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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1039-1040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00013]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2024-1094]
RIN 1625-AA87

Security Zone; Potomac River and Anacostia River, and Adjacent 
Waters; Washington, DC

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a security zone along the Potomac 
and Anacostia Rivers and adjacent waters at Washington, DC to protect 
government officials, mitigate potential terrorist acts, and enhance 
public and maritime safety and security in the days leading up to and 
after the 60th Presidential Inauguration. During the enforcement 
period, entry into or remaining within the security zone is prohibited 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or his designated 
representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.508 will be enforced from 8 a.m. 
on January 18, 2025, through 11:59 p.m. on January 21, 2025, for the 
security zone identified in 33 CFR 165.508(a)(6).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this rule, 
call or email LCDR Kate Newkirk, Sector Maryland-NCR, Waterways 
Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; 410-365-8141, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 2, 2024, the Coast Guard was 
notified by the event organizer that the anticipated dates for the 
activities associated with the 60th Presidential Inauguration are 
scheduled from January 18, 2025, to January 21, 2025. The Coast Guard 
will enforce regulations in 33 CFR 165.508 for the zone identified in 
paragraph (a)(6). This action is being taken to protect government 
officials, mitigate potential terrorist acts and incidents, and enhance 
public and maritime safety and security immediately before, during, and 
after this event. Thirty-three CFR 165.508(d)(4) provides that the 
security zone will be enforced from 8 a.m. on January 18, 2025, until 
11:59 p.m. on January 21, 2025. Subsection (d)(1) of Sec.  165.508 also 
provides that the security zone will be enforced, in addition to the 
specified times in paragraphs (d)(4) of that section, upon issuance of 
a notice of enforcement by the Captain of the Port Maryland-National 
Capital Region.
    Our regulation entitled ``Security Zone; Potomac River and 
Anacostia River, and adjacent waters; Washington, DC,'' Sec.  165.508, 
specifies the location for this security zone as an area that includes 
all navigable waters described in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3). 
This security zone includes: (1) the area comprising Zone 1, all 
navigable waters of the Potomac River, from shoreline to shoreline, 
bounded to the north by the Francis Scott Key (US-29) Bridge, at mile 
113, and bounded to the south by a line drawn from the Virginia 
shoreline at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, at 
38[deg]51'21.3'' N, 077[deg]02'00.0'' W, eastward across the Potomac 
River to the District of Columbia shoreline at Hains Point at position 
38[deg]51'24.3'' N, 077[deg]01'19.8'' W, including the waters of the 
Boundary Channel, Pentagon Lagoon, Georgetown Channel Tidal Basin, and 
Roaches Run; (2) the area comprising Zone 2, all navigable waters of 
the Anacostia River, from shoreline to shoreline, bounded to the north 
by the John Philip Sousa (Pennsylvania Avenue) Bridge, at mile 2.9, and 
bounded to the south by a line drawn from the District of Columbia 
shoreline at Hains Point at position 38[deg]51'24.3'' N, 
077[deg]01'19.8'' W, southward across the Anacostia River to the 
District of Columbia shoreline at Giesboro Point at

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position 38[deg]50'52.4'' N, 077[deg]01'10.9'' W, including the waters 
of the Washington Channel; (3) the area comprising Zone 3, all 
navigable waters of the Potomac River, from shoreline to shoreline, 
bounded to the north by a line drawn from the Virginia shoreline at 
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, at 38[deg]51'21.3'' N, 
077[deg]02'00.0'' W, eastward across the Potomac River to the District 
of Columbia shoreline at Hains Point at position 38[deg]51'24.3'' N, 
077[deg]01'19.8'' W, thence southward across the Anacostia River to the 
District of Columbia shoreline at Giesboro Point at position 
38[deg]50'52.4'' N, 077[deg]01'10.9'' W, and bounded to the south by 
the Woodrow Wilson Memorial (I-95/I-495) Bridge, at mile 103.8.
    As specified in Sec.  165.508 (b), during the enforcement period, 
entry into or remaining in the zone is prohibited unless authorized by 
the Coast Guard Captain of the Port Maryland-National Capital Region. 
Public vessels and vessels already at berth at the time the security 
zone is implemented do not have to depart the security zone. All 
vessels underway within the security zone at the time it is implemented 
are to depart the zone at the time the security zone is implemented. To 
seek permission to transit the zone, the Captain of the Port Maryland-
National Capital Region can be contacted at telephone number (410) 576-
2693 or on Marine Band Radio, VHF-FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz). Coast 
Guard vessels enforcing this zone can be contacted on Marine Band 
Radio, VHF-FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz). The Coast Guard may be assisted 
by other Federal, state or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing 
this regulation. If the Captain of the Port or his designated on-scene 
patrol personnel determines the security zone need not be enforced for 
the full duration stated in this notice, a Broadcast Notice to Mariners 
may be used to suspend enforcement and grant general permission to 
enter the security zone.
    This notification of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 
CFR 165.508 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notification of 
enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide 
notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to 
Mariners and marine information broadcasts.

    Dated: January 2, 2025.
Patrick C. Burkett,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Maryland-
National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2025-00013 Filed 1-6-25; 8:45 am]
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