[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 17 (Thursday, January 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3938-3939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1508]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[CGD05-04-225]


Implementation of Sector Baltimore

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of organizational change.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the stand-up of Sector Baltimore. 
The Sector Baltimore Commanding Officer has the authority, 
responsibility and missions of the prior Activities Commander, Captain 
of the Port (COTP), Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI), 
Federal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC), Federal Maritime Security 
Coordinator (FMSC), and Search and Rescue Mission Controller (SMC) 
Baltimore. The Coast Guard has established a continuity of operations 
whereby all previous practices and procedures will remain in effect 
until superseded by an authorized Coast Guard official and/or document.

DATES: This notice is effective January 27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket CGD05-04-225 and are available for 
inspection or copying at Fifth District Marine Safety, 431 Crawford 
Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Brian Hall, Fifth District 
Marine Safety Division at (757) 398-6691.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Discussion of Notice

    Sector Baltimore is located at 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Bldg. 70, 
Baltimore, MD 21226-1791 and contains a single Command Center. Sector 
Baltimore is composed of a Response Department, Prevention Department, 
and Logistics Department. All existing missions and functions performed 
by Activities Baltimore have been realigned under this new 
organizational structure as of January 1, 2005. Activities Baltimore no 
longer exists as an organizational entity. Sector Baltimore is 
responsible for all Coast Guard missions in the following zone: ``the 
boundary of Sector Baltimore Marine Inspection zone and Captain of the 
Port zone starts at a point at 75[deg] 30.0[min] W. longitude on the 
Delaware-Maryland boundary and proceeds along the Delaware-Maryland 
boundary West and North to the Pennsylvania boundary; thence West along 
the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary to the West Virginia boundary; 
thence Southerly and Easterly along the Maryland-West Virginia boundary 
to the intersection of the Maryland-Virginia-West Virginia boundaries; 
thence Southwestward along the Loudoun County, Virginia boundary to the 
intersection with Fauquier County, Virginia; thence Easterly along the 
Loudoun County, Virginia boundary to the intersection with the Prince 
William County, Virginia boundary; thence Southerly along the Prince 
William County boundary to the intersection with Stafford County, 
Virginia; thence Easterly along the Prince William County, Virginia 
Boundary to the

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Maryland-Virginia boundary as those boundaries are formed along the 
Southern bank of the Potomac River; thence Easterly along the Maryland-
Virginia boundary as it proceeds across the Chesapeake Bay, Tangier and 
Pocomoke Sounds, Pocomoke River, and Delmarva Peninsula to a Point West 
of the Atlantic Coast on the Maryland-Virginia boundary at a point 
75[deg] 30.0[min] W. longitude on the Maryland-Virginia boundary; 
thence Northerly to a point 75[deg] 30.0[min] W. longitude on the 
Delaware-Maryland boundary.'' A chart that depicts this area can be 
found on the Fifth District Web page at http://www.uscg.mil/d5/D5_Units/Sectors.htm.
    The Sector Baltimore Commander is vested with all the rights, 
responsibilities, duties, and authority of a Group/Activities Commander 
and Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Office, as provided for in Coast 
Guard regulations, and is the successor in command to the Commanding 
Officer, Activities Baltimore. The Sector Baltimore Commander is 
designated: (a) Captain of the Port (COTP) for the Baltimore COTP zone; 
(b) Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC); (c) Federal On Scene 
Coordinator (FOSC) for the Baltimore COTP zone, consistent with the 
National Contingency Plan; (d) Officer In Charge of Marine Inspection 
(OCMI) for the Baltimore Marine Inspection Zone and, (e) Search and 
Rescue Mission Coordinator (SMC). The Deputy Sector Commander is 
designated alternate COTP, FMSC, FOSC, SMC and Acting OCMI. A 
continuity of operations order has been issued ensuring that all 
previous Activities Baltimore practices and procedures will remain in 
effect until superseded by Commander, Sector Baltimore. This continuity 
of operations order addresses existing COTP regulations, orders, 
directives and policies.
    The following information is a list of updated command titles, 
addresses and points of contact to facilitate requests from the public 
and assist with entry into security or safety zones:
    Name: Sector Baltimore.
    Address: Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, 2401 Hawkins 
Point Road, Bldg. 70, Baltimore, MD 21226-1791.
    Contact: General Number, (410) 576-2561, Sector Commander: CAPT C. 
Springer; Deputy Sector Commander: CDR J. Burton.
    Chief, Prevention Department: (410) 576-2586, Chief, Response 
Department: (410) 576-2525, Chief, Logistics Department: (410) 576-
2546.

    Dated: January 18, 2005.
Sally Brice-O'Hara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 05-1508 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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