Document ID: USCG-2021-0081-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Security Zone; Potomac River and Anacostia River, and Adjacent Waters; Washington, DC
Posted Date: 2021-04-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 77 (Friday, April 23, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 21647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08458]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0081]
RIN 1625-AA87

Security Zone; Potomac River and Anacostia River, and Adjacent 
Waters; Washington, DC

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a security zone along the Potomac 
River and Anacostia River, and adjacent waters at Washington, DC, for 
activities associated with the U.S. President's address before a Joint 
Session of Congress. The zone will be enforced on April 28, 2021. This 
action is necessary to protect government officials, mitigate potential 
terrorist acts and incidents, and enhance public and maritime safety 
and security immediately before, during, and after this activity. 
During the enforcement period, entry into or remaining within the zone 
is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or his 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.508 will be enforced from 11:59 
a.m. through 11:59 p.m. on April 28, 2021, for the zone identified in 
33 CFR 165.508(a)(6).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
Notice of Enforcement, call or email MST2 Shaun Landante, U.S. Coast 
Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region (Waterways Management 
Division); telephone 410-576-2570, email D05-DG-SectorMD-NCR-Prevention-WWM@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 14, 2021, the Coast Guard was 
notified by the event organizer that the anticipated date for the 
activities associated with the U.S. President's address before a Joint 
Session of Congress is scheduled for April 28, 2021. The Coast Guard 
will enforce regulations in 33 CFR 165.508 for the zone identified in 
paragraph (a)(6) on April 28, 2021. This action is being taken to 
protect government officials, mitigate potential terrorist acts and 
incidents, and enhance public and maritime safety and security 
immediately before, during, and after this event.
    Our regulations for the Security Zone; Potomac River and Anacostia 
River, and adjacent waters; Washington, DC, Sec.  165.508, specifies 
the location for this security zone as an area that includes all 
navigable waters described in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3). This 
zone includes (1) Security Zone 1; all navigable waters of the Potomac 
River, from shoreline to shoreline, bounded to the north by the Francis 
Scott Key (US-29) Bridge, at mile 113, and bounded to the south by a 
line drawn from the Virginia shoreline at Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport, at 38[deg]51'21.3'' N, 077[deg]02'00.0'' W, eastward 
across the Potomac River to the District of Columbia shoreline at Hains 
Point at position 38[deg]51'24.3'' N, 077[deg]01'19.8'' W, including 
the waters of the Boundary Channel, Pentagon Lagoon, Georgetown Channel 
Tidal Basin, and Roaches Run. (2) Security Zone 2; all navigable waters 
of the Anacostia River, from shoreline to shoreline, bounded to the 
north by the John Philip Sousa (Pennsylvania Avenue) Bridge, at mile 
2.9, and bounded to the south by a line drawn from the District of 
Columbia shoreline at Hains Point at position 38[deg]51'24.3'' N, 
077[deg]01'19.8'' W, southward across the Anacostia River to the 
District of Columbia shoreline at Giesboro Point at position 
38[deg]50'52.4'' N, 077[deg]01'10.9'' W, including the waters of the 
Washington Channel. (3) Security Zone 3 all navigable waters of the 
Potomac River, from shoreline to shoreline, bounded to the north by a 
line drawn from the Virginia shoreline at Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport, at 38[deg]51'21.3'' N, 077[deg]02'00.0'' W, eastward 
across the Potomac River to the District of Columbia shoreline at Hains 
Point at position 38[deg]51'24.3'' N, 077[deg]01'19.8'' W, thence 
southward across the Anacostia River to the District of Columbia 
shoreline at Giesboro Point at position 38[deg]50'52.4'' N, 
077[deg]01'10.9'' W, and bounded to the south by the Woodrow Wilson 
Memorial (I-95/I-495) Bridge, at mile 103.8.
    As specified in Sec.  165.508(b), during the enforcement period, 
entry into or remaining in the zone is prohibited unless authorized by 
the Coast Guard Captain of the Port Maryland-National Capital Region. 
Public vessels and vessels already at berth at the time the security 
zone is implemented do not have to depart the security zone. All 
vessels underway within the security zone at the time it is implemented 
are to depart the zone at the time the security zone is implemented. To 
seek permission to transit the zone, the Captain of the Port Maryland-
National Capital Region can be contacted at telephone number (410) 576-
2693 or on Marine Band Radio, VHF-FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz). Coast 
Guard vessels enforcing this zone can be contacted on Marine Band 
Radio, VHF-FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz). The Coast Guard may be assisted 
by other Federal, state or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing 
this regulation. If the Captain of the Port or his designated on-scene 
patrol personnel determines the security zone need not be enforced for 
the full duration stated in this notice, a Broadcast Notice to Mariners 
may be used to suspend enforcement and grant general permission to 
enter the security zone.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.508 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement 
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide notification of 
this enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.

    Dated: April 16, 2021.
Joseph B. Loring,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Maryland-National 
Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2021-08458 Filed 4-22-21; 8:45 am]
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