[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 36953-36956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15934]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket Number USCG-2015-0022]
RIN 1625-AA00
Safety Zone; Charleston Patriot Festival, Cooper River;
Charleston, SC
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to establish a safety zone on the
Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina during the International
Outboard Grand Prix (IOGP) Charleston Patriot Festival, a series of
high-speed boat races. The event is scheduled to take place on Friday,
September 11 through Sunday, September 13, 2015. Approximately 25 high-
speed race boats are anticipated to participate in the races. This
safety zone is necessary to provide for the safety of life and property
on navigable waters of the United States during the event. This safety
zone would temporarily restrict vessel traffic in a portion of Cooper
River in front of River Front Park. Persons and vessels that are not
participating in the races would be prohibited from entering,
transiting through, anchoring in, or remaining within the restricted
area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Charleston or a
designated representative.
DATES: This proposed rule would be effective from September 11, 2015
until September 13, 2015. It would be enforced on September 11, 2015
from 4:00 p.m. until 6:45 p.m.; on September 12, 2015 from 9:00 a.m.
until 7:30 p.m.; and on September 13, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:45
p.m. There will be periodic river openings between each race.
Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard
on or before July 29, 2015. Requests for public meetings must be
received by the Coast Guard on or before July 14, 2015.
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 Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Ruleman, Sector
Charleston Office of Waterways Management, Coast Guard; telephone
(843)-740-3184, email [email protected]. 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
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
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-2015-0022] 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-2015-0022) 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.
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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 July 14, 2015 using one of the four
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. For information on facilities or
services for individuals with disabilities or to request special
assistance at the public meeting, contact the person named in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, above.
B. Basis and Purpose
The legal basis for the rule is the Coast Guard's authority to
establish a safety zone: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191; 33 CFR 1.05-1,
6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Department of Homeland Security Delegation
No. 0170.1.
The purpose of the proposed rule is to protect the safety of
spectator and participant vessels and to ensure safety of life and
property of the general public on the navigable waters of the United
States during the IOGP Charleston Patriot Festival boat races.
C. Discussion of Proposed Rule
On Friday September 11 through Sunday September 13, 2015 the IOGP
will host ``Charleston Patriot Festival'' a series of high-speed boat
races. The event will be held on a portion of Cooper River in
Charleston, South Carolina. Approximately 25 high-speed race boats are
anticipated to participate in the races.
The proposed rule would establish a safety zone to encompass
certain waters of the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. The
safety zone would be enforced daily: 4:00 p.m. through 6:45 p.m. on
September 11, 9:00 a.m. through 7:30 p.m. on September 12, and 10:00
a.m. through 5:45 p.m. on September 13, 2015. There will be periodic
river openings to allow vessel traffic to pass between races. The
safety zone establishes a regulated area around vessels participating
in the event in the vicinity of Cooper River Front Park. Persons and
vessels, except those participating in the race, would be prohibited
from entering, transiting through, anchoring, or remaining within the
safety zone unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port
Charleston or a designated representative. Persons and vessels would be
able to request authorization to enter, transit through, anchor in, or
remain within the regulated area by contacting the Captain of the Port
Charleston by telephone at (843) 740-7050, or a designated
representative via VHF radio on channel 16. If authorization to enter,
transit through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated area is
granted by the Captain of the Port Charleston or a designated
representative, all persons and vessels receiving such authorization
would be required to comply with the instructions of the Captain of the
Port Charleston or designated representative. The Coast Guard would
provide notice of the safety zone by Local Notice to Mariners,
Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and on-scene designated representatives.
D. 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)
Although persons and vessels would not be able to enter, transit
through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated area without
authorization from the Captain of the Port Charleston or a designated
representative, they would be able to operate in the surrounding area
during the enforcement periods; (2) even during the enforcement
periods, the River would periodically open between races to allow
vessel traffic to pass; (3) persons and vessels would still be able to
enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated area
if authorized by the Captain of the Port Charleston or a designated
representative; and (4) the Coast Guard would provide advance
notification of the regulated area to the local maritime community by
Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
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
proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities: This proposed 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 that portion of the Charleston harbor encompassed within
the safety zone on September 11, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. until 6:45 p.m.;
on September 12, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.; and on September
13, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:45 p.m. For the reasons discussed in
the Regulatory Planning and Review section above, this proposed rule
would 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
section 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.
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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 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), and
have made a preliminary determination that this action is one of a
category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a
significant effect on the human environment. This proposed rule
involves establishing a safety zone effective from 4:00 p.m. September
11 through 5:45 p.m. on September 13, 2015. This proposed rule involves
establishing a safety zone as described in Figure 2-1, paragraph
(34)(g), of the Commandant Instruction. A preliminary 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 proposed
rule.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165
Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard proposes
to amend 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; 50 U.S.C. 191; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-
1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No.
0170.1.
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2. Add a temporary Sec. 165.T07-0022 to Subpart F under the
undesignated center heading ``Seventh Coast Guard District'' to read as
follows:
Sec. 165.T07-0022 Safety Zones; Charleston Patriot Festival, Cooper
River; Charleston, SC.
a) Regulated Area. The proposed rule would establish a safety zone
on certain waters of the Charleston harbor in Charleston, South
Carolina. The safety zone will consist of a regulated area which will
be enforced daily from 4:00 p.m. through 6:45 p.m. on September 11,
9:00 a.m. through 7:30 p.m. on September 12, and 10:00 a.m. through
5:45 p.m. on September 13, 2015. The safety zone establishes a
regulated area around vessels participating in the event in the
vicinity of Cooper River Front Park.
1. Regulated Area. All waters of the Charleston Harbor encompassed
within the following points; starting at point 1 in position
32[deg]52'31.31'' N. 079[deg]57'44.31'' W.; thence west to point 2 in
position 32[deg]52'28.69'' N. 079[deg]58'00.52'' W.; thence south to
point 3 in position 32[deg]51'58.83'' N. 079[deg]57'48.28'' W.; thence
east to point 4 in position 32[deg]52'03.79'' N. 079[deg]57'33.61'' W.;
thence back to origin. All coordinates are North American Datum 1983.
(a) 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 Charleston in the enforcement of the safety zone.
(b) Regulations. (1) All persons and vessels, except those
participating in the Charleston Patriot Festival, or serving as safety
vessels, are prohibited from entering, transiting through, anchoring
in, or remaining within the regulated area. Persons and vessels
desiring to enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the
regulated area may contact the Captain of the Port
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Charleston by telephone at (843) 740-7050, 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 safety zone is granted by the Captain of the Port Charleston or a
designated representative, all persons and vessels receiving such
authorization must comply with the instructions of the Captain of the
Port Charleston or designated representative.
(2) The Coast Guard will provide notice of the regulated area by
Marine Safety Information Bulletins, Local Notice to Mariners,
Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and on-scene designated representatives.
(e) Enforcement Dates. This rule will be enforced daily during the
effective dates: From 4:00 p.m. through 6:45 p.m. on September 11, 9:00
a.m. through 7:30 p.m. on September 12, and 10:00 a.m. through 5:45
p.m. on September 13, 2015.
Dated: June 17, 2015.
G.L. Tomasulo,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Charleston.
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