Document ID: USCG-2013-0580-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: NPRM:  Security Zones: Naval Base Point Loma, Naval Mine Anti Submarine Warfare Command, San Diego Bay, San Diego, CA (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-08-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53109-53113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20781]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0580]
RIN 1625-AA87

Security Zones; Naval Base Point Loma; Naval Mine Anti-Submarine 
Warfare Command; San Diego Bay, San Diego, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes extending a portion of an existing 
San Diego Bay security zone at Naval Base Point Loma to support the 
construction of a new Naval fuel pier. In addition to the extension of 
the Naval Base Point Loma security zone, a new security zone will be 
established at the Naval Mine

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and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command to protect the relocated marine 
mammal program. These security zone modifications are intended to 
restrict vessels from a portion of the San Diego Bay in order to ensure 
the safety and security of Naval assets. Both Security Zones will 
safeguard Naval assets, such as vessels, property and waterfront 
facilities from destruction, loss of injury from sabotage or other 
subversive acts. No persons or vessel may enter or remain in the 
security zones without permission of the Captain of the Port, The 
Commander of Naval Base Point Loma, the Commander of the Naval Mine 
Anti Submarine Warfare Command, the Commander of Naval Region 
Southwest, or a designated representative of those individuals.

DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast 
Guard on or before October 28, 2013.
    Requests for public meetings must be received by the Coast Guard on 
or before September 27, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number using 
any one of the following methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    (3) Mail or Delivery: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. 
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Deliveries 
accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329. See the 
``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for further instructions on 
submitting comments.
    To avoid duplication, please use only one of these three methods.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, 
call or email Lieutenant John Bannon, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San 
Diego; telephone (619) 278-7261 or by email at John.E.Bannon@uscg.mil. 
If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, 
call Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 
(202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Acronyms

DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

A. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided.

1. Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this 
rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to which 
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or 
recommendation. You may submit your comments and material online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but 
please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online, it 
will be considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully 
transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, 
it will be considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when 
it is received at the Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you 
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a 
telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact 
you if we have questions regarding your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
type the docket number [USCG-2013-0580] in the ``SEARCH'' box and click 
``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with 
this rulemaking.
    If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them 
in an unbound format, no larger than 8[frac12] by 11 inches, suitable 
for copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by mail and 
would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a 
stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all 
comments and material received during the comment period and may change 
the rule based on your comments.

2. Viewing Comments and Documents

    To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble 
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
type the docket number (USCG-2013-0580) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click 
``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with 
this rulemaking. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in 
Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation 
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

3. Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any 
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or 
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, 
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice 
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

4. Public Meeting

    We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a 
request for one, using one of the methods specified under ADDRESSES. 
Please explain why you believe a public meeting would be beneficial. If 
we determine that one would aid this rulemaking, we will hold one at a 
time and place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register.

B. Regulatory History and Information

    On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard published a final rule 
entitled ``Security Zone; Naval Base Point Loma; San Diego Bay, San 
Diego, CA'' in the Federal Register. At the request of the U.S. Navy, 
the revised security zone combined two existing security zones. The new 
security zone also extended the existing security zone along the naval 
base and provided an additional 500 feet of protection for installation 
of water barriers to provide a line of demarcation and defensive 
measures as a safety guard from destruction, loss or injury from 
sabotage or other subversive acts, accidents, or other causes of 
similar nature.
    For more information on existing regulatory actions for the 
preexisting security zone, see docket USCG-2008-1016 on 
www.regulations.gov or 74 FR 50708 in the October 1, 2009 edition of 
the Federal Register.
    The existing security zone in 33 CFR 165.1102, which resides within 
an existing U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Restricted Area (see 33 CFR 
334.870), is now in need of another expansion to provide the same level 
of protection for a new fuel pier being built to replace the existing 
pier. The new pier will be built further out towards the main channel 
and allow for deeper draft vessels. The expansion of the fuel pier and 
increased size of the security zone of 500 feet around the front face 
of the fuel pier still allows for safe transit between the required 
additional security and the federal channel, during the new pier 
development and after completion, for commercial and recreational 
vessels.

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Because of construction activities, the marine mammal pens will 
temporarily be moved from their present location at Naval Base Point 
Loma to the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, and an 
impermanent security zone of 100 feet from shore will be established 
for their safety and security.

C. Basis and Purpose

    The legal basis for the rule is the Coast Guard's authority to 
establish regulated navigation areas and limited access areas: 33 
U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 33 
CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, 160.5; Public Law 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; 
Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
    The U.S. Navy is requesting an extension of the existing security 
zone for the Naval Base Point Loma Fuel Pier construction and the 
establishment of a security zone at the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine 
Warfare Command to temporarily house the Navy's marine mammal program 
during the construction phase of the new fuel pier.
    The extended security zone at Naval Base Point Loma will add an 
additional 500 feet east to provide standoff from the new replacement 
fuel pier which will exist closer to the federal channel in deeper 
water. The marine mammal pen security zone will also be established at 
the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command to provide a 100 foot 
standoff for marine mammal pens. The marine mammal pens need to be 
moved due to the construction near their current pens.
    Both Security Zones will safeguard Naval assets, such as vessels 
and waterfront facilities from destruction, loss of injury from 
sabotage, or other subversive acts, accidents or other causes of a 
similar nature and still allow for safe navigation around the security 
zones. No persons or vessel may enter or remain in the security zones 
without permission of the Captain of the Port, The Commander of Naval 
Base Point Loma, the Commander of the Naval Mine Anti Submarine Warfare 
Command, the Commander of Naval Region Southwest, or a designated 
representative of those individuals.

D. Discussion of Proposed Rule

    As stated above, to safeguard portions of the San Diego Bay in 
direct support of the U.S. Navy, the Coast Guard proposes the expansion 
of a portion of the existing San Diego Bay naval security zone at Naval 
Base Point Loma surrounding the existing and planned rebuilt fuel pier 
and the creation of a security zone indefinitely at Naval Mine and 
Anti-Submarine Warfare Command for the U.S. Navy to house relocated 
marine mammal pens. The proposed security zone at the Naval Base Point 
Loma Fuel Pier would entirely overlap the existing security zone at 33 
CFR 165.1102, which would be amended to reflect the additional 
coordinates from the additional 500 feet of standoff distance adjacent 
to the fuel pier. The limits of the expanded Naval Base Point Loma Fuel 
Pier security zone will be bound by the following coordinates:

32[deg]42'28.8'' N, 117[deg]14'13.2'' W
32[deg]42' 28.8''N, 117[deg]14'12.6'' W
32[deg]42' 10.2'' N, 117[deg]14'3'' W
32[deg]42'6.2'' N, 117[deg]14'1.5'' W
32[deg]41'49.5'' N, 117[deg]14'7'' W
32[deg]41'47.4'' N, 117[deg]14'11.4'' W
32[deg]41'43.8'' N, 117[deg]14'12.6'' W
32[deg]41'31.8'' N, 117[deg]14'13.8'' W
32[deg]41'33'' N, 117[deg]14'1.2'' W
32[deg]41'10.2'' N, 117[deg]13'57'' W
32[deg]41'10.2'' N, 117[deg]13'58.2'' W

    The proposed security zone at the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine 
Warfare Command would provide for 100 feet of standoff distance. The 
limits of the new Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command 
security zone will be bound by the following coordinates:

32[deg]43'40.9'' N, 117[deg]12'54.9'' W
32[deg]43'40.6'' N, 117[deg]12'52.3'' W
32[deg]43'22.5'' N, 117[deg]12' 57.8'' W
32[deg]43'23.4'' N, 117[deg]13' 1.3'' W

    Both Security Zones will safeguard Naval assets, such as vessels 
and waterfront facilities from destruction, loss of injury from 
sabotage, or other subversive acts, accidents or other causes of a 
similar nature and still allow for safe navigation around the security 
zones. No persons or vessel may enter or remain in the security zones 
without permission of either the Captain of the Port, the Commander of 
Naval Base Point Loma, the Commander of the Naval Mine Anti Submarine 
Warfare Command, the Commander of Naval Region Southwest, or a 
designated representative of those individuals.

E. Regulatory Analyses

    We developed this proposed rule after considering numerous statutes 
and executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our 
analyses based on a number of these statutes or executive orders.

1. Regulatory Planning and Review

    This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under 
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, 
as supplemented by Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and 
Regulatory Review, and does not require an assessment of potential 
costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of Executive Order 12866 or 
under section 1 of Executive Order 13563. The Office of Management and 
Budget has not reviewed it under those Orders.
    This determination is based on the size and location of the 
security zones. Vessels that may operate for recreational or commercial 
purposes within the area encompassed by the security zone expansion and 
establishment, will not be impacted by the proposed regulation. 
Sufficient navigable water exists adjacent to the security zones and 
the Federal channel.

2. Impact on Small Entities

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601-612, as 
amended, requires federal agencies to consider the potential impact of 
regulations on small entities during rulemaking. 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 
proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities.
    (1) This proposed rule would affect the following entities, some of 
which might be small entities: the owners or operators of vessels 
intending to transit or anchor in a portion of the San Diego Bay.
    (2) This proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities because vessel traffic can 
pass safely around the security zones.
    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.

3. Assistance for Small Entities

    Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we want to assist small 
entities in understanding this proposed rule. If the rule would affect 
your small business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction and you 
have questions concerning its provisions or options for compliance, 
please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT, above. The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small 
entities that

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question or complain about this proposed rule or any policy or action 
of the Coast Guard.

4. Collection of Information

    This proposed rule will not call for a new collection of 
information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520.).

5. Federalism

    A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132, 
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on the States, on the 
relationship between the national government and the States, or on the 
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of 
government. We have analyzed this proposed rule under that Order and 
determined that this rule does not have implications for federalism.

6. Protest Activities

    The Coast Guard respects the First Amendment rights of protesters. 
Protesters are asked to contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section to coordinate protest activities so that 
your message can be received without jeopardizing the safety or 
security of people, places or vessels.

7. 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 (adjusted for 
inflation) or more in any one year. Though this proposed rule would not 
result in such an expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule 
elsewhere in this preamble.

8. Taking of Private Property

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

9. Civil Justice Reform

    This proposed 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.

10. Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks

    We have analyzed this proposed rule under Executive Order 13045, 
Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety 
Risks. This rule is not an economically significant rule and would not 
create an environmental risk to health or risk to safety that might 
disproportionately affect children.

11. Indian Tribal Governments

    This proposed rule does not have tribal implications under 
Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal 
Governments, because it would 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.

12. Energy Effects

    This proposed rule is not a ``significant energy action'' under 
Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That 
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use.

13. Technical Standards

    This proposed rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we 
did not consider the use of voluntary consensus standards.

14. Environment

    We have analyzed this proposed rule under Department of Homeland 
Security Management Directive 023-01 and Commandant Instruction 
M16475.lD, which guide the Coast Guard in complying with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)(42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have 
made a preliminary determination that this action is one of a category 
of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a significant 
effect on the human environment.
    This proposed rule involves modifying an already existing security 
zone to provide for greater vessel protection for a new fuel pier and 
the adding of a new security zone indefinitely for the protection of 
relocated U.S. Navy marine mammal pens. This rule only relates to the 
establishment and modification of limited access areas, and not to the 
environmental impacts with the development of a new pier.
    This rule is categorically excluded from further review under 
paragraph 34(g) of Figure 2-1 of the Commandant Instruction. A 
preliminary environmental analysis checklist supporting this 
determination and a Categorical Exclusion Determination are available 
in the docket where indicated under ADDRESSES. We seek any comments or 
information that may lead to the discovery of a significant 
environmental impact from this proposed rule.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

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

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard proposes 
to amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows:

PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS

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

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 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.

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2. Revise Sec.  165.1102 to read as follows:

Sec.  165.1102  Security Zone; Naval Base Point Loma; San Diego Bay, 
San Diego, CA.

    (a) Location. The following area is a security zone: The water 
adjacent to the Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, CA, enclosed by the 
following coordinates:

32[deg]42'28.8'' N, 117[deg]14'13.2'' W, (Point A)
32[deg]42'28.8'' N, 117[deg]14'12.6'' W, (Point B)
32[deg]42'10.2'' N, 117[deg]14'3'' W, (Point C)
32[deg]42'6.2'' N, 117[deg]14'1.5'' W, (Point D)
32[deg]41'49.5'' N, 117[deg]14'7'' W, (Point E)
32[deg]41'47.4'' N, 117[deg]14'11.4'' W, (Point F)
32[deg]41'43.8'' N, 117[deg]14'12.6'' W, (Point G)
32[deg]41'31.8'' N, 117[deg]14'13.8'' W, (Point H)
32[deg]41'33'' N, 117[deg]14'1.2'' W, (Point I)
32[deg]41'10.2'' N, 117[deg]13'57'' W, (Point J)
32[deg]41'10.2'' N, 117[deg]13'58.2'' W, (Point K)

    Thence running generally north along the shoreline to Point A.
    (b) Regulations. (1) The general regulations governing security 
zones found in 33 CFR 165.33 apply to the security zone described in 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) Entry into, or remaining in, the areas of either zone is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port San Diego; 
Commanding Officer, Naval Base Point Loma; or Commander, Naval Region 
Southwest.
    (3) Persons desiring to transit the area of the security zone may 
request permission from the Captain of the Port San Diego at telephone 
number (619) 278-7033 or on VHF channel 16 (156.8 MHz) or from either 
the Commanding Officer, Naval Base Point Loma or the

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Commanding Officer Navy Region Southwest by calling the Navy Port 
Operation Dispatch at telephone number (619) 556-1433 or on VHF-FM 
channels 16 or 12. If permission is granted, all persons and vessels 
must comply with the instructions of the Captain of the Port San Diego 
or his or her designated representative.
    (c) Definitions. For purposes of this section: Captain of the Port 
San Diego, means the Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Sector San 
Diego; Commander, Navy Region Southwest, means the Navy Region 
Commander responsible for the Southwest Region; Commanding Officer, 
Naval Base Point Loma, means the Installation Commander of the naval 
base located on Point Loma, San Diego, California; Designated 
Representative, means any U.S. Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or 
petty officer who has been designated by the Captain of the Port San 
Diego to assist in the enforcement of the security zone described in 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) Enforcement. The U.S. Coast Guard may be assisted in the patrol 
and enforcement of the security zone described in paragraph (a) of this 
section by the U.S. Navy and local law enforcement agencies.
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3. Add Sec.  165.1103 to read as follows:

Sec.  165.1103  Security Zone; Naval Mine Anti Submarine Warfare 
Command; San Diego Bay, San Diego, CA.

    (a) Location. (1) The following area is a security zone: The water 
adjacent to the Naval Mine Anti Submarine Warfare Command, bound by the 
following coordinates:

32[deg]43'40.9'' N, 117[deg]12'54.9'' W (A)
32[deg]43'40.6'' N, 117[deg]12'52.3'' W (B)
32[deg]43'22.5'' N, 117[deg]12'57.8'' W (C)
32[deg]43'23.4'' N, 117[deg]13'1.3'' W (D)

    Thence running generally northwest along the shoreline to Point A.
    (2) The proposed security zone at the Naval Mine Anti Submarine 
Warfare Command would be established to provide for the 100 feet of 
standoff distance.
    (b) Regulations. (1) The general regulations governing security 
zones found in 33 CFR 165.33 apply to the security zone described in 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) Entry into, or remaining in, the areas of either zone is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port San Diego; 
Commanding Officer, Naval Mine Anti Submarine Warfare Command; or 
Commander, Naval Region Southwest.
    (3) Persons desiring to transit the area of the security zone may 
request permission from the Captain of the Port San Diego at telephone 
number (619) 278-7033 or on VHF channel 16 (156.8 MHz) or from either 
the Commanding Officer, Naval Mine Anti Submarine Warfare Command or 
the Commander, Navy Region Southwest by calling the Navy Port Operation 
Dispatch at telephone number (619) 556-1433 or on VHF-FM channels 16 or 
12. If permission is granted, all persons and vessels must comply with 
the instructions of the Captain of the Port San Diego or his or her 
designated representative.
    (c) Definitions. For purposes of this section: Captain of the Port 
San Diego, means the Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Sector San 
Diego; Commander, Navy Region Southwest, means Navy Region Commander 
responsible for the Southwest Region; Commanding Officer, Naval Mine 
Anti Submarine Warfare Command, means the Installation Commander of the 
naval base located on Point Loma, San Diego, California; Designated 
Representative, means any U.S. Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or 
petty officer who has been designated by the Captain of the Port San 
Diego to assist in the enforcement of the security zone described in 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) Enforcement. The U.S. Coast Guard may be assisted in the patrol 
and enforcement of the security zone described in paragraph (a) of this 
section by the U.S. Navy and local law enforcement agencies.

    Dated: July 30, 2013.
J.A. Janszen,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting, Captain of the Port San Diego.
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