[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33224-33228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13137]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket Number USCG-2013-0010]
RIN 1625-AA00
Safety Zone; Grain-Shipment and Grain-Shipment Assist Vessels,
Columbia and Willamette Rivers
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Temporary interim rule and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone around
all inbound and outbound grain-shipment and grain-shipment assist
vessels involved in commerce with the Columbia Grain facility on the
Willamette River in Portland, OR, the United Grain Corporation facility
on the Columbia River in Vancouver, WA, the Temco Irving facility on
the Willamette River in Portland, OR, or the Temco Kalama facility on
the Columbia River in Kalama, WA, or the Louis Dreyfus Commodities
facility on the Willamette River in Portland, OR while they are located
on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and their tributaries. For grain-
shipment vessels, this safety zone extends to waters 500 yards ahead of
the vessel and 200 yards abeam and astern of the vessel. For grain-
shipment assist vessels, this safety zone extends to waters 100 yards
ahead of the vessel and 50 yards abeam and astern of the vessel. These
safety zones are being established to ensure that protest activities
related to a labor dispute do not create hazardous navigation
conditions for any vessel or other river user in the vicinity of these
safety zones.
DATES: Effective June 4, 2013. This rule has been enforced with actual
notice since May 14, 2013 and it will be enforced until September 3,
2013.
Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard
on or before July 5, 2013.
Requests for public meetings must be received by the Coast Guard on
or before June 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in this preamble are part of Docket
Number USCG-2013-0010. 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 Ensign Ian P. McPhillips, Waterways Management Division,
Marine Safety Unit Portland, U.S. Coast
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Guard; telephone (503) 240-9319, email [email protected]. 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 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 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 January 30, 2013, the Coast Guard published a temporary interim
rule and request for comments titled, ``Safety Zone; Grain-Shipment
Vessels; Columbia and Willamette Rivers'' in the Federal Register (78
FR 6209). In that temporary interim rule, the Coast Guard established
temporary safety zones around all inbound and outbound grain-shipment
vessels. This rule defines grain-shipment assist vessels and adds an
additional waterfront facility, Louis Dreyfus Commodities on the
Willamette River in Portland, OR. The portions of this rulemaking that
are unchanged from the previous rulemaking were previously subject to
notice and comment.
The Coast Guard is issuing this temporary interim 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 because to do so
would be impracticable since neither grain shipment vessels nor
potential protest activity can be postponed by the Coast Guard.
Additionally, delayed promulgation may result in injury or damage to
the maritime public, vessel crews, the vessels themselves, the
facilities, and law enforcement personnel from protest activities that
could occur prior to conclusion of a notice and comment period before
promulgation.
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 because to do otherwise would be
impracticable. The Coast Guard does not control the arrival of grain-
shipment vessels or planned protest activities. Protest activities are
unpredictable and potentially volatile and increased and unpredictable
vessel traffic associated with protest activities may result in injury
to persons, property, or the environment. Delaying the effective date
until 30 days after publication may mean that grain-shipment vessels
will have arrived or departed the Columbia and Willamette Rivers before
the end of the 30 day period. This delay would eliminate the safety
zone's effectiveness and usefulness in protecting persons, property,
and the safe navigation of maritime traffic before 30 days have
elapsed.
The previous rule was published in the Federal Register on January
30, 2013 (78 FR 6209). Although the Coast Guard had good cause to issue
that temporary interim rule without first publishing a proposed rule,
it invited the submission of post-promulgation comments and related
material regarding that rule through March 1, 2013. The Coast Guard
received no comments.
Although the Coast Guard has good cause to issue this temporary
rule without first publishing a proposed rule, you are invited to
submit post-promulgation comments and related material regarding this
rule through July 5, 2013. All comments will be reviewed as they are
received. Your comments will assist us in drafting future rules should
they be necessary, and may result in changes to this temporary interim
rule before it expires.
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C. Basis and Purpose
This safety zone is being implemented to ensure the safe navigation
of maritime traffic on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and their
tributaries while grain-shipment and grain-shipment assist vessels
transit to and from grain export facilities, anchorages, moorings, and
launches in the Sector Columbia River Captain of the Port Zone. In
addition, this safety zone is intended to ensure that members of the
maritime public, those participating in protest activities on the
water, law enforcement personnel, and vessel crews are not injured.
Recreational boating, fishing, and protest activity afloat in these
safety zones is particularly hazardous because of the effects of strong
river currents, the maneuvering characteristics of grain-shipment
vessels, and the safety sensitive mid-stream personnel transfers
conducted by grain-shipment assist vessels with which recreational
boaters and protesters may be unfamiliar. This safety zone applies
equally to all waterway users and is intended to allow maximum use of
the waterway consistent with safe navigation. The impact of the safety
zone on maritime activity in the area is minimal because it has been
and will only be enforced at times when grain-shipment and grain-
shipment assist vessels are actively maneuvering. Grain-shipment vessel
means any vessel bound for or departing or having previously loaded
cargo at any of the following waterfront facilities: Columbia Grain in
Portland, OR, United Grain Corporation in Vancouver, WA, Temco Irving
in Portland, OR, Temco Kalama in Kalama, WA, or Louis Dreyfus
Commodities in Portland, OR. This includes any vessel leaving anchor in
the Columbia and Willamette Rivers that is bound for or had previously
departed from the aforementioned waterfront facilities. Grain-shipment
assist vessel means any vessel bound for or departing from a grain-
shipment vessel to assist it in navigation during the movement of the
grain-shipment vessel in the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and their
tributaries. This includes but is not limited to tugs, pilot boats, and
launches.
D. Discussion of the Interim Rule
This rule establishes a temporary safety zone around grain-shipment
and grain-shipment assist vessels involved in commerce with the
Columbia Grain facility on the Willamette River in Portland, OR, the
United Grain Corporation facility on the Columbia River in Vancouver,
WA, the Temco Irving facility on the Willamette River in Portland, OR,
or the Temco Kalama facility on the Columbia River in Kalama, WA, or
the Louis Dreyfus Commodities facility on the Willamette River in
Portland, OR while they are located on the Columbia and Willamette
Rivers and their tributaries. For grain-shipment vessels, this safety
zone extends to waters 500 yards ahead of the vessel and 200 yards
abeam and astern of the vessel. For grain-shipment assist vessels, this
safety zone extends to waters 100 yards ahead of the vessel and 50
yards abeam and astern of the vessel. No person or vessel may enter or
remain in the safety zone without authorization from the Sector
Columbia River Captain of the Port or his designated representatives.
This rule has been enforced with actual notice since May 14, 2013
and it will be enforced until 90 days from the date of publication in
the Federal Register.
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 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. Although this rule will
restrict access to the regulated area, the effect of this rule will not
be significant because: (i) The safety zone is limited in size; (ii)
the official on-scene patrol may authorize access to the safety zone;
(iii) the safety zone will effect a limited geographical location for a
limited time; and (iv) the Coast Guard will make notifications via
maritime advisories so mariners can adjust their plans accordingly.
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 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 and operators of vessels intending to
operate in the area covered by the safety zone created in this rule.
This rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities for the following reasons: (i) The
safety zone is limited in size; (ii) the official on-scene patrol may
authorize access to the safety zone; (iii) the safety zone will effect
a limited geographical location for a limited time; and (iv) the Coast
Guard will make notifications via maritime advisories so mariners can
adjust their plans accordingly.
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
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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.
In preparing this temporary rule, the Coast Guard carefully considered
the rights of lawful protestors. The safety zones created by this rule
do not prohibit members of the public from assembling on shore or
expressing their points of view from locations on shore. In addition,
the Captain of the Port has, in coordination with protesters,
identified waters in the vicinity of these safety zones where those
desiring to do so can assemble and express their views without
compromising navigational safety. Protesters are asked to contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INTFORMATION CONTACT section to
coordinate protest activities so that your message can be received
without jeopardizing the safety or security of people or property in
the area.
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 the establishment of a temporary safety
zone around grain-shipment vessels involved in commerce with grain
export facilities on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. This rule is
categorically excluded from further review under paragraph 34(g) of
Figure 2-1 of the Commandant Instruction. An 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 rule.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165
Harbors, Marine Safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, 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. 1226, 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. Add Sec. 165.T13-239 to read as follows:
Sec. 165.T13-239 Safety Zone; Grain-Shipment and Grain-Shipment
Assist Vessels, Columbia and Willamette Rivers.
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) Federal Law Enforcement Officer means any employee or agent of
the United States government who has the authority to carry firearms
and make warrantless arrests and whose duties involve the enforcement
of criminal laws of the United States.
(2) Navigable waters of the United States means those waters
defined as such in 33 CFR part 2.
(3) Navigation Rules means the Navigation Rules, International-
Inland.
(4) Official Patrol means those persons designated by the Captain
of the Port to monitor a vessel safety zone, permit entry into the
zone, give legally enforceable orders to persons or vessels within the
zone and take other actions authorized by the Captain of the Port.
Federal Law Enforcement Officers authorized to enforce this section are
designated as the Official Patrol.
(5) Public vessel means vessels owned, chartered, or operated by
the United States, or by a State or political subdivision thereof.
(6) Grain-shipment vessel means any vessel bound for or departing
or having previously loaded cargo at any of the following waterfront
facilities: Columbia Grain in Portland, OR, United Grain Corporation in
Vancouver, WA, Temco Irving in Portland, OR, Temco Kalama in Kalama,
WA, or Louis Dreyfus Commodities in Portland, OR. This includes any
vessel leaving anchor in the Columbia and Willamette Rivers that is
bound for or had previously departed from the aforementioned waterfront
facilities.
(7) Grain-shipment assist vessel means any vessel bound for or
departing from a grain-shipment vessel to assist it in navigation
during the movement of the grain-shipment vessel in the Columbia and
Willamette Rivers and their tributaries. This includes but is not
limited to tugs, pilot boats, and launches.
(8) Oregon Law Enforcement Officer means any Oregon Peace Officer
as
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defined in Oregon Revised Statutes section 161.015.
(9) Washington Law Enforcement Officer means any General Authority
Washington Peace Officer, Limited Authority Washington Peace Officer,
or Specially Commissioned Washington Peace Officer as defined in
Revised Code of Washington section 10.93.020.
(b) Location. The following areas are safety zones: All navigable
waters of the United States within the Sector Columbia River Captain of
the Port Zone, extending from the surface to the sea floor, that are:
(1) Not more than 500 yards ahead of grain-shipment vessels and 200
yards abeam and astern of grain-shipment vessels underway on the
Columbia and Willamette Rivers and their tributaries.
(2) Not more than 100 yards ahead of grain-shipment assist vessels
and 50 yards abeam and astern of grain-shipment assist vessels underway
on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and their tributaries.
(3) Within a maximum 200-yard radius of grain-shipment vessels when
anchored, at any berth, moored, or in the process of mooring on the
Columbia and Willamette Rivers.
(c) Enforcement periods. (1) The Sector Columbia River Captain of
the Port will cause notice of the enforcement of the grain-shipment and
grain-shipment assist vessels safety zones to be made by all
appropriate means to effect the widest publicity among the affected
segments of the public as practicable, in accordance with 33 CFR 165.7.
This notification of enforcement will identify the grain-shipment
vessel by name and IMO number and the grain-shipment assist vessels by
name. Such means of notification may include, but are not limited to,
Broadcast Notices to Mariners or Local Notices to Mariners. The Sector
Columbia River Captain of the Port will issue a Broadcast Notice to
Mariners and Local Notice to Mariners notifying the public when
enforcement of the safety zone is suspended.
(2) Upon notice of enforcement by the Sector Columbia River Captain
of the Port, the Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in accordance
with rules set out in this section. Upon notice of suspension of
enforcement by the Sector Columbia River Captain of the Port, all
persons and vessels are authorized to enter, transit, and exit the
safety zone, consistent with the Navigation Rules.
(d) Regulation. (1) In accordance with the general regulations in
section 165.23 of this part, entry into or movement within these zones
is prohibited unless authorized by the Sector Columbia River Captain of
the Port, the official patrol, or other designated representatives of
the Captain of the Port.
(2) To request authorization to enter or operate within the safety
zone contact the on-scene official patrol on VHF-FM channel 16 or 13,
or the Sector Columbia River Command Center at phone number (503) 861-
6211. Authorization will be granted based on the necessity of access
and consistent with safe navigation.
(3) Vessels authorized to enter or operate within the safety zone
shall operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course
and shall proceed as directed by the on-scene official patrol. The
Navigation Rules shall apply at all times within the safety zone.
(4) Maneuver-restricted vessels. When conditions permit, the on-
scene official patrol, or a designated representative of the Captain of
the Port at the Sector Columbia River Command Center, should:
(i) Permit vessels constrained by their navigational draft or
restricted in their ability to maneuver to enter or operate within the
safety zone in order to ensure a safe passage in accordance with the
Navigation Rules; and
(ii) Permit commercial vessels anchored in a designated anchorage
area to remain at anchor within the safety zone; and
(iii) Permit vessels that must transit via a navigable channel or
waterway to enter or operate within the safety zone in order to do so.
(e) Exemption. Public vessels as defined in paragraph (a) of this
section are exempt from complying with paragraph (e) of this section.
(f) Enforcement. Any Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or petty
officer may enforce the rules in this section. In the navigable waters
of the United States to which this section applies, when immediate
action is required and representatives of the Coast Guard are not
present or are not present in sufficient force to provide effective
enforcement of this section, any Federal Law Enforcement Officer,
Oregon Law Enforcement Officer, or Washington Law Enforcement Officer
may enforce the rules contained in this section pursuant to 46 U.S.C.
70118. In addition, the Captain of the Port may be assisted by other
federal, state, or local agencies in enforcing this section.
(g) Waiver. The Captain of the Port Columbia River may waive any of
the requirements of this section for any vessel or class of vessels
upon finding that operational conditions or other circumstances are
such that application of this section is unnecessary or impractical for
the purpose of port safety or environmental safety.
Dated: May 14, 2013.
B.C. Jones,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Columbia River.
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