Rule2025-00013
Security Zone; Potomac River and Anacostia River, and Adjacent Waters; Washington, DC
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Published
January 7, 2025
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce a security zone along the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers and adjacent waters at Washington, DC to protect government officials, mitigate potential terrorist acts, and enhance public and maritime safety and security in the days leading up to and after the 60th Presidential Inauguration. During the enforcement period, entry into or remaining within the security zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or his designated representative.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1039-1040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00013]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2024-1094]
RIN 1625-AA87
Security Zone; Potomac River and Anacostia River, and Adjacent
Waters; Washington, DC
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a security zone along the Potomac
and Anacostia Rivers and adjacent waters at Washington, DC to protect
government officials, mitigate potential terrorist acts, and enhance
public and maritime safety and security in the days leading up to and
after the 60th Presidential Inauguration. During the enforcement
period, entry into or remaining within the security zone is prohibited
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or his designated
representative.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.508 will be enforced from 8 a.m.
on January 18, 2025, through 11:59 p.m. on January 21, 2025, for the
security zone identified in 33 CFR 165.508(a)(6).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this rule,
call or email LCDR Kate Newkirk, Sector Maryland-NCR, Waterways
Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; 410-365-8141,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#276a63696475704653425550465e546752544440094a4e4b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="29646d676a7b7e485d4c5b5e48505a695c5a4a4e07444045">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 2, 2024, the Coast Guard was
notified by the event organizer that the anticipated dates for the
activities associated with the 60th Presidential Inauguration are
scheduled from January 18, 2025, to January 21, 2025. The Coast Guard
will enforce regulations in 33 CFR 165.508 for the zone identified in
paragraph (a)(6). This action is being taken to protect government
officials, mitigate potential terrorist acts and incidents, and enhance
public and maritime safety and security immediately before, during, and
after this event. Thirty-three CFR 165.508(d)(4) provides that the
security zone will be enforced from 8 a.m. on January 18, 2025, until
11:59 p.m. on January 21, 2025. Subsection (d)(1) of Sec. 165.508 also
provides that the security zone will be enforced, in addition to the
specified times in paragraphs (d)(4) of that section, upon issuance of
a notice of enforcement by the Captain of the Port Maryland-National
Capital Region.
Our regulation entitled ``Security Zone; Potomac River and
Anacostia River, and adjacent waters; Washington, DC,'' Sec. 165.508,
specifies the location for this security zone as an area that includes
all navigable waters described in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3).
This security zone includes: (1) the area comprising Zone 1, all
navigable waters of the Potomac River, from shoreline to shoreline,
bounded to the north by the Francis Scott Key (US-29) Bridge, at mile
113, and bounded to the south by a line drawn from the Virginia
shoreline at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, at
38[deg]51'21.3'' N, 077[deg]02'00.0'' W, eastward across the Potomac
River to the District of Columbia shoreline at Hains Point at position
38[deg]51'24.3'' N, 077[deg]01'19.8'' W, including the waters of the
Boundary Channel, Pentagon Lagoon, Georgetown Channel Tidal Basin, and
Roaches Run; (2) the area comprising Zone 2, all navigable waters of
the Anacostia River, from shoreline to shoreline, bounded to the north
by the John Philip Sousa (Pennsylvania Avenue) Bridge, at mile 2.9, and
bounded to the south by a line drawn from the District of Columbia
shoreline at Hains Point at position 38[deg]51'24.3'' N,
077[deg]01'19.8'' W, southward across the Anacostia River to the
District of Columbia shoreline at Giesboro Point at
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position 38[deg]50'52.4'' N, 077[deg]01'10.9'' W, including the waters
of the Washington Channel; (3) the area comprising Zone 3, all
navigable waters of the Potomac River, from shoreline to shoreline,
bounded to the north by a line drawn from the Virginia shoreline at
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, at 38[deg]51'21.3'' N,
077[deg]02'00.0'' W, eastward across the Potomac River to the District
of Columbia shoreline at Hains Point at position 38[deg]51'24.3'' N,
077[deg]01'19.8'' W, thence southward across the Anacostia River to the
District of Columbia shoreline at Giesboro Point at position
38[deg]50'52.4'' N, 077[deg]01'10.9'' W, and bounded to the south by
the Woodrow Wilson Memorial (I-95/I-495) Bridge, at mile 103.8.
As specified in Sec. 165.508 (b), during the enforcement period,
entry into or remaining in the zone is prohibited unless authorized by
the Coast Guard Captain of the Port Maryland-National Capital Region.
Public vessels and vessels already at berth at the time the security
zone is implemented do not have to depart the security zone. All
vessels underway within the security zone at the time it is implemented
are to depart the zone at the time the security zone is implemented. To
seek permission to transit the zone, the Captain of the Port Maryland-
National Capital Region can be contacted at telephone number (410) 576-
2693 or on Marine Band Radio, VHF-FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz). Coast
Guard vessels enforcing this zone can be contacted on Marine Band
Radio, VHF-FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz). The Coast Guard may be assisted
by other Federal, state or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing
this regulation. If the Captain of the Port or his designated on-scene
patrol personnel determines the security zone need not be enforced for
the full duration stated in this notice, a Broadcast Notice to Mariners
may be used to suspend enforcement and grant general permission to
enter the security zone.
This notification of enforcement is issued under authority of 33
CFR 165.508 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notification of
enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide
notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to
Mariners and marine information broadcasts.
Dated: January 2, 2025.
Patrick C. Burkett,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Maryland-
National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2025-00013 Filed 1-6-25; 8:45 am]
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