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contains regulatory documents having general

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are keyed to and codified in the Code of

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Rules and Regulations Federal Register

11581 

Vol. 87, No. 41 

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket No. USCG–2022–0146] 

Safety Zone; Military Ocean Terminal 

Concord Safety Zone, Suisun Bay, 

Military Ocean Terminal Concord, CA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

the safety zone in the navigable waters 

of Suisun Bay, off Concord, CA, in 

support of explosive off and on-loading 

to Military Ocean Terminal Concord 

(MOTCO) from March 3 through March 

8, 2022. This safety zone is necessary to 

protect personnel, vessels, and the 

marine environment from potential 

explosion within the explosive arc. The 

safety zone is open to all persons and 

vessels for transitory use, but vessel 

operators desiring to anchor or 

otherwise loiter within the safety zone 

must obtain the permission of the 

Captain of the Port San Francisco or a 

designated representative. All persons 

and vessels operating within the safety 

zone must comply with all directions 

given to them by the Captain of the Port 

(COTP) San Francisco or a designated 

representative. 

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 

165.1198 will be enforced from 12:01 

a.m. on March 3, 2022, until 11:59 p.m. 

on March 8, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this 

notification of enforcement, call or 

email Lieutenant Junior Grade William 

Harris, Coast Guard Sector San 

Francisco, Waterways Management 

Division, 415–399–7443, SFWaterways@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce the safety zone in 33 

CFR 165.1198 for the Military Ocean 

Terminal Concord, CA (MOTCO) 

regulated area from 12:01 a.m. on March 

3, 2022, until 11:59 p.m. on March 8, 

2022, or as announced via marine local 

broadcasts. This safety zone is necessary 

to protect personnel, vessels, and the 

marine environment from potential 

explosion within the explosive arc. The 

regulation for this safety zone, 

§ 165.1198, specifies the location of the 

safety zone which encompasses the 

navigable waters in the area between 

500 yards of MOTCO Pier 2 in position 

38°03′30′′ N, 122°01′14′′ W and 3,000 

yards of the pier. During the 

enforcement periods, as reflected in 

§ 165.1198(d), if you are the operator of 

a vessel in the regulated area you must 

comply with the instructions of the 

COTP or the designated on-scene patrol 

personnel. Vessel operators desiring to 

anchor or otherwise loiter within the 

safety zone must contact Sector San 

Francisco Vessel Traffic Service at 415– 

556–2760 or VHF Channel 14 to obtain 

permission. 

In addition to this notification of 

enforcement in the Federal Register, the 

Coast Guard plans to provide 

notification of this enforcement period 

via marine information broadcasts. 

Dated: February 24, 2022. 

Taylor Q. Lam, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port San Francisco. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04343 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2021–0893] 

RIN 1625–AA87 

Security Zone for Navy Diving 

Exercise; Gastineau Channel, Juneau, 

AK 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary security zone 

for certain waters of the Gastineau 

Channel. This action is necessary to 

protect personnel, vessels, and the 

marine environment from potential 

hazards created by a Navy diving 

exercise involving remotely operated 

vehicles (ROVs) and accompanying 

divers on these navigable waters 

between the Juneau-Douglas Bridge and 

Savikko Park near Juneau, AK, from 

March 6, 2022, through March 17, 2022. 

This regulation prohibits persons and 

vessels from being in the security zone 

unless authorized by the Captain of the 

Port Southeast Alaska or a designated 

representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective from March 

6, 2022, through March 17, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2021– 

0893 in the search box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, in the Document Type 

column, select ‘‘Supporting & Related 

Material.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email Lieutenant Jesse Collins, 

Waterways Management Division, U.S. 

Coast Guard; telephone 907–463–2846, 

email Jesse.O.Collins@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

COTP Captain of the Port Southeast Alaska 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

ROV(s) Remotely Operated Vehicle(s) 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background Information and 

Regulatory History 

The Department of Navy notified the 

Coast Guard that it will be conducting 

a diving exercise from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., 

each day from March 6, 2022, through 

March 17, 2022, along the entire length 

of the Gastineau Channel. Hazards 

associated with the exercise include 

collision and damage to remotely 

operated vehicles (ROVs) and collision 

and injury to divers in the water. In 

response, the Coast Guard published a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

titled ‘‘Security Zone for Navy Diving 

Exercise; Gastineau Channel, Juneau, 

AK’’ (87 FR 6450). We stated there why 

we issued the NPRM and invited 

comments on our proposed regulatory 


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