Document ID: USCG-2016-0989-0011
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Anchorage Regulations; Passagassawakeag River, Belfast, ME; Corrections
Posted Date: 2020-08-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 18, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 50784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17518]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 110

[Docket Number USCG-2016-0989]
RIN 1625-AA01

Anchorage Regulations; Passagassawakeag River, Belfast, ME; 
Corrections

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: On April 20, 2020, the Coast Guard published a correcting 
amendment that corrected errors in the coordinates describing the 
boundaries of the special anchorage areas in the Passagassawakeag River 
in the vicinity of Belfast, ME. Unfortunately, that correcting 
amendment also contained errors for two of the coordinates describing 
the boundaries of Special Anchorage Area A. This document corrects 
those errors.

DATES: Effective August 18, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
document, call or email Mr. Craig D. Lapiejko, Coast Guard First 
District Waterways Management Branch, telephone 617-223-8351, email 
Craig.D.Lapiejko@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 20, 2020, the Coast Guard published 
a correcting amendment titled ``Anchorage Regulations; Passagassawakeag 
River, Belfast, ME; Corrections'' (85 FR 21773). This amendment 
corrected the coordinates to Special Anchorage Area A and Special 
Anchorage Area B in the Passagassawakeag River, Belfast Bay, Belfast, 
Maine.
    On April 23, 2020, the Coast Guard was made aware of a discrepancy 
with two of the coordinates describing the boundaries of Special 
Anchorage Area A by a cartographer from the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    In the notice of proposed rulemaking we published to start the 
process of designating these special anchorage areas, we made it clear 
that they are intended to reduce the risk of vessel collisions and to 
promote safe and efficient travel in the navigable channel of the 
Passagassawakeag River to the mouth of Belfast Bay (82 FR 46004, 
October 3, 2017). The potential of vessels anchoring in the navigable 
channel is contrary to waterway safety and coordinates identifying any 
portion of Special Anchorage Area A in the navigable channel are errors 
that must be corrected promptly to reduce the risk of vessel collisions 
in the navigable channel. As we stated in the final rule, we made no 
changes from the proposed rule (84 FR 32269, 32270, July 8, 2019). This 
document corrects two of the coordinates in 33 CFR 110.4(d)(1) 
describing the boundaries of Special Anchorage Area A in the 
Passagassawakeag River.
    We find good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d) to make this correction 
effective on its date of publication. Delaying its effective date would 
continue the risk of vessel collisions in the navigable channel based 
on errors in the coordinates describing the special anchorage areas.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 110

    Anchorage Regulations.

    Accordingly, 33 CFR part 110 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 110--ANCHORAGE REGULATIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 110 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 471, 2071; 46 U.S.C. 70034; 33 CFR 1.05-1; 
Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1

Sec.  110.4   [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  110.4(d)(1), remove ``longitude 069[deg]58'54.0838'' W'', 
and add, in its place ``longitude 068[deg]58'54.0838'' W'', and remove 
``longitude 069[deg]59'55.2686'' W'' and add, in its place ``longitude 
068[deg]59'55.2686'' W''.

    Dated: August 5, 2020.
T.G. Allan Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 2020-17518 Filed 8-17-20; 8:45 am]
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