Document ID: USCG-2010-0783-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Invocation of Sunken Military Craft Act (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2010-08-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 17, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 158)]
[Notices]               
[Page 50773-50774]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0783]

 
Invocation of Sunken Military Craft Act

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is announcing that a C-130 aircraft which 
crashed off the coast of California is a sunken military craft. It is 
therefore prohibited for any person to engage or attempt to engage the 
aircraft or its contents in any way that disturbs, removes, or injures 
the aircraft or its contents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
contact LCDR Kevin Smith, Office of Aviation Forces, telephone 202-372-
2211.
    If you have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, 
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the evening of October 29, 2009, the 
Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-130 aircraft CG 1705 collided with 
a Marine Corps AH-1W attack helicopter while conducting a search and 
rescue operation. All seven crewmembers aboard CG 1705 and both 
crewmembers of the Marine Corps helicopter were killed in the 
collision. CG 1705 was never recovered and currently rests in 
approximately 2450 ft of water near position: 32-58.0 N 118-10.10 W. 
This location now serves as the gravesite and final resting place for 
the U.S. Coast Guard personnel killed in the crash.
    Both the Coast Guard and the Marine Corps undertook independent

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administrative investigations of the incident. The Coast Guard issued a 
Final Action on August 3, 2010, announcing the result of its 
investigation and ordering actions to prevent similar accidents in the 
future.
    In this notice, the Coast Guard is announcing that the wreckage of 
CG 1705 is a sunken military craft, and is therefore protected under 
the Sunken Military Craft Act (10 U.S.C. 113 note; Pub. L. 108-375, 
Sections 1401-1408) (``the Act''). Pursuant to the Act, no person may 
engage in or attempt to engage in activity directed at the wreckage of 
CG 1705 that disturbs, removes, or injures the wreckage or its 
associated contents. These include the remains and personal effects of 
the crew of CG 1705.
    Pursuant to Section 1404 of the Act, persons found in violation of 
the Act may be assessed a civil penalty of up to $100,000.

    Dated: August 11, 2010.
Michael Emerson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief of Aviation Forces.
[FR Doc. 2010-20388 Filed 8-13-10; 4:15 pm]
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