[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44036-44037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12531]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[CGD17-06-001]


Implementation of Sector Anchorage

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of organizational change.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the stand-up of Sector Anchorage. 
The creation of Sector Anchorage is an internal reorganization that 
combines Marine Safety Office Anchorage with all prior subordinate 
units in addition to USCGC LONG ISLAND, USCGC MUSTANG, USCGC ROANOKE 
ISLAND, and Station Valdez into a single command. In addition, a Sector 
Field Office has been created to provide remote logistics support at 
Valdez, Alaska named Sector Field Office Valdez, which will be 
subordinate to Sector Anchorage. 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will remain in effect until superseded by an authorized Coast Guard 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 or document.

DATES: This notice is effective August 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket CGD17 and are available for inspection or 
copying at Commander (dr), Seventeenth Coast Guard District, 709 West 
9th Street, Room 771, Juneau, Alaska, 99802 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Carl Hinshaw, Assistant Branch 
Chief for Enforcement, Seventeenth District Response Division at 907-
463-2284.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Discussion of Notice

    Sector Anchorage is located at 510 L Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99501-1946. A Sector Field Office (SFO) will be created to 
provide remote logistics support at Valdez, AK named SFO Valdez. MSO 
Anchorage OPFAC 17-33280 will be cancelled. A Command Center supporting 
Sector Anchorage will be located at Anchorage, AK.
    Sector Anchorage will be composed of a Response Department, 
Prevention Department and a Logistics Department. The Sector Command 
Center, Intelligence staff and Contingency Planning and Force Readiness 
staff will report directly to the Sector Commander and serve the 
Response, Prevention, and Logistics components. The Western Alaska 
Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of the Port Office are located in 
Anchorage, Alaska. MSO Valdez will be renamed Marine Safety Unit (MSU) 
Valdez and retain the authorities of Captain of the Port (COTP), 
Officer in Charge Marine Inspection (OCMI), Federal on Scene 
Coordinator (FOSC), and Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC). 
MSU Valdez will report directly to the Sector Commander. Vessel Traffic 
Service (VTS) Prince William Sound, a subunit of MSU Valdez, will be 
renamed VTS Valdez. SFO Valdez will report directly to the Sector 
Logistics Department. All existing missions and functions performed by 
MSO Anchorage will be realigned under this new organizational 
structure. The new Sector's area of responsibility for search and 
rescue (SAR) will be maintained in accordance with the District SAR 
plan.
    We projected that by 2007, all existing administrative and 
operational missions and functions performed by Marine Safety Office 
Anchorage and prior subordinate units will be performed by Sector 
Anchorage. Administrative missions and functions performed by USCGC 
LONG ISLAND, USCGC MUSTANG, USCGC ROANOKE ISLAND, and Station Valdez 
will be performed by Sector Anchorage. All operational missions and 
functions performed by USCGC LONG ISLAND, USCGC MUSTANG, USCGC ROANOKE 
ISLAND, and Station Valdez will be assumed by Sector Anchorage upon 
stand up of a single Command Center at Sector Anchorage.
    Sector Anchorage is responsible for all Coast Guard missions in the 
following zone: The Western Alaska Marine Inspection Zone and COTP Zone 
comprise that portion of the State of Alaska and the adjacent waters to 
the outermost extent of the EEZ, except for

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those sections of Alaska described in 33 CFR 3.85-10(b) and 3.85-20(b).
    In the Prince William Sound Marine Inspection Zone and COTP zone 
(sub-zone), Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Valdez is responsible for the 
Coast Guard missions of Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection (OCMI), 
Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC), Federal On Scene 
Coordinator (FOSC), and COTP duties in the Prince William Sound Marine 
Inspection `sub-zone' and COTP `sub-zone' described as follows: The 
Prince William Sound Marine Inspection sub-zone and Captain of the Port 
sub-zone comprise the area within the boundary, which starts at Cape 
Puget at 148[deg]26' W. longitude, 59[deg]56.06' N. latitude, and 
proceeds northerly to 61[deg]30' N. latitude; thence easterly to the 
United States-Canadian boundary; thence southerly along the United 
States-Canadian boundary to 60[deg]18.7' N. latitude; thence 
southwesterly to the sea at 60[deg]01.3' N. latitude, 142[deg]00' W. 
longitude; thence southerly along 142[deg]00' W. longitude to the 
outermost boundary of the EEZ; thence along the outermost boundary of 
the EEZ to 148[deg]26' N. longitude; thence northerly along 148[deg]26' 
W. longitude to the place of origin at Cape Puget at 59[deg]56.06' N. 
latitude.
    The Sector Anchorage Commander is vested with all the rights, 
responsibilities, duties, and authority of a Group Commander and 
Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Office, as provided for in Coast 
Guard regulations, and is the successor in command to the Commanding 
Officer of Marine Safety Office Anchorage. Under Operating Facility 
Change Order (OFCO) No. 028-06, the Sector Anchorage Commander is 
designated:

     Captain of the Port (COTP) for the Western Alaska COTP 
zone;
     Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC);
     Federal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC) for the Western 
Alaska COTP zone, consistent with the National Contingency Plan;
     Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection (OCMI) for the 
Southeast Alaska Marine Inspection Zone; and
     Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator (SMC).

The Deputy Sector Commander is designated alternate COTP, FMSC, FOSC, 
SMC, and Acting OCMI.
    A continuity order was issued ensuring that all previous Marine 
Safety Office Anchorage practices and procedures will remain in effect 
until superseded by Commander, Sector Anchorage. This continuity of 
operations order addressed existing COTP regulations, orders, 
directives, and policies.
    The following information is updated address and point of contact 
to facilitate requests from the public and assist with entry into 
security or safety zones:
    Name: Sector Anchorage.
    Address: Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, 510 L 
Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-1946
    Telephone: General Number, (907) 271-6700

    Dated: July 21, 2006.
Arthur E. Brooks,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. E6-12531 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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