Document ID: USCG-2014-0987-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: IR:  Regulated Navigation Areas: Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, Oregon Inlet, NC (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2014-12-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 75050-75054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29589]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket Number USCG-2014-0987]
RIN 1625-AA11

Regulated Navigation Area; Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, Oregon 
Inlet, NC

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Interim final rule; and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing a Regulated Navigation Area 
(RNA) on the navigable waters of

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Oregon Inlet, NC surrounding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. This RNA 
will allow the Coast Guard to enforce vessel traffic restrictions 
within the RNA when necessary to safeguard people and vessels from the 
hazards associated with potential catastrophic structural damage that 
could occur due to vessel allisions with the bridge.

DATES: This rule is effective without actual notice on December 17, 
2014. For the purposes of enforcement, actual notice will be used from 
November 25, 2014 until December 17, 2014.
    Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard 
on or before February 17, 2015.
    Requests for public meetings must be received by the Coast Guard on 
or before January 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in this preamble are part of Docket 
Number USCG-2014-0987. To view documents mentioned in this preamble as 
being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, type 
the docket number 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.
    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 LT Derek Burrill, Waterways Management Division Chief, 
U.S. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina, telephone (910) 772-2230, email 
Derek.J.Burrill@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Acronyms

COTP Captain of the Port
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
RNA Regulated Navigation Area

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 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\1/2\ 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 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 on or before January 16, 2015, 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

    The Coast Guard is issuing this interim final rule without prior 
notice and opportunity to comment pursuant to authority under section 
4(a) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). This 
provision authorizes an agency to issue a rule without prior notice and 
opportunity to comment when the agency for good cause finds that those 
procedures are ``impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public 
interest.''
    Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that good cause 
exists for not publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) with 
respect to this rule. Immediate action is necessary to protect the 
maritime public who transit Oregon Inlet and motorists that use the 
Herbert C. Bonner bridge. Vessel strikes to the Herbert C. Bonner 
Bridge could cause catastrophic damage to the bridge makes immediate 
action necessary to minimize the risk of potential loss of life, damage 
to the bridge, and the impact on access to Hatteras Island. 
Accordingly, waiting for a comment

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period to run is impractical as it would expose the public to a longer 
danger period.
    The particular facts about the Bonner Bridge and the waterway 
require special vessel traffic control measures. A bridge strike by a 
vessel could cause catastrophic damage to the bridge, impacting 
motorists, mariners, local businesses and residents of Hatteras Island, 
NC. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT) indicates 
that the Bonner Bridge has a very low sufficiency rating. Sufficiency 
rating is an overall rating of a bridge's fitness for the duty that it 
performs. In addition, recent hydrographic survey data reports indicate 
shoaling is present in the vicinity of the navigation span. When such 
shoaling is present, the Coast Guard has observed vessels attempting to 
transit through alternate spans of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. 
Transiting through alternate spans is hazardous as they are not 
intended for navigation. The un-fendered or unprotected structural 
components of the bridge among these spans are more vulnerable to 
damage caused by a vessel strike, increasing the risk of consequent 
catastrophic damage.
    For the same reasons as discussed about, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), 
the Coast Guard finds that good cause exists for making this rule 
effective less than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

C. Basis and Purpose

    This rulemaking is authorized by 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; Pub. L. 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; and DHS Delegation No. 0170.1. 
Under these authorities the Coast Guard may establish an RNA in defined 
water areas that are determined to have hazardous conditions and in 
which vessel traffic can be regulated in the interest of safety. The 
purpose of this RNA is to reduce the risk of a bridge strike resulting 
from a vessel transiting through alternative spans of the Herbert C. 
Bonner Bridge, which are not intended for navigation. A bridge strike 
to un-fendered or unprotected structural elements of the Bonner Bridge 
would introduce a clear and present danger to stability of the bridge, 
motorists, mariners, and indirect impacts on local businesses and 
residents of Hatteras Island, NC.
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) hydrographic survey data 
provide to the Coast Guard over the past two years indicates shoaling 
to depths of less than 3 feet at mean low water within the approaches 
to the Bonner Bridge on a frequently occurring basis. When shoaling is 
present in the vicinity of the navigation span, vessels attempt to 
transit through alternate spans. Transiting through alternate spans is 
hazardous. Mariners transiting near and through the unprotected 
structural components increase the potential of a bridge strike; these 
spans do not have fenders or other mechanisms to protect the bridge 
from vessel strikes. Vessels that transit alternate bridge spans risk 
safe navigation as there are no advertised vertical and horizontal 
clearances in these areas.
    The Coast Guard has also considered the North Carolina Department 
of Transportation (NC DOT) recent biennial bridge inspection in 
accordance with National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) for the 
Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. This report takes into account the 
substructure and superstructure inspections along with analysis of the 
maritime navigational and motor vehicle concerns. The report noted 
weakened pile supports as a result of section loss and substructure 
erosion to the point of showing exposed rebar. Information provided to 
the Coast Guard by NC DOT indicates that the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge 
has a very low sufficiency rating. Due to the dynamic nature of Oregon 
Inlet waterway, frequent dredging and realignment of the approach 
channel east of the bridge have become routine. Passage of hurricanes 
and strong low pressure systems, i.e. Nor'easters exacerbate tidal 
current and the seasonal fluctuations of the inlet's water depths. 
Maintenance of adequate depth and adequate channel alignment is a 
temporary measure that typically provides for safe vessel navigation 
for a very limited time period for safe vessel navigation. Maintenance 
dredging of the Federal Navigation Project is dependent on available 
funding, marine weather dredging windows, and channel condition 
surveys. Because many of these factors are uncontrollable, dredging 
operations are not regularly scheduled maintenance activities.
    The Herbert C. Bonner Bridge is the only vehicular access to 
Hatteras Island for residents, commercial vendors, and business owners 
transiting from Nags Head-Bodie Island to Hatteras Island. The Bonner 
Bridge is subject to heavy traffic volume, particularly during the 
summer tourist season. Risks to the lives of mariners, vehicle motorist 
and passengers, have been considered in the development of this 
rulemaking.

D. Discussion of the Interim Rule

    To address the aforementioned hazards, this rule will establish 
restrictions for the Oregon Inlet waterway by prohibiting vessels with 
certain characteristics from transiting under or within 100 yards 
either side of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. The Coast Guard invites 
comments and will consider comments in development of a final 
regulation. This RNA will be effective with actual notice for purposes 
of enforcement on November 25, 2014. The restrictions for navigation 
will be enforceable 24 hours a day as long as this RNA is in effect. 
The Coast Guard will enforce the restriction, however, only when 
necessary to protect people and vessels from hazards. As indicated 
above, the Coast Guard expects to restrict marine traffic if there is 
shoaling that impacts safe vessel transit through the navigation span, 
or there is damage to the bridge that presents a hazard to people and 
vessels.
    There are alternate routes for vessels bound for Oregon Inlet, 
North Carolina and inland waterfront communities, including Wanchese, 
NC. Those alternate routes include transiting through Beaufort Inlet or 
Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and Sounds of 
North Carolina. The distance from Oregon Inlet Lighted Whistle Buoy 
``OI'' to Wanchese, North Carolina via Beaufort Inlet, the Atlantic 
Intracoastal Waterway and Pamlico Sound is approximately 190 nautical 
miles. The distance from Oregon Inlet Lighted Whistle Buoy ``OI'' to 
Wanchese, North Carolina via Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic Intracoastal 
Waterway and Albemarle Sound is approximately 200 nautical miles.
    Whenever it is determined that a waterway restriction for Oregon 
Inlet is necessary, the Coast Guard will provide the public with as 
much advanced notice as possible of the closure dates and times. Such 
notice will be readily provided via http://homeport.uscg.mil/, Local 
Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and other methods 
described in 33 CFR 165.7.

E. Regulatory Analyses

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

1. Regulatory Planning and Review

    This 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

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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 regulation will restrict access within the Regulated 
Navigation Area at Oregon Inlet and the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, the 
effect of this rule will not be significant because: (i) The Coast 
Guard will make extensive notifications of the regulated area to the 
maritime public via maritime advisories so mariners can adjust their 
plans accordingly; and (ii) vessels impacted by this regulation may 
request permission from Commander Coast Guard Sector North Carolina/
COTP North Carolina to transit the regulated area on a case by case 
basis.

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 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. 
The regulation may have an economic impact on vessels that normally 
transit Oregon Inlet. These small entities are primarily commercial and 
recreational fishing vessels. Operation of vessels of certain 
characteristics in this RNA will be prohibited from transiting Oregon 
Inlet by the Captain of the Port (COTP) or designated representative 
when shoaling in the vicinity of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge creates 
unsafe condition for vessels. The potential risk of loss of life, 
damage to the bridge, and the impact on access to Hatteras Island 
outweighs the benefits of permitting navigation in the vicinity or 
under the Bonner Bridge.
    Although the Oregon Inlet area is used by many small entities, 
including commercial and recreational fishing businesses, alternate 
routes are available to vessels. The Coast Guard will make extensive 
notifications of the regulated navigation area to the maritime public 
via maritime advisories so mariners can adjust their plans accordingly; 
and in extreme circumstances, vessels prohibited from entry may request 
permission from Commander Coast Guard Sector North Carolina/COTP North 
Carolina to transit the RNA on a case by case basis.

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 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.
    Small businesses may send comments on the actions of Federal 
employees who enforce, or otherwise determine compliance with, Federal 
regulations to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory 
Enforcement Ombudsman and the Regional Small Business Regulatory 
Fairness Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and 
rates each agency's responsiveness to small business. If you wish to 
comment on actions by employees of the Coast Guard, call 1-888-REG-FAIR 
(1-888-734-3247). 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.

4. Collection of Information

    This 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 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 rule will not result in 
such an expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere 
in this preamble.

8. Taking of Private Property

    This rule will 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 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 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.

11. 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.

12. Energy Effects

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

14. Environment

    We have analyzed this 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 determined 
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 rule involves

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establishment of a Regulated Navigation Area. This rule is 
categorically excluded from further review under paragraph 34(g) of 
Figure 2-1 of the Commandant Instruction. Preliminary environmental 
analysis checklist supporting this determination and 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 rule.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

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

    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.

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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, 160.5; Pub. L. 107-
295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 
0170.1.

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2. Add Sec.  165.520 to read as follows:

Sec.  165.520  Regulated Navigation Area; Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, 
Oregon Inlet, NC.

    (a) Regulated area. The following area is a Regulated Navigation 
Area (RNA): All navigable waters of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina within 
100 yards under or surrounding any portion of the Herbert C. Bonner 
Bridge.
    (b) Definitions. As used in this section:
    (1) Captain of the Port means the Captain of the Port (COTP) North 
Carolina.
    (2) Captain of the Port Representative means any Coast Guard 
commissioned, warrant, or petty officer who has been authorized by the 
Captain of the Port North Carolina to act as a designated 
representative of the COTP.
    (3) Official patrol vessel means any Coast Guard, Coast Guard 
Auxiliary, state, or local law enforcement vessel(s) assigned and 
authorized by COTP North Carolina.
    (c) Regulations. (1) The general regulations governing Regulated 
Navigation Areas found in 33 CFR 165.10, 165.11, and 165.13, including 
the Regulated Navigation Area described in paragraph (a) of this 
section and the following regulations, apply.
    (2) Operation of vessels of certain characteristics in this RNA 
will be prohibited by the Captain of the Port (COTP) or designated 
representative in order to safeguard people and vessels from the 
hazards associated with shoaling and the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge from 
the potential catastrophic structural damage that could occur from a 
vessel bridge strike. The COTP or designated representative will 
evaluate local marine environmental conditions prior to issuing 
restrictions regarding vessel navigation. Factors that will be 
considered include, but are not limited to: Hydrographic survey data, 
vessel characteristics such as displacement, tonnage, length and draft, 
current weather conditions including visibility, wind, sea state, and 
tidal currents.
    (3) The Coast Guard will notify the public of restrictions via 
Local Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and via other 
methods described in 33 CFR 165.7. Additionally, Coast Guard personnel 
may be on-scene to advise the public of enforcement of any restrictions 
on vessel navigation within the RNA.
    (4) In accordance with the general regulations, entry into, 
anchoring, or movement within the RNA, during periods of enforcement, 
is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) or 
the COTP's on-scene designated representative. The ``on-scene 
designated representative'' of the COTP is any Coast Guard 
commissioned, warrant or petty officer who has been designated by the 
COTP to act on the COTP's behalf. The on-scene representative may be on 
a Coast Guard vessel; State agency vessel, or other designated craft; 
or may be on shore and will communicate with vessels via VHF-FM marine 
band radio or loudhailer. Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary may be 
present to assist COTP representatives with notification of vessel 
operators regarding the contents of this regulation.
    (5) Any deviation from paragraph (c)(4) of this section due to 
extreme circumstances must be authorized by the Coast Guard District 
Commander, the Captain of the Port (COTP) or the COTP's designated 
representative. Vessels granted permission to transit the RNA must do 
so in accordance with the directions provided by the COTP or COTP 
representative to that vessel. To request permission to transit the 
regulated navigation area, the COTP or COTP representative can be 
contacted at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina, telephone number (910) 
343-3880, or on VHF-FM marine band radio channel 13 (165.65MHz) or 
channel 16 (156.8 MHz). During periods of enforcement, all persons and 
vessels given permission to enter or transit within the RNA must comply 
with the instructions of the COTP or designated representative. Upon 
being hailed by an official patrol vessel by siren, radio, flashing-
light, or other means, the operator of a vessel must proceed as 
directed.
    (d) Enforcement. The Coast Guard may be assisted in the patrol and 
enforcement of the Regulated Navigation Area by other Federal, State, 
and local agencies. The COTP may impose additional requirements within 
the RNA due to unforeseen changes to shoaling of Oregon Inlet or 
structural integrity of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge.
    (e) Notification. The Coast Guard will rely on the methods 
described in 33 CFR 165.7 to notify the public of the date, time and 
duration of any closure of the RNA. Violations of this RNA may be 
reported to the COTP at (910) 343-3880 or on VHF-FM channel 16.

    Dated: November 25, 2014.
Stephen P. Metruck,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
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