[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 26419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4275]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[CGD13-06-019]
RIN 1625-AA00


Security and Safety Zone: Protection of Large Passenger Vessels, 
Portland, OR

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement.

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SUMMARY: The Captain of the Port Portland, Oregon will begin, on April 
23, 2006, enforcing a small area of the greater Large Passenger Vessel 
Security and Safety Zones that were published in the Federal Register 
on September 12, 2003. The zones provide for the security and safety of 
large passenger vessels in the navigable waters of Captain of the Port 
Portland, Oregon zone and adjacent waters. These security and safety 
zones will be enforced for passenger cruise ships only and only from 
the mouth of the Columbia River at buoy 14 upriver to, and including, 
Astoria, Oregon until October 31, 2006.

DATES: This notice of enforcement for 33 CFR 165.1318 will be effective 
from April 23, 2006 to October 31, 2006, at which time the enforcement 
of this rule will be suspended without further notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Petty Officer Christopher Lumpkin, c/o 
Captain of the Port Portland, OR, 6767 North Basin Avenue, Portland, OR 
97217 at (503) 240-9301 to obtain information concerning enforcement of 
this rule.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 12, 2003, the Coast Guard 
published a final rule (68 FR 53677) establishing regulations in 33 CFR 
165.1318 for the security and safety of large passenger vessels in the 
navigable waters of Portland, OR and adjacent waters of Oregon and 
Washington. These security and safety zones provide for the regulation 
of vessel traffic in the vicinity of certain large passenger vessels 
(as defined in Sec.  165.1318(b)) and exclude persons and vessels from 
the immediate vicinity of these large passenger vessels.
    On April 23, 2006, for passenger cruise ships only, the Captain of 
the Port Portland, Oregon will begin enforcing only the area of the 
Large Passenger Vessel Safety and Security Zones, established in 33 CFR 
165.1318, from the mouth of the Columbia River at buoy 14 upriver to, 
and including, Astoria, OR. Entry into these zones is prohibited unless 
otherwise exempted or excluded under the final rule or unless 
authorized by the Captain of the Port or his designee. The Captain of 
the Port may be assisted by other Federal, State, or local agencies in 
enforcing these zones. These security and safety zones will be enforced 
until October 31, 2006, at which time the enforcement of this rule will 
be suspended without further notice.

    Dated: April 26, 2006.
Patrick G. Gerrity,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Portland, OR.
[FR Doc. 06-4275 Filed 5-4-06; 8:45 am]
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