[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34894-34895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13845]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0064]
RIN 1625-AA11


Regulated Navigation Area, Gulf of Mexico: Mississippi Canyon 
Block 20, South of New Orleans, LA; Correction

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Interim rule and request for comments; correction

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard published an interim rule with request for 
comments in the Federal Register on April 29, 2013 (78 FR 24987), 
establishing a regulated navigation area in the Gulf of Mexico. That 
document mistakenly listed incorrect coordinates for the center of that 
area. This document corrects those coordinates.

DATES: Effective on June 11, 2013. Comments and related material must 
be received by the Coast Guard on or before June 25, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Brandon 
Sullivan, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans; telephone 504-365-2281, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided.

1. Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this 
rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to which 
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or 
recommendation. You may submit your comments and material online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but 
please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online, it 
will be considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully 
transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver or mail your comment, it 
will be considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it 
is received at the Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you 
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a 
telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact 
you if we have questions regarding your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' 
Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with this 
rulemaking.
    If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them 
in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for 
copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by mail and would 
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, 
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and 
material received during the comment period and may change the rule 
based on your comments.

2. Viewing Comments and Documents

    To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble 
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' 
Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with this 
rulemaking. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room 
W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

3. Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any 
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or 
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, 
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice 
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

4. Public Meeting

    We do not plan on holding a public meeting, but you may submit a 
request for one prior to the comment period ending, using one of the 
methods specified under ADDRESSES. Please

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explain why you believe a public meeting would be beneficial. If we 
determine that one would aid in this rulemaking, we will hold one at a 
time and place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register.

B. Background

    On September 16, 2004, a mudslide resulted from Hurricane Ivan's 
storm surge that toppled the Mississippi Canyon (MC) 20 Platform A. The 
platform's wells were covered by more than 100-feet of mud and 
sediment. As a result of structural damage, plumes containing crude oil 
and gas have been discharging into the Gulf of Mexico, creating a sheen 
on the surface of the water.
    The responsible party for this incident has undertaken an operation 
to install a containment dome over the affected area, which would catch 
the oil rising from the sea floor. Many vessels continue to operate in 
the affected area. Anchoring, mooring, or loitering in the area above 
the containment dome could potentially damage the dome, or reduce its 
effectiveness.

C. Need for Correction

    The Coast Guard published a document in the Federal Register on 
April 29, 2013, for this Regulated Navigation Area (RNA). (78 FR 
24987). As noted in that document, the center of this RNA was 
established to surround an oil wellhead that was leaking oil after 
structural damage from a hurricane and mudslide. However, the latitude 
and longitude of that oil platform were incorrectly noted. The correct 
center of the regulated navigation area established by the interim rule 
is 28[deg]56'12.619'' N, 088[deg]58'10.303'' W. This correction revises 
the latitude and longitude for the center of this RNA to accurately 
reflect the location of the oil wellhead.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

    Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (Water), Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways.

    Accordingly, 33 CFR part 165 is amended by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS

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1. The authority citation for part 165 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 
50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Pub. 
L. 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of Homeland Security 
Delegation No. 0170.1.


Sec.  165.840  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  165.840, amend paragraph (b) by removing the numerals and 
characters ``28[deg]52'17'' N 089[deg]10'50'' W'' and by adding, in 
their place, ``28[deg]56'12.619'' N, 088[deg]58'10.303'' W.''

    Dated: May 22, 2013.
T.A. Sokalzuk,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, Eighth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 2013-13845 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
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