Anchorage Regulations; Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas (CGD 86-079)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 110

[CGD 86-079]

RIN 2115-AC96]

Anchorage Regulations; Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited

Access Areas (CGD 86-079)

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of termination.

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SUMMARY: This rulemaking project was initiated to make various

administrative changes to clarify the statutory authority and purposes

of special anchorage areas and anchorage grounds; remove references to

specific state and local ordinances governing special anchorage areas;

relocate anchorage grounds (Subpart B) from Part 110 to a new Part 111;

adopt a standardized anchorage description format using latitudes and

longitudes; and establish a geographically oriented national numbering

system for anchorages. Because Coast Guard resources have been devoted

to higher priority issues, staff to complete this editorial effort has

not been and will not be available in the foreseeable future to

complete this initiative. Therefore, the Coast Guard is terminating

further rulemaking under docket number 86-079.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margie G. Hegy, Project Manager, Short

Range Aids to Navigation Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, (202)

267-0415.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Responsibility for the administration and

enforcement of anchorage regulations was transferred from the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers to the U.S. Coast Guard in 1967. Many of the

regulations have remained basically unchanged since that time. In 1979,

the authority to designate special anchorage areas and anchorage

grounds and to issue regulations pertaining to anchorage grounds was

delegated to Coast Guard district commanders. State and local

governments have also promulgated ordinances which apply in some of

these designated anchorages.

On March 11, 1988 (53 FR 7949) the Coast Guard proposed a number of

editorial changes and a partial reorganization of the anchorage

regulations in 33 CFR Part 110. After reviewing the comments received

as a result of the NPRM, the Coast Guard published a Supplemental

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on December 5, 1988 (53 FR 48935)

proposing to expand the editorial revision of Part 110 to include

creating a new Part 111 and standardizing the format for anchorage

descriptions by using latitudes and longitudes.

Because Coast Guard resources have been devoted to higher priority

issues, staff to complete this extensive editorial effort has not been

and will not be available in the foreseeable future to complete this

initiative. Therefore, due to the time that has lapsed since the last

section (1988) and the lack of resources to complete this rulemaking,

the Coast Guard is terminating further rulemaking under docket number

86-079. This subject may be further reviewed and, as resources permit,

future rulemaking projects initiated as needed.

Dated: December 30, 1994.

G.A. Penington,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Chief, Office of Navigation Safety and

Waterway Services.

[FR Doc. 95-435 Filed 1-6-95; 8:45 am]

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