[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1447-1450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-66]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[CGD08-05-055]


Realignment of District Eight Sector Boundaries

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that the Eighth Coast Guard District 
is

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realigning the boundaries of sectors to facilitate unity of operational 
effort.

DATES: This notice is effective December 31, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket CGD08-05-055 and are available for 
inspection or copying at Commander (rpl), Eighth Coast Guard District, 
500 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-3310 between 7:30 a.m. 
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call Lieutenant Michael Roschel, Eighth District Planning Office at 
504-589-6293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion of Notice

    The Eighth District of United States Coast Guard is realigning the 
boundaries of its sectors to facilitate integration of field units into 
a structure that will enhance our ability to perform prevention, 
compliance, and response operations. The sectors that will be realigned 
are Sector Corpus Christi, Sector Houston-Galveston, Sector New 
Orleans, Sector Mobile, Sector Lower Mississippi River, and Sector Ohio 
Valley. In addition the boundaries of Marine Safety Office St. Louis 
will be modified. This spring Marine Safety Office St. Louis will 
become Sector Upper Mississippi River. Once Sector Upper Mississippi 
River is commissioned it will assume responsibility for the area 
covered by the Marine Safety Office St. Louis. The Boundary changes are 
being done because the implementation of sectors has created a need for 
new geographical boundaries. The change will allow better 
organizational control under the new sector model.
    The new Sector Corpus Christi Inspection Zone, Captain of the Port 
Zone, and Area of Responsibility starts at the junction of the sea and 
the east bank of the Colorado River; thence proceeds northerly along 
the east bank of the Colorado River to Colorado County, Texas; thence 
northeasterly along the northern boundary of Wharton County, Texas; 
thence northwesterly along the eastern and northern boundaries of 
Colorado, Fayette, Bastrop, Travis, Burnet, Llano, Mason, Menard, 
Schletcher, Irion, Reagan, Upton, and Ector Counties, Texas; thence 
westerly along the northern boundary of Ector and Winkler Counties, 
Texas to the Texas-New Mexico border; thence northerly along the New 
Mexico Border to the New Mexico-Colorado border; thence westerly along 
the New Mexico-Colorado border to the intersection of New Mexico, 
Colorado, Utah and Arizona borders; thence southerly along the New 
Mexico-Arizona border to the United States-Mexican border; thence 
southeasterly along the United States-Mexican border to the sea. The 
offshore area includes all waters and islands contained therein of the 
EEZ that are south and west of a line bearing 140[deg]T from the 
junction of the sea and the east bank of the Colorado River to the 
outermost extent of the EEZ.
    The new Sector Houston-Galveston Inspection Zone, Captain of the 
Port Zone, and Area of Responsibility will contain a sub-zone within 
its boundary description described below which will be the Marine 
Safety Unit Port Arthur sub-zone described in the next paragraph; 
however, Sector Houston-Galveston's boundary starts at the intersection 
of the sea and longitude 92[deg]37[min] W; thence northerly along the 
eastern and southern boundaries of Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Allen, and 
Rapides Parishes, Louisiana to the southern bank of the Red River; 
thence northwesterly along the south bank of the Red River to the 
northern boundary of Red River Parish, Louisiana; thence westerly along 
the northern boundary of Red River Parish and Desoto Parish, Louisiana 
to the Louisiana-Texas border; thence northerly along the Louisiana-
Texas border to the Texas-Arkansas border at the northern boundary of 
Bowie County, Texas; following the Texas-Arkansas border to the Texas-
Oklahoma border; thence northwesterly along the Texas-Oklahoma border, 
including the Red River to Lake Texoma in Grayson County, Texas; thence 
westerly along the north shore of Lake Texoma to the Texas-Oklahoma 
border; thence westerly along the Texas-Oklahoma border to the Texas-
New Mexico border, including all portions of the Red River; thence 
southerly along the Texas-New Mexico border to the southern boundary of 
Andrews County, Texas; thence southeasterly along the western and 
southern boundaries of Andrews, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Tom 
Green, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, Lampasas, Bell, Williamson, Lee, 
Washington, Austin Counties, Texas to the intersection of Colorado 
County, Texas; thence along the northern and eastern boundary of 
Colorado County to the east bank of the Colorado River; thence 
southerly along the east bank of the Colorado River to the sea; thence 
southeasterly along a line bearing 140[deg] T to the outermost extent 
of the EEZ; thence easterly along the outermost extent of the EEZ to 
longitude 92[deg]37[min] W; thence northerly along longitude 
92[deg]37[min] W to the Louisiana Coast.
    The new Port Arthur Inspection Zone, Captain of the Port Zone, and 
Area of Responsibility starts at the intersection of the sea and 
longitude 92[deg]37[min] W; thence northerly along the eastern and 
southern boundaries of Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Allen, and Rapides 
Parishes, Louisiana to the southern bank of the Red River; thence 
northwesterly along the southern bank of the Red River to the northern 
boundary of Red River Parish, Louisiana; thence westerly along the 
northern boundary of Red River Parish and Desoto Parish, Louisiana to 
the Louisiana-Texas border; thence northerly along the Louisiana-Texas 
border to the Texas-Arkansas border at the northern boundary of Bowie 
County, Texas; thence northerly along the Texas-Arkansas border to the 
Texas-Oklahoma border; thence westerly along the Texas-Oklahoma border 
to the northwest most boundary of Fannin County, Texas, including all 
portions of the Red River; thence southerly along the western and 
southern boundaries of Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Henderson, Anderson, 
Houston, Trinity, Polk, Hardin, and Jefferson Counties, Texas to the 
sea at longitude 94[deg]25[min] W; thence southeasterly to latitude 
29[deg]00[min] N, longitude 93[deg]40[min] W; thence southeasterly to 
latitude 27[deg]50[min] N, longitude 93[deg]24[min] W; thence southerly 
along longitude 93[deg]24[min] W to the outermost extent of the EEZ; 
thence easterly along the outer most extent of the EEZ to longitude 
92[deg]37[min] W; thence northerly along longitude 92[deg]37[min] W to 
the Louisiana Coast.
    The new Sector New Orleans Inspection Zone, Captain of the Port 
Zone, and Area of Responsibility will contain a sub-zone within its 
boundary description described below which will be the Marine Safety 
Unit Morgan City sub-zone described in the next paragraph; however, 
Sector New Orleans boundary starts at latitude 30[deg]10[min] N, 
longitude 89[deg]10[min] W; thence west along latitude 30[deg]10[min] N 
to longitude 89[deg]31.8[min] W; thence north along longitude 
89[deg]31.8[min] W to the west bank of the Pearl River (at the mouth of 
the river); thence northerly along the west bank of the Pearl River to 
latitude 31[deg]00[min] N; thence due west along latitude 
31[deg]00[min] N to the east bank of the Mississippi River; thence 
southerly along the east bank to mile 303.0, thence westerly to the 
west bank at mile 303.0; thence northerly to the southern boundary of 
the Old River Lock Structure, thence westerly along the

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south bank of the Lower Old River, to the intersection with the Red 
River; thence west along the south bank of the Red River to Rapides 
Parish, thence southerly along the western boundaries of Avoyelles, 
Evangeline, Acadia and Vermillion Parishes to the intersection of the 
sea and longitude 92[deg]37[min] W; thence southerly along longitude 
92[deg]37[min] W to the outermost extent of the EEZ; thence easterly 
along the outermost extent of the EEZ to longitude 88[deg]00[min] W; 
thence northerly along longitude 88[deg]00[min] W to latitude 
29[deg]00[min] N; thence northwesterly to latitude 30[deg]10[min] N, 
longitude 89[deg]10[min] W.
    The new Marine Safety Unit Morgan City Inspection Zone, Captain of 
the Port Zone, and Area of Responsibility starts at latitude 
28[deg]50[min] N., longitude 88[deg]00[min] W.; thence proceeds west to 
latitude 28[deg]50[min] N., longitude 89[deg]27[min]06[sec] W.; thence 
northwesterly to latitude 29[deg]18[min] N., longitude 90[deg]00[min] 
W.; thence northwesterly along the northern boundaries of Lafourche, 
Assumption, Iberia, and St. Martin Parishes, Louisiana; thence 
northwesterly along the northern boundary of Lafayette and Acadia 
Parishes, Louisiana; thence southerly along the west boundary of Acadia 
and Vermillion Parishes, Louisiana to the Louisiana Coast at longitude 
92[deg]37[min] W., thence south along longitude 92[deg]37[min] W. to 
the outermost extent of the EEZ; thence easterly along the outermost 
extent of the EEZ to longitude 88[deg]00[min] W.; thence north to 
latitude 28[deg]50[min] N., longitude 88[deg]00[min] W.
    The new Sector Mobile Inspection Zone, Captain of the Port Zone, 
and Area of Responsibility starts at the Florida coast at longitude 
83[deg]50[min] W; thence northerly to latitude 30[deg]15[min] N, 
longitude 83[deg]50[min] W; thence due west to latitude 30[deg]15[min] 
N, longitude 84[deg]45[min] W; thence due north to the southern bank of 
the Jim Woodruff Reservoir at longitude 84[deg]45[min] W; thence 
northeasterly along the eastern bank of the Jim Woodruff Reservoir and 
northerly along the eastern bank of the Flint River to latitude 
32[deg]20[min] N, longitude 84[deg]02[min] W; thence northwesterly to 
the intersection of the Georgia-Alabama border at latitude 
32[deg]53[min] N; thence northerly along the Georgia-Alabama border to 
the northern most point of Dekalb County, Alabama, thence westerly 
along the northern boundaries of Dekalb, Etowah, Blount, Cullman, 
Winston, Franklin Counties, Alabama to the Mississippi-Alabama border; 
thence north along the Mississippi-Alabama border to the northern 
boundary of Tishomingo County, Mississippi at the Mississippi-Tennessee 
border; thence west along the northern boundaries of Tishomingo, 
Alcorn, Tippah, Benton and Marshall Counties, Mississippi, thence 
southerly and westerly along the eastern and southern boundaries of 
Desoto, Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Washington Counties, Mississippi; 
thence easterly along the northern boundary of Humphreys and Holmes 
Counties, Mississippi, thence southerly along the eastern and southern 
boundaries of Holmes, Yazoo, Warren, Claiborne, Jefferson Adams and 
Wilkinson Counties, Mississippi; thence due east along latitude 
31[deg]00[min] N from the southern most intersection of Wilkinson and 
Amite Counties, Mississippi to the west bank of the Pearl River; thence 
southerly along the west bank of the Pearl River to longitude 
89[deg]31.8[min] W (at the mouth of the river); thence south along 
longitude 89[deg]31.8[min] W to latitude 30[deg]10[min] N; thence east 
along latitude 30[deg]10[min] N to longitude 89[deg]10[min] W; thence 
southeasterly to latitude 29[deg]00[min] N, longitude 88[deg]00[min] W; 
thence south along longitude 88[deg]00[min] W to the outermost extent 
of the EEZ; thence easterly along the outermost extent of the EEZ to 
the intersection with a line bearing 199[deg]T from the intersection of 
the Florida coast at longitude 83[deg]50[min] W; thence northeasterly 
along a line bearing 199[deg]T from the Florida coast at longitude 
83[deg]50[min] W to the coast.
    The new Sector Lower Mississippi River Inspection Zone, Captain of 
the Port Zone, and Area of Responsibility starts with all of Arkansas 
and all of Oklahoma with the exception of the Red River and Lake 
Texoma. In Missouri: Dunklin and Pemiscot Counties. In Tennessee: Dyer, 
Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton, and Shelby Counties; and all portions of 
Lake County with the exception of the area North and West of a line 
drawn from Mississippi River at Latitude 36[deg]20[min] N and Longitude 
89[deg]32[min]30[sec] W due East to Highway 78 thence NE along Highway 
78 to the Kentucky/Tennessee state line. In Mississippi: Desoto, 
Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Washington, Humphreys, Holmes, Sharkey, 
Yazoo, Issaquena, Warren, Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams, and Wilkinson 
Counties. In Louisiana, all the areas north of a line drawn from the 
east bank of the Mississippi River at the Louisiana-Mississippi border, 
thence south along the east bank to mile 303.0, thence westerly to the 
west bank at mile 303.0, thence northerly to the southern boundary of 
the Old River Lock Structure, thence westerly along the southern bank 
of the Lower Old River, to the intersection with the Red River, thence 
westerly and northwesterly along the southern bank of the Red River to 
the northern most boundary of Red River Parish, thence westerly along 
the northern boundary of Red River Parish and DeSoto Parish to the 
Texas-Louisiana Border; including Lasalle, Caldwell, Caddo, Bossier, 
Webster, Claiborne, Union, Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll, 
Madison, Richland, Ouachita, Lincoln, Jackson, Bienville, Winn, Grant, 
Franklin, Tensas, Catahoula, and Concordia Parishes; those parts of 
Avoyelles, Natchitoches, Rapides, and Red River Parishes north of the 
Red River; and that part of West Feliciana Parish north of the Lower 
Old River. That part of the Lower Mississippi River below mile 869.0 
and above mile 303. All of the Red River below the Arkansas-Oklahoma 
border.
    The new Sector Ohio Valley Inspection Zone, Captain of the Port 
Zone, and Area of responsibility will contain a sub-zone within its 
boundary description described below which will be the Marine Safety 
Unit Pittsburgh sub-zone described in the next paragraph; however, 
Sector Ohio Valley's boundary starts with all of Kentucky and West 
Virginia; in Missouri: Perry, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Mississippi and 
New Madrid Counties; in Tennessee: that portion of Lake County north 
and west of a line drawn from the Mississippi River at latitude 
36[deg]20[min] N and longitude 89[deg]32[min]30[sec] W due east to 
Highway 78, thence northeast along Highway 78 to the Kentucky/Tennessee 
state line, and all other counties in Tennessee except Shelby, Tipton, 
Lauderdale, Dyer and Obion Counties; in Alabama: Colbert, Lawrence, 
Morgan, Marshall, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, and Jackson Counties; 
that portion of Pennsylvania south of latitude 41[deg]00[min] N and 
west of longitude 79[deg]00[min] W; those parts of Indiana and Ohio 
south of latitude 41[deg]00[min] N; in Illinois: Jackson, Williamson, 
Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski, and 
Massac Counties, and in Randolph County, that part of the Upper 
Mississippi River below mile 109.9, including both banks; that part of 
the Lower Mississippi River above mile 869.0.
    The new Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh Inspection Zone, Captain of 
the Port Zone, and Area of responsibility starts with that portion of 
Pennsylvania south of latitude 41[deg]00[min] N and west of longitude 
79[deg]00[min] W; in West Virginia: Preston, Monongalia, Marion, 
Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, and Hancock Counties; in Ohio: Stark, 
Columbiana, Tuscarawas, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, and Belmont 
Counties, those parts of Summit, Portage, and Mahoning Counties south 
of latitude 41[deg]00[min] N; and

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that part of the Ohio River, including both banks, above mile 127.2 on 
the Ohio River, just below the Hannibal Lock and Dam.
    The new Marine Safety Office St. Louis (Future Sector Upper 
Mississippi River) Inspection Zone, Captain of the Port Zone, and Area 
of Responsibility starts with all of Wyoming except for Sweetwater 
County; Colorado; North Dakota; South Dakota; Kansas; Nebraska; Iowa; 
all of Missouri with the exception of Perry, Cape Girardeau, Scott, 
Mississippi, New Madrid, Dunklin, and Pemiscot Counties; that part of 
Minnesota south of latitude 46[deg]20[min] N; that part of Wisconsin 
south of latitude 46[deg]20[min] N, and west of longitude 
90[deg]00[min] W; that part of Illinois west of longitude 
90[deg]00[min] W and north of latitude 41[deg]00[min] N; and that part 
of Illinois south of latitude 41[deg]00[min] N, except for Jackson, 
Williamson, Saline, Gellatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, 
Pulaski, and Massac Counties. That part of the Upper Mississippi River 
above mile 109.9, including both banks, and that part of the Illinois 
River below latitude 41[deg]00[min] N.
    These boundary line changes will not affect any of the rights, 
responsibilities, duties, and authorities of the Commanders over the 
units described in this regulation and all previous practices and 
procedures will remain in effect.

    Dated: December 29, 2005.
Kevin L. Marshall,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 8th Coast Guard District, Acting.
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