Document ID: USCG-2016-0989-0010
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Anchorage Regulations: Passagassawakeag River, Belfast, ME; Corrections
Posted Date: 2020-04-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 76 (Monday, April 20, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21773-21774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07618]

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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 July 8, 2019, the Coast Guard published a final rule that 
established two special anchorage areas in the Passagassawakeag River 
in the

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vicinity of Belfast, ME, effective August 7, 2019. That rule contained 
errors in the coordinates describing the boundaries of these special 
anchorage areas, causing parts of them to extend into the navigable 
channel. This document corrects those errors.

DATES: Effective April 20, 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 July 8, 2019, the Coast Guard published a 
final rule titled ``Anchorage Regulations; Passagassawakeag River, 
Belfast, ME'' (84 FR 32269). Effective August 7, 2019, it established 
Special Anchorage Area A and Special Anchorage Area B in the 
Passagassawakeag River, Belfast Bay, Belfast, Maine.
    On August 15, 2019, the Coast Guard was made aware of a discrepancy 
between the boundaries of the Belfast special anchorage areas and the 
navigable channel by a cartographer from the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). We have reviewed the information 
provided by NOAA's cartographic production team and agree that there is 
a discrepancy between the boundaries of the Belfast special anchorage 
areas and the navigable channel.
    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 either special anchorage area 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 the coordinates in 33 CFR 110.4(b) that 
place any of the boundaries of Special Anchorage Area A and Special 
Anchorage Area B in the navigable channel of the Pessagassawakeag 
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

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2. In Sec.  110.4, revise paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) to read as follows:

Sec.  110.4  Penobscot Bay, Maine.

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    (d) * * *
    (1) Special anchorage area A. All of the waters enclosed by a line 
beginning at latitude 44[deg]25'47.2458'' N, longitude 
069[deg]00'7.5943'' W; thence to latitude 44[deg]25'48'' N, longitude 
068[deg]59'57'' W; thence to latitude 44[deg]25'39'' N, longitude 
068[deg]59'17'' W; thence to latitude 44[deg]25'33'' N, longitude 
068[deg]59'15'' W; thence to latitude 44[deg]25'30'' N, longitude 
068[deg]58'48'' W; thence to latitude 44[deg]25'23.9162'' N, longitude 
069[deg]58'54.0838'' W; thence to latitude 44[deg]25'42.7050'' N, 
longitude 069[deg]59'55.2686'' W thence to the point of beginning.
    (2) Special anchorage area B. All of the waters enclosed by a line 
beginning at latitude 44[deg]25'45.3309'' N, longitude 
069[deg]00'09.0265'' W; thence to latitude 44[deg]25'41.1720'' N, 
longitude 068[deg]59'58.2017'' W; thence to latitude 
44[deg]25'27.7645'' N, longitude 068[deg]59'23.3130'' W; thence to 
latitude 44[deg]25'18.2707'' N, longitude 068[deg] 58'58.6083'' W; 
thence to latitude 44[deg]24'56'' N, longitude 068[deg]59'23'' W; 
thence to latitude 44[deg]25' 21.0416'' N, longitude 
068[deg]59'37.5019'' W; thence to latitude 44[deg]25'35.5413'' N, 
longitude 068[deg]59'58.1933'' W; thence to the point of beginning.
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    Dated: April 3, 2020.
A. J. Tiongson,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2020-07618 Filed 4-17-20; 8:45 am]
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