City of Everett Fourth of July fireworks display and this correction reflects the correct positioning of the display. The safety zone is necessary to protect the maritime public from dangers associated with the fireworks display and will do so by restricting vessels from congregating in close proximity to the fireworks discharge site during the display. Entry into, transit through or mooring within this safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or Designated Representative.