[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 6178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3602]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[CGD07-95-062]
RIN 2115-AA97


Security Safety Zone Regulations Savannah, GA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will hold a public hearing to receive comments 
on proposals to establish security and safety zones during the 1996 
Centennial Olympic Games to be held in the Savannah, Georgia area. The 
Coast Guard believes these security and safety zones are necessary to 
protect both Olympic athletes and the maritime public during a variety 
of activities associated with the Olympic sailing competitions. The 
proposed regulations are to establish the security and safety zones as 
early as July 2, 1996 and disestablish them as late as August 5, 1996.

DATES: The public hearing will be held on February 29, 1996, from 7 
p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Juliette Low Federal Building, 100 West 
Oglethorpe Avenue, Room 1015, Savannah, Georgia 31402.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Juliette Low Federal 
Building, 100 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Room 1015, Savannah, Georgia 
31402. Those wishing to make presentations at this public meeting 
should contact LT L. Fagan or CPO P. Webber at (912) 652-4353. Written 
comments may be mailed to CPO P. Webber at 222 West Oglethorpe Avenue, 
Suite 402, Savannah, Georgia 31401. Comments will become part of this 
docket and will be available for inspection or copying at 222 West 
Oglethorpe Avenue, Suite 402, Savannah, Georgia 31401, between 8 a.m. 
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LT L. Fagan, Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Savannah at (912) 652-
4353.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .

    The Coast Guard is proposing to establish security and safety zones 
to protect both the Olympic athletes and the maritime community from 
the potential hazards associated with the large influx of boaters 
anticipated during the festivities and sailing venue competitions of 
the Olympic Games. (January 3, 1996; 61 FR 136) These security and 
safety zones will affect the following waterways: Bull River; Savannah 
River; Wassaw Sound; Wilmington River; Tybee Cut; Turners Creek; and 
Half Moon River, as early as July 2, 1996 and as late as August 5, 
1996.
    The Coast Guard will hold a public hearing on February 29, 1996 at 
7 p.m. at the Juliette Low Federal Building, 100 West Oglethorpe 
Avenue, Room 1015, Savannah, Georgia 31402, to receive comments/
presentations regarding whether the Coast Guard should establish all or 
amend some of the proposed security and safety zones.
    Attendance is open to the public. With advance notice, and as time 
permits, members of the public may make oral presentations during the 
meeting. Persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify the 
person listed above under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later 
than the day before the meeting. Written material may be submitted 
prior to, during, or after the meeting until March 4, 1996.

    Dated: February 12, 1996.
Roger T. Rufe, Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 96-3602 Filed 2-15-96; 8:45 am]
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