[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 2, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26328-26329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12707]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 110

[Docket No. USCG-2008-0006]
RIN 1625--AA01


Seventh Coast Guard District, Captain of the Port Zone 
Jacksonville, Temporary Restricted Anchorage

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is withdrawing its proposed rule

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concerning the establishment of three temporary restricted anchorages 
with associated safety/security zones within the Captain of the Port 
Zone Jacksonville. The proposed rule is being withdrawn because the 
geographic locations of the proposed anchorage areas are beyond three 
nautical miles from the baseline of the territorial sea.

DATES: The proposed rule published at 73 FR 12925, March 11, 2008, is 
withdrawn, as of June 2, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this withdrawn rulemaking is available for 
inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. 
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find 
this docket on the Internet by going to http://www.regulations.gov, 
selecting the Advanced Docket Search option on the right side of the 
screen, inserting USCG-2008-0006 in the Docket ID box, pressing Enter, 
and then clicking on the item in the Docket ID column.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice, contact Lieutenant Commander Mark Gibbs at U.S. Coast Guard 
Sector Jacksonville Prevention Department, telephone 904-564-7563, e-
mail [email protected]. If you have questions on viewing material 
in the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 11, 2008, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking 
entitled ``Seventh Coast Guard District, Captain of the Port Zone 
Jacksonville, Temporary Restricted Anchorage'' in the Federal Register 
(73 FR 12925). We received no comments on the proposed rule; no public 
meeting was requested and none was held.
    The rulemaking concerned establishment of three, multi-purpose, 
temporary restricted anchorages with associated safety/security zones 
to service vessels intending to call on the ports of Jacksonville or 
Fernandina, within the Captain of the Port Zone Jacksonville as defined 
by 33 CFR 3.35-20. These temporary restricted anchorages and associated 
safety/security zones were designed for the geographic separation and/
or restriction of vessels or persons on such vessels when such vessels 
or persons pose or are suspected of posing a safety, public health, 
environmental, or security threat.

Withdrawal

    The proposed rule sought to establish anchorage areas beyond three 
nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline. Currently, the Coast 
Guard's authority under the Rivers and Harbors Act does not allow it to 
create anchorages more than three miles from the territorial sea 
baseline (see 33 CFR 2.20 and 2.22). Therefore, we are withdrawing our 
proposal, which was published on March 11, 2008, in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 12925).

    Authority: We issue this notice of withdrawal under the 
authority of 33 U.S.C. 471, 1221 through 1236, 2030, 2035, 2071; 33 
CFR 1.05-1; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 
0170.1.

    Dated: May 12, 2009.
R.S. Branham,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Coast Guard Seventh 
District.
[FR Doc. E9-12707 Filed 6-1-09; 8:45 am]
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