[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 7 (Thursday, January 10, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2225-2228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00275]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 100
[Docket Number USCG-2012-1073]
RIN 1625-AA08
Special Local Regulation; 2013 Lauderdale Air Show, Atlantic
Ocean; Fort Lauderdale, FL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is proposing to establish special local
regulations on
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the Atlantic Ocean and the entrance of Port Everglades in the vicinity
of Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the 2013 Lauderdale Air Show. The
event is scheduled to take place from Thursday April 18, 2013 through
Sunday, April 21, 2013. The regulation is necessary for the safety of
the participants, spectators, and the general public during the event.
The special local regulations will establish the following two areas:
an exclusion area, where all persons and vessels, except those persons
and vessels participating in the event, are prohibited from entering,
transiting through, anchoring in, or remaining within; a limited access
area, where all vessels over 500 gross tons will be prohibited from
entering, transiting through, anchoring in, or remaining within unless
authorized by the Captain of the Port Miami or a designated
representative.
DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast
Guard on or before February 11, 2013.
Requests for public meetings must be received by the Coast Guard on
or before February 11, 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 Junior Grade Mike H. Wu, Sector Miami
Prevention Department, Coast Guard; telephone (305) 535-7576, email
Mike.H.Wu@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, 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-2012-1073 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 USCG-2012-1073 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 February 11, 2013, 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
Previously, temporary special local regulations regarding this
maritime event have been published in the Code of Federal Regulations
at 33 CFR 100.701. No final rule has been published in regards to this
event. The proposed special local regulations are not new in their
entirety, but merely reflect updates to certain details of the event.
C. Basis and Purpose
The legal basis for the rule is the Coast Guard's authority to
establish special local regulations: 33 U.S.C. 1233. The purpose of the
rule is to insure safety of life on navigable waters of the United
States during the Lauderdale Air Show.
D. Discussion of Proposed Rule
From Thursday, April 18, 2013 through Sunday, April 21, 2013,
Lauderdale Air Show, LLC. will be hosting the 2013 Lauderdale Air Show.
The Lauderdale Air Show will include numerous aircraft engaging in
aerobatic maneuvers over the Atlantic Ocean. It is expected that
approximately 500 spectator vessels will be present in the area during
the event. The high speed at which participant aircraft will be
traveling and the maneuvers they will be performing pose a safety
hazard to air show participants, participant aircraft, spectators, and
the general public.
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The Coast Guard is establishing two regulated areas for the 2013
Lauderdale Air Show. The two regulated areas are listed below.
1. Atlantic Ocean, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Certain navigable
waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. This exclusion area will be enforced daily from 10:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. from April 18, 2013 through April 21, 2013. Persons and
vessels are prohibited from entering, transiting through, anchoring in,
or remaining within the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain
of the Port Miami or a designated representative.
2. Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Certain navigable
waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Port Everglades in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. This limited access area will be enforced daily
from 4:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. on April 20, 2013 and April 21, 2013.
Vessels over 500 gross tons are prohibited from entering, transiting
through, anchoring in, or remaining within the regulated area unless
authorized by the Captain of the Port Miami or a designated
representative.
Persons and vessels desiring to enter, transit through, anchor in,
or remain within the regulated area may contact the Captain of the Port
Miami by telephone at (305) 535-4472, or a designated representative
via VHF radio on channel 16, to request authorization. If authorization
to enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated
area is granted by the Captain of the Port Miami or a designated
representative, all persons and vessels receiving such authorization
must comply with the instructions of the Captain of the Port Miami or a
designated representative. The Coast Guard will provide notice of the
special local regulation by Local Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice
to Mariners, and on-scene designated representatives.
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. The economic impact of
this proposed rule is not significant for the following reasons: (1)
The special local regulations will be enforced for a maximum of 7 and a
half hours each day for only four days; (2) non-participant persons and
vessels may enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the
exclusion area during their respective enforcement periods if
authorized by the Captain of the Port Miami or a designated
representative; (3) vessels 500 gross tons or more may enter, transit
through, anchor in, or remain within the limited access area during
their respective enforcement periods if authorized by the Captain of
the Port Miami or a designated representative; (4) vessels not able to
enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated areas
without authorization from the Captain of the Port Miami or a
designated representative may operate in the surrounding areas during
the respective enforcement periods; and (4) the Coast Guard will
provide advance notification of the special local regulations to the
local maritime community by Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast
Notice to Mariners.
2. Impact on Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), we have
considered the impact of this proposed rule on small entities. 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. This rule may affect the following entities, some of
which may be small entities: the owners or operators of vessels
intending to enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within any of
the regulated areas during the respective enforcement period. For the
reasons discussed in the Regulatory Planning and Review section above,
this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
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 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
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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). Due to
potential environmental issues, we conducted an environmental
assessment last year for both the issuance of the marine event permit
and the establishment of this special local regulation. The same
environmental assessment is being used for this year's event as it is
substantially similar in all aspects and therefore the potential
effects and alternatives would remain unchanged. After completing the
environmental assessment for the issuance of the marine event permit
and the establishment of these special local regulations, we have
determined these actions will not significantly affect the human
environment. The environmental assessment and finding of no significant
impact (FONSI) 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 100
Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Waterways.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard proposes
to amend 33 CFR part 100 as follows:
PART 100--SAFETY OF LIFE ON NAVIGABLE WATERS
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1. The authority citation for part 100 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233.
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2. Add a temporary Sec. 100.35T07-1073 to read as follows:
Sec. 100.35T07-1073 Special Local Regulations; 2013 Lauderdale Air
Show, Atlantic Ocean, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
(a) Regulated Areas. The following regulated areas are established
as special local regulations. All coordinates are North American Datum
1983.
(1) Exclusion area. All waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the
vicinity of Fort Lauderdale, Florida that are encompassed within an
imaginary line connecting the following points: starting at Point 1 in
position 26[deg]10'39'' N, 80[deg]05'47'' W; thence southeast to Point
2 in position 26[deg]10'32'' N, 80[deg]04'39'' W; thence southwest to
Point 3 in position 26[deg]06'33'' N, 80[deg]05'08'' W; thence
northwest to Point 4 in position 26[deg]06'40'' N, 80[deg]06'15'' W;
thence northeast back to origin. All persons and vessels, except those
persons and vessels participating in the event, are prohibited from
entering, transiting through, anchoring in, or remaining within the
exclusion area.
(2) Limited access area. All waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the
vicinity of Fort Lauderdale, Florida that are encompassed within an
imaginary line connecting the following points: starting at Point 1 in
position 26[deg]05'41'' N, 80[deg]06'59'' W; thence southeast to Point
2 in position 26[deg]05'26'' N, 80[deg]06'51'' W; thence northeast to
Point 3 in position 26[deg]05'32'' N, 80[deg]05'24'' W; thence north to
Point 4 in position 26[deg]05'42'' N, 80[deg]05'24'' W; thence
southwest back to origin. All vessels 500 gross tons or greater are
prohibited from entering, transiting through, anchoring in, or
remaining within the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of
the Port Miami or a designated representative.
(b) Definition. The term ``designated representative'' means Coast
Guard Patrol Commanders, including Coast Guard coxswains, petty
officers, and other officers operating Coast Guard vessels, and
Federal, state, and local officers designated by or assisting the
Captain of the Port Miami in the enforcement of the regulated area.
(c) Regulations.
(1) All persons and vessels, are prohibited from:
(A) Entering, transiting through, anchoring in, or remaining within
the exclusion area, unless participating in the event.
(B) Transiting through, anchoring in, or remaining within the
limited access area, unless less than 500 gross tons.
(2) Persons and vessels may request authorization to enter, transit
through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated areas by contacting
the Captain of the Port Miami by telephone at 305-535-4472, or a
designated representative via VHF radio on channel 16. If authorization
is granted by the Captain of the Port Miami or a designated
representative, all persons and vessels receiving such authorization
must comply with the instructions of the Captain of the Port Miami or a
designated representative.
(2) The Coast Guard will provide notice of the regulated areas by
Local Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and on-scene
designated representatives.
(d) Enforcement Date. The exclusion area will be enforced daily
from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. from April 18, 2013 through April 21,
2013. The limited access area will be enforced daily from 4:00 p.m.
until 5:30 p.m. on April 20, 2013 and April 21, 2013.
Dated: December 26, 2012.
J.B. Pruett,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port Miami.
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