Document ID: USCG-2007-0093-0006
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Security Zone; Kahului Harbor, Maui, HI
Posted Date: 2008-01-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 1)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 43-48]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr02ja08-10]                         

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2007-0093]
RIN 1625-AA87

 
Security Zone; Kahului Harbor, Maui, HI

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Temporary final rule; request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: On November 28, 2007, the Coast Guard published a temporary 
interim rule that created a security zone in the waters of Kahului Bay 
and Kahului Harbor, Maui, and on designated adjacent areas of land. 
This temporary final rule modifies the activation period of the 
security zone from the previous interim rule to allow the public 
greater access to Kahului Harbor and Kahului Bay during the transit of 
the Hawaii Superferry. This temporary final rule is intended to enable 
the Coast Guard and its law enforcement partners to better protect 
people, vessels, and facilities in and around Kahului Bay and Kahului 
Harbor during the transit of the Hawaii Superferry. This rule 
complements, but does not replace or supersede, existing regulations 
that establish a moving 100-yard security zone around large passenger 
vessels like the Superferry.

DATES: This rule is effective from January 2, 2008. through January 31, 
2008. The Coast Guard will accept comments on this rule through January 
31, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments and related material, identified by 
Coast Guard docket number USCG-2007-0093, by any of the four methods 
listed below. To avoid duplication, please use only one of the 
following methods:
    (1) Mail: Lieutenant Sean Fahey, U.S. Coast Guard District 14 (dl), 
Room 9-130, PJKK Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, 
Hawaii 96850.
    (2) Electronically: E-mail to Lieutenant Sean Fahey at 
Sean.C.Fahey@uscg.mil using the subject line ``Comment--Maui Security 

Zone.''
    (3) Fax: (808) 541-2101.
    (4) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.

    Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in the 
docket are part of docket USCG-2007-0093 and are available for 
inspection and copying at U.S. Coast Guard District 14 (dl), Room 9-
130, between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Sean Fahey, U.S. Coast 
Guard District 14 at (808) 541-2106.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulatory Information

    We did not publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for this 
temporary rule. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that 
good cause exists for not publishing an NPRM. It would be contrary to 
the public interest to delay implementing this temporary rule, as any 
delay might result in damage or injury to the public, the Hawaii 
Superferry (HSF) and its passengers and crew, other vessels, 
facilities, and law enforcement personnel. Though operation of the HSF 
from Oahu to Maui was temporarily enjoined by the state circuit court 
in Maui, that injunction was lifted on November 14, 2007, following 
action by the Hawaii State legislature, and daily service to Maui 
resumed on December 13, 2007.
    At the time we published the temporary interim rule for Kahului Bay 
and Kahului Harbor on November 28, 2007 (72 FR 67251), we cited 
assessments by the Maui Police Department that waterborne obstruction 
tactics similar to those used in Kauai in August 2007 were likely to be 
employed in Maui as our justification for implementing that rule 
without first publishing an NPRM, and for making the rule effective 
less than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. In that 
rule, the security zone for Kahului Bay and Kahului Harbor is 
automatically activated for enforcement 60 minutes prior to the 
Superferry's arrival in the zone, and remains activated for enforcement 
until 10 minutes after its departure. Notice of the zone's activation 
is provided by broadcast notice to mariners and the display of flags at 
Gate 1 at the main entrance to the harbor, on Pier No. 2, and at the 
harbor entrance on Wharf Street.
    The Coast Guard position from the start has been that we would only 
enforce a fixed security zone in and around Kahului Harbor if it was 
necessary to do so to ensure the safety and security of people, vessels 
and facilities. As of December 21, 2007, the HSF has been able to 
transit through Kahului Bay and Kahului Harbor without serious 
impediment, and the Coast Guard believes that it is appropriate to 
modify the previously published interim rule in light of these events 
to allow lawful users greater access to the land and waters areas of 
the security zone. This modification will allow the Coast Guard the 
discretion to activate the security zone only when such action is 
necessary to respond to actions by would-be obstructers, such as using 
themselves as human shields to obstruct the HSF's passage. This 
modification will be effected by changing the activation of the zone 
from an automatic event (one hour before the HSF arrives in, until ten 
minutes after the HSF departs from, Kahului Harbor) to a discretionary 
event--a determination by the Captain of the Port that activation of 
the zone is necessary to respond to the actions of HSF obstructers.
    Though the Coast Guard has determined that the current security 
situation justifies a policy of only implementing the fixed security 
zone in and around Kahului Harbor when necessary to respond to acts or 
threatened acts that pose a hazard to the safety and security of 
people, vessels and facilities, the Coast Guard has also determined 
that it would be irresponsible to do away with a fixed security zone 
entirely. Just over a week of unopposed sailings into and out of 
Kahului by the HSF does not guarantee that would-be obstructers have 
entirely given up any thought of employing dangerous obstruction 
tactics in the harbor, when the HSF is most restricted in its ability 
to maneuver and thus at its most vulnerable. Indeed, waterborne 
protesters have illegally entered the waters of the security zone on 
several

[[Page 44]]

occasions while the HSF was in Kahului Harbor, resulting in the need 
for enforcement action. Furthermore, activists from outside Maui, 
including admitted waterborne participants in the August 26 and 27 
obstruction of the HSF in Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai, have traveled to 
Maui, and have made statements in the press and otherwise in support of 
repeating the Kauai waterborne obstruction tactics on Maui. For these 
reasons, the Coast Guard believes it would be prudent, and in the best 
interests of safety, to retain a fixed security zone as a tool to be 
used when necessary to ensure the safe navigation of the HSF.
    For the same reasons, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Guard 
finds that good cause exists for making this temporary rule effective 
less than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. Also, 
under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1) this rule may be made effective on January 2, 
2008 because it relieves a restriction imposed by the current interim 
rule that the zone is activated automatically based on the arrival of 
the HSF.
    Although the Coast Guard has good cause to issue this temporary 
rule without first publishing a proposed rule, you are invited to 
submit post-promulgation comments and related material regarding this 
rule through January 31, 2008. The Coast Guard received several 
comments on the interim rule, and this public input was useful in the 
creation of this temporary final rule. All comments will be reviewed as 
they are received. Your comments will assist us in drafting future 
rules should they be necessary, and may cause us to change this 
temporary final rule before it expires.
    All comments received will be posted, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov
 and will include any personal information you have 

provided. We have an agreement with the Department of Transportation 
(DOT) for their Docket Management Facility to process online 
submissions to Coast Guard dockets. You may review the Department of 
Transportation's Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register 
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov
.

Background and Purpose

    The Hawaii Superferry (HSF) is a 349-foot large passenger vessel 
documented by the U.S. Coast Guard with an endorsement for coastwise 
trade, and certified for large passenger vessel service in the United 
States. The HSF, operating Hawaii's first inter-island vehicle-
passenger service, is intended to provide service among the islands of 
Oahu, Maui, and Kauai. The sole port in Maui that can accommodate the 
HSF is Kahului Harbor. The sole port in Kauai that can accommodate the 
HSF is Nawiliwili Harbor.
    The HSF inaugurated commercial service from Oahu to both Maui and 
Kauai on August 26, 2007. The voyage to and from Maui on that date 
occurred without incident. However, in Kauai, nearly 40 swimmers and 
obstructers on kayaks and surfboards blocked Nawiliwili Harbor's 
navigable channel entrance to prevent the lawful entry of the HSF into 
Kauai. Other demonstrators ashore threw rocks and bottles at Coast 
Guard personnel who were conveying detained obstructers to shore.
    On the following day, August 27, 2007, the HSF again sailed to and 
from Maui without incident. Upon arrival in Kauai, however, 
approximately 70 persons entered the water again to physically block 
the channel entrance, thereby preventing the HSF from docking in 
Nawiliwili Harbor. Due to the difficulty in maneuvering in the small 
area of Nawiliwili Harbor, and in the interest of ensuring the safety 
of the protesters, the HSF's master chose not to enter the channel 
until the Coast Guard cleared the channel of obstructers. However, 
because the vessel remained outside the harbor, and because the 
obstructers did not approach within 100 yards of the vessel, the 
existing security zone for large passenger vessels (33 CFR 165.1410) 
did not provide the Coast Guard with the authority to control 
obstructer entry into Nawiliwili Harbor or clear the channel of 
obstructers before the HSF commenced its transit into the harbor. After 
waiting 3 hours, and with nearly 20 obstructers still in the water 
actively blocking the HSF, the HSF's master, after consulting with 
company officials, made the decision to return to Oahu without mooring 
in Kauai.
    On August 28, HSF officials announced the ``indefinite'' suspension 
of commercial operations. Shortly after the company announced its 
suspension of operations, a Maui trial court judge in state court 
issued a temporary restraining order, which was followed by a 
preliminary injunction several weeks later, prohibiting HSF from 
utilizing the harbor improvements in Kahului Harbor, Maui. This 
injunction was the product of a Hawaii Supreme Court determination that 
the Hawaii Environmental Protection Act (HEPA) required the state to 
conduct an environmental assessment of the effects of the harbor 
improvements that were necessary to accommodate the HSF in Kahului 
Harbor. Following the Supreme Court decision, the trial court 
determined that HEPA required the environmental assessment to be 
conducted before the HSF could use those harbor improvements; and since 
that assessment had not occurred, the injunction was a necessary 
remedy. The injunction only pertained to Kahului Harbor; it did not 
apply in Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai. However, the HSF voluntarily decided 
not to sail to Kauai while the court case was ongoing.
    In response to this judicial action, the governor called the Hawaii 
legislature into special session to consider whether to grant 
legislative relief to HSF. The legislature passed a bill during this 
special session called Act 2, which the governor signed into law. Act 2 
allowed the HSF to utilize the harbor improvements in Maui and Kauai 
while all necessary environmental assessments were being conducted. The 
trial judge in Maui determined that this legislation overcame the 
requirement in HEPA that caused him to enjoin HSF from utilizing of the 
harbor improvements in Maui, and in a ruling on November 14, 2007, he 
dissolved and vacated the injunction. This opened the door to HSF 
resuming commercial service to Maui.
    Notwithstanding the fact that the HSF did not face waterborne 
obstructers in Kahului Harbor during its commercial voyages there in 
August, 2007, intelligence and assessments by the Maui Police 
Department indicated a substantial likelihood that certain elements in 
Maui, disaffected by the process that led to adoption of Act 2 and 
vacation of the injunction, might adopt the dangerous tactics used by 
the obstructers in Kauai in an effort to prevent the HSF from safely 
arriving in Maui upon its resumption of service to the island in 
December. Individuals and groups had organized rallies and started 
several internet forums to encourage and coordinate support for their 
efforts. The dangerous and unlawful intent of these individuals and 
groups was clear, as was their resolve.
    In response, on November 28, 2007, the Coast Guard published a 
temporary interim rule in the Federal Register (72 FR 67251) creating a 
security zone in the waters of Kahului Bay and Kahului Harbor, Maui, 
and on certain land features associated with Kahului harbor, to ensure 
the safety and security of people, vessels and facilities during the 
transit of the Hawaii Superferry. Under the provisions of that rule, 
the security zone is automatically activated for enforcement 60 minutes 
prior to the Superferry's arrival in the zone and remains activated for 
enforcement until

[[Page 45]]

10 minutes after its departure. Notice of the zone's activation is 
provided by broadcast notice to mariners and the display of flags at 
Gate 1 at the main entrance to the harbor, on Pier No. 2, and at the 
harbor entrance on Wharf Street.
    Legitimate recreational users of Kahului Harbor have expressed 
concern about the security zone's potential impact on their 
recreational activities. This concern was reflected in several of the 
comments the Coast Guard received on the interim rule, in comments 
reported in the press, and in informal conversations between harbor 
users and Coast Guard representatives. In view of the fact that in the 
HSF's first full week of resumed operations in Maui there were no 
attempts to engage in waterborne obstructions of the HSF's passage, the 
Coast Guard has determined that there is no longer a need for the zone 
to automatically be activated every time the HSF approaches and enters 
Kahului Harbor. Thus, the Coast Guard is creating this temporary final 
rule that does away with automatic activation of the fixed security 
zone, and instead grants the Captain of the Port discretion to activate 
the zone only when he determines that acts or threatened acts pose a 
hazard to the safety and security of people, vessels and facilities. 
When the security zone is activated for enforcement, notice will be 
provided via a marine information broadcast, and via the display of 
flags at Gate 1 at the main entrance of the harbor, on Pier No. 2, and 
at the harbor entrance on Wharf Street. This rule does not in any way 
change the dimensions of the zone established in the temporary interim 
rule this rule is replacing, nor does it replace or supersede existing 
regulations that establish a moving 100-yard security zone around large 
passenger vessels like the Superferry.
    This temporary security zone is in response to the threat posed by 
would-be obstructers in and around Kahului Harbor to HSF and its crew 
and passengers, law enforcement officers working to ensure HSF's safe 
transit, and the obstructers themselves. By designating significant 
portions of the waters of Kahului Harbor and Kahului Bay, and specified 
areas of land adjacent to the water, as a security zone, this temporary 
security zone rule provides the Coast Guard and its law enforcement 
partners the authority to prevent persons and vessels from entering or 
remaining in the water with the intent of using themselves as human 
barriers to impede the HSF's safe passage.

Discussion of Rule

    This rule creates a temporary security zone in most of the waters 
of Kahului Harbor, Maui; in waters of Kahului Bay, Maui; and on 
designated areas of land adjacent to Kahului Harbor. This temporary 
final rule is effective from January 2, 2008, through January 31, 2008. 
When the security zone is activated for enforcement, notice will be 
given by marine information broadcast and by a red flag, illuminated 
between sunset and sunrise, posted at the following locations: At Gate 
1 at the main entrance to the harbor; on Pier No. 2; and at the harbor 
entrance on Wharf Street. During its period of activation and 
enforcement, entry into the land and water areas of the security zone 
is prohibited without the permission of the Captain of the Port, 
Honolulu, or his or her designated representative.
    In preparing this temporary rule, the Coast Guard made sure to 
consider the rights of lawful protestors. To that end, the Coast Guard 
excluded from the security zone a defined region which creates a 
sizeable area of water in which demonstrators may lawfully assemble and 
convey their message in a safe manner to their intended audience. This 
area of the harbor not included in the security zone is completely 
accessible to anyone who desires to enter the water, even when the 
security zone is activated, and is fully visible to observers ashore, 
at the HSF mooring facility, aboard the HSF when transiting the harbor, 
and from the air.
    The Coast Guard also took into account the lawful users of Kahului 
Harbor and Kahului Bay in its creation of this temporary rule. As 
previously noted, the rule will only be activated when necessary. With 
the exception of the 33 CFR 165.1408 100-yard security zone noted above 
that surrounds all large passenger vessels, Kahului Harbor and Kahului 
Bay will be fully available to all users during the period when the 
security zone is not activated. Furthermore, the rule affords those 
desiring to use the harbor and surrounding waters and land areas with 
the opportunity to request, and a process for requesting, permission of 
the Captain of the Port to enter the zone while it is activated in a 
manner that will not endanger any vessel, waterfront facility, the 
port, or any person.
    The security zone incorporates the minimum land and water areas 
necessary to ensure the purposes underlying the rule's creation are 
served. Waters outside of the harbor are included in the zone to ensure 
that the HSF is able to line up, unimpeded, on the range that guides it 
safely into Kahului Harbor. The breakwaters on either side of the 
harbor entrance are included in the zone to ensure that would-be 
obstructers do not have a ready staging point for attempting to block 
the very narrow entrance to Kahului Harbor. Pier No. 2, to which the 
HSF ties up, is included in the security zone, is entirely fenced off, 
and not legally accessible except to authorized personnel. Other than 
the designated protest area, the waters of Kahului Harbor, including 
areas of the harbor not navigable by the HSF, are included in the zone 
to prevent would-be obstructers from interfering with law enforcement 
vessels in the harbor that are working to ensure the HSF's safe 
passage.
    Under 33 CFR 165.33, entry by persons or vessels into the security 
zone during a period of zone activation is prohibited unless authorized 
by the Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Honolulu or his or her 
designated representatives.
    Operation of any type of vessel, including every description of 
watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being 
used, as a means of transportation on water, within the security zone 
while the zone is activated is prohibited. If a vessel is found to be 
operating within the security zone without permission of the Captain of 
the Port, Honolulu while the zone is activated, the vessel is subject 
to seizure and forfeiture.
    All persons and vessels permitted in the security zone while the 
zone is activated must comply with the instructions of the Coast Guard 
Captain of the Port or the designated on-scene patrol personnel. These 
personnel include commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the 
Coast Guard and other persons permitted by law to enforce this 
regulation. Upon being hailed by an authorized vessel or law 
enforcement officer using siren, radio, flashing light, loudhailer, 
voice command, or other means, the operator of the vessel must proceed 
as directed.
    If authorized passage through the security zone, a vessel must 
operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course and 
must proceed as directed by the Captain of the Port or his or her 
designated representatives. While underway with permission of the 
Captain of the Port or his or her designated representatives, under 33 
CFR 165.1408, no person or vessel is allowed within 100 yards of the 
HSF when it is underway, moored, position-keeping, or at anchor, unless 
authorized by the Captain of the Port or his or her designated 
representatives.

[[Page 46]]

    When conditions permit, the Captain of the Port, or his or her 
designated representatives, may permit vessels that are at anchor, 
restricted in their ability to maneuver, or constrained by draft to 
remain within the security zone during the enforcement period in order 
to ensure navigational safety. Any Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, 
or petty officer, and any other person permitted by law, may enforce 
the regulations in this section.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under section 
3(f) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and does 
not require an assessment of potential costs and benefits under section 
6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office of Management and Budget has not 
reviewed it under that Order.
    We expect the economic impact of this rule to be so minimal that a 
full Regulatory Evaluation is unnecessary. This expectation is based on 
the short activation and enforcement duration of the security zone 
created by this temporary rule, as well as the limited geographic area 
affected by the security zone.

Small Entities

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), we have 
considered whether this rule will have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities. The term ``small entities'' 
comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that are 
independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields, 
and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000.
    The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule will 
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. While we are aware that the affected area has small entities, 
including canoe and boating clubs and small commercial businesses that 
provide recreational services, we anticipate that there will be little 
or no impact to these small entities due to the narrowly tailored scope 
of this temporary rule, as well as the fact that such entities can 
request permission from the Captain of the Port to enter the security 
zone when it is activated.
    If you think that your business, organization, or governmental 
jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity and that this rule would have 
a significant economic impact on it, please submit a comment (see 
ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it qualifies and how and to what 
degree this rule would economically affect it.

Assistance for Small Entities

    Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we offer to assist small 
entities in understanding this rule so that they may better evaluate 
its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking process. If this 
rule will affect your small business, organization, or governmental 
jurisdiction and you have questions concerning its provisions or 
options for compliance, please contact Lieutenant Sean Fahey, U.S. 
Coast Guard District 14, at (808) 541-2106. The Coast Guard will not 
retaliate against small entities that question or complain about this 
rule or any policy or action of the Coast Guard.

Collection of Information

    This rule calls for no new collection of information under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).

Federalism

    A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132, 
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on State or local 
governments and either preempts State law or imposes a substantial 
direct cost of compliance on them. We have analyzed this rule under 
that Order and have determined that it does not have implications for 
federalism.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538) 
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary 
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may 
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or tribal government, in 
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 or more in any 
one year. Though this rule will not result in such expenditure, we do 
discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere in this preamble.

Taking of Private Property

    This rule will not affect a taking of private property or otherwise 
have taking implications under Executive Order 12630, Governmental 
Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property 
Rights.

Civil Justice Reform

    This rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) 
of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize litigation, 
eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.

Protection of Children

    We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13045, Protection 
of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks. This rule 
is not an economically significant rule and does not create an 
environmental risk to health or risk to safety that may 
disproportionately affect children. While some obstructers, both on 
land and on shore, used small children in furtherance of their 
obstruction activities during the August 26 and 27 HSF arrivals into 
Kauai, and while online forums and other sources indicate that some 
organizers are actively recruiting adolescents and small children with 
the intent of putting them in harm's way should the HSF attempt to 
enter either Kauai or Maui, any heightened harm faced by children as a 
result of these tactics has no relation to the creation of this rule. 
Instead, those heightened risks are entirely the product of persons who 
recruit and employ adolescents and children to put themselves at risk 
of death or serious physical injury by attempting to physically 
obstruct the passage of a large passenger vessel in a small harbor.

Indian Tribal Governments

    This rule does not have tribal implications under Executive Order 
13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, 
because it does not have a substantial direct effect on one or more 
Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and 
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities 
between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.

Energy Effects

    We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13211, Actions 
Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 
Distribution, or Use. We have determined that it is not a ``significant 
energy action'' under that order because it is not a ``significant 
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866 and is not likely to 
have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use 
of energy. The Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs has not designated it as a significant energy 
action. Therefore, it does not require a Statement of Energy Effects 
under Executive Order 13211.

Technical Standards

    The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 
U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards 
in their

[[Page 47]]

regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress, through the 
Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why using these 
standards is inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. 
Voluntary consensus standards are technical standards (e.g., 
specifications of materials, performance, design, or operation; test 
methods; sampling procedures; and related management systems practices) 
that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies.
    This rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we did not 
consider the use of voluntary consensus standards.

Environment

    We have analyzed this rule under Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, 
which guides the Coast Guard in complying with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and 
have concluded that there are no factors in this case that limit the 
use of a categorical exclusion under section 2.B.2 of the Instruction. 
Therefore, under figure 2-1, paragraph (34)(g) of the Commandant 
Instruction M16475.1D, this rule is categorically excluded from further 
environmental documentation. An ``Environmental Analysis Checklist'' 
and ``Categorical Exclusion Determination'' are available in the docket 
where indicated under ADDRESSES.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

    Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways.

0
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 
CFR part 165 as follows:

PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS

0
1. The authority citation for part 165 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1226, 1231; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; 50 
U.S.C. 191, 195; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Pub. L. 
107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of Homeland Security Delegation 
No. 0170.1.

0
2. Revise temporary Sec.  165.T14-164 to read as follows:

Sec.  165.T14-164  Security Zone; Kahului Harbor, Maui, HI.

    (a) Location. The following land areas, and water areas from the 
surface of the water to the ocean floor, are a security zone that is 
activated as described in paragraph (c) of this section, and enforced 
subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) of this section:
    (1) All waters of Kahului Harbor, Maui, shoreward of the Kahului 
Harbor COLREGS DEMARCATION LINE (see 33 CFR 80.1460), except for a zone 
extending from the shoreline with the following three legs as 
boundaries:
    (i) A leg extending in a straight line between Buoy ``10'' (LLNR 
28375) and Buoy ``12'' (LLNR 28380);
    (ii) A leg extending in a straight line between Buoy ``10'' (LLNR 
28375) and the nearest shoreline point; and
    (iii) A leg extending in a straight line between Buoy ``12'' (LLNR 
28380) and the fence line at the southwestern base of Pier Two, at 
position (20 [deg]53.589'N, 156 [deg]28.084'W).
    (2) Pier No. 2 in Kahului Harbor.
    (3) The eastern breakwater at the entrance of Kahului Harbor, 
beginning at the east break wall (20 [deg]53.958'N, 156 [deg]28.161'W).
    (4) The western breakwater at the entrance of Kahului Harbor, 
beginning at the berm on the west break wall (20 [deg]53.925'N, 156 
[deg]28.611'W).
    (5) All waters of Kahului Bay bounded on the south by the COLREGS. 
DEMARCATION LINE (see 33 CFR 80.1460); bounded on the north by line of 
latitude 20[deg]56' N; bounded on the west by a straight line drawn 
from the berm on the west break wall (20[deg]53.925' N, 156[deg]28.611' 
W) at a direction of 330[deg] to the line of latitude 20[deg]56' N; and 
bounded on the east by a straight line drawn from the east break wall 
(20[deg]53.958' N, 156[deg]28.161 W) at a direction of 030[deg] and 
ending at the line of latitude 20[deg]56' N.
    (b) Effective period. This section is effective from January 2, 
2008, through January 31, 2008. It will be activated for enforcement as 
described in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (c) Zone activation. The zone described in paragraph (a) of this 
section will be activated for enforcement when necessary, as determined 
by the Captain of the Port Honolulu, to prevent damage or injury to 
vessels, persons, and waterfront facilities, including the Hawaii 
Superferry, its passengers and crew. The zone, however, will be 
activated no sooner than 60 minutes before the Hawaii Superferry's 
anticipated arrival into the zone and will remain activated no more 
than 10 minutes after the Hawaii Superferry's departure from the zone. 
Notice of activation of the zone will be made by the issuance of a 
marine information broadcast, and by the hoisting of a red flag, 
illuminated between sunset and sunrise, posted at the following 
locations: at Gate 1 at the main entrance to the harbor; on Pier No. 2; 
and at the harbor entrance on Wharf Street.
    (d) Regulations. (1) Under 33 CFR 165.33, entry by persons or 
vessels into the security zone created by this section and activated as 
described in paragraph (c) of this section is prohibited unless 
authorized by the Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Honolulu or his or 
her designated representatives. Operation of any type of vessel, 
including every description of watercraft or other artificial 
contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of 
transportation on water, within the security zone is prohibited. If a 
vessel is found to be operating within the security zone without 
permission of the Captain of the Port, Honolulu, and refuses to leave, 
the vessel is subject to seizure and forfeiture.
    (2) All persons and vessels permitted in the security zone while 
the zone is activated must comply with the instructions of the Coast 
Guard Captain of the Port or the designated on-scene-patrol personnel. 
These personnel comprise commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of 
the Coast Guard and other persons permitted by law to enforce this 
regulation. Upon being hailed by an authorized vessel or law 
enforcement officer using siren, radio, flashing light, loudhailer, 
voice command, or other means, the operator of a vessel must proceed as 
directed.
    (3) If authorized passage through the security zone while the zone 
is activated, a vessel must operate at the minimum speed necessary to 
maintain a safe course and must proceed as directed by the Captain of 
the Port or his or her designated representatives. While underway with 
permission of the Captain of the Port or his or her designated 
representatives, no person or vessel is allowed within 100 yards of the 
Hawaii Superferry when it is underway, moored, position-keeping, or at 
anchor, unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or his or her 
designated representatives.
    (4) Persons desiring to transit the security zone in this section 
while the zone is activated may contact the Captain of the Port at 
telephone number (808) 927-0865 or on VHF channel 12 to seek permission 
to transit the area. If permission is granted, all persons and vessels 
must comply with the instructions of the Captain of the Port or his or 
her designated representatives. When conditions permit, the Captain of 
the Port, or his or her designated representatives, may permit vessels 
that are at anchor, restricted in their ability to maneuver, or 
constrained by draft to remain within the security zone in order to 
ensure navigational safety.

[[Page 48]]

    (e) Enforcement. Any Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or petty 
officer, and any other Captain of the Port representative permitted by 
law, may enforce this temporary security zone.

    Dated: December 21, 2007.
Sally Brice-O'Hara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fourteenth Coast Guard 
District.
 [FR Doc. E7-25496 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910-15-P