Rule2026-00346
2023 Quarterly Listings; Fourth Quarter; Safety Zones, Security Zones, and Special Local Regulations
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Published
January 12, 2026
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
This document provides notification of substantive rules issued by the Coast Guard that were made temporarily effective but expired before they could be published in the Federal Register. This document lists temporary safety zones, security zones, and special local regulations, all of limited duration and for which timely publication in the Federal Register was not possible. This document also announces notifications of enforcement for existing reoccurring regulations that we issued but were unable to be published before the enforcement period ended.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1092-1093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00346]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Parts 100 and 165
[Docket No. USCG-2023-0590]
2023 Quarterly Listings; Fourth Quarter; Safety Zones, Security
Zones, and Special Local Regulations
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of expired temporary rules issued.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notification of substantive rules
issued by the Coast Guard that were made temporarily effective but
expired before they could be published in the Federal Register. This
document lists temporary safety zones, security zones, and special
local regulations, all of limited duration and for which timely
publication in the Federal Register was not possible. This document
also announces notifications of enforcement for existing reoccurring
regulations that we issued but were unable to be published before the
enforcement period ended.
DATES: This document lists temporary Coast Guard rules and
notifications of enforcement that became effective, primarily between
October 2023 and December 2023, and expired before they could be
published in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Temporary rules listed in this document may be viewed
online, under their respective docket numbers, at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this document contact
Ambar Ali, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a021b196719070867090d6706180b670b2e2723240a3f39292d64272326"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92dac3c1bfc1dfd0bfd1d5bfdec0d3bfd3f6fffbfcd2e7e1f1f5bcfffbfe">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone (202) 372-3862.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Coast Guard District Commanders and Captains
of the Port (COTP) must be immediately responsive to the safety and
security needs within their jurisdiction; therefore, District
Commanders and COTPs have been delegated the authority to issue certain
local regulations. Safety zones may be established for safety or
environmental purposes. A safety zone may be stationary and described
by fixed limits, or it may be described as a zone around a vessel in
motion. Security zones limit access to prevent injury or damage to
vessels, ports, or waterfront facilities. Special local regulations are
issued to enhance the safety of participants and spectators at regattas
and other marine events.
Timely publication of these rules in the Federal Register may be
precluded when a rule responds to an emergency, or when an event occurs
without sufficient advance notice. The affected public is, however,
often informed of these rules through Local Notices to Mariners, press
releases, and other means. Moreover, actual notification is provided by
Coast Guard patrol vessels enforcing the restrictions imposed by the
rule. Timely publication of notifications of enforcement of reoccurring
regulations may be precluded when the event occurs with short notice or
other agency procedural restraints.
Because Federal Register publication was not possible before the
end of the effective period, mariners would have been notified of the
contents of these safety zones, security zones, special local
regulations, regulated navigation areas or drawbridge operation
regulations by Coast Guard officials prior to any enforcement action.
However, the Coast Guard, by law, must publish in the Federal Register
notice of substantive rules adopted. To meet this obligation without
imposing undue expense on the public, the Coast Guard periodically
publishes a list of these temporary safety zones, security zones,
special local regulations, regulated navigation areas and drawbridge
operation regulations. Permanent rules are not included in this list
because they are published in their entirety in the Federal Register.
Temporary rules are also published in their entirety if sufficient time
is available to do so before they are placed in effect or terminated.
In some of our reoccurring regulations, we say we will publish a notice
of enforcement as one of the means of notifying the public. We use this
notification to announce those notifications of enforcement that we
issued and will post them to their dockets.
The following unpublished rules were placed in effect temporarily
during the period between October 2023 and December 2023. To view
copies of these rules, visit <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> and search by the
docket number indicated in the following table.
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Effective
Docket No. Type Location date
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USCG-2023-0754........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Newport, RI................ 9/30/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0792........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Onset, MA.................. 9/30/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0835........................... Security Zones (Part 165).. San Francisco, CA.......... 10/5/2023
USCG-2023-0317........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Hickman, Kentucky.......... 10/6/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0807........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and New York City, NY.......... 10/12/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0839........................... Security Zones (Part 165).. Philadelphia, PA........... 10/13/2023
USCG-2023-0821........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Sacramento River, Rio 10/14/2023
165). Vista, CA.
USCG-2023-0846........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Philadelphia, PA........... 10/21/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0867........................... Security Zones (Part 165).. San Diego, CA.............. 11/11/2023
USCG-2023-0909........................... Security Zones (Part 165).. San Francisco, CA.......... 11/16/2023
USCG-2023-0911........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Port Isabel, TX............ 11/17/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0915........................... Security Zones (Part 165).. Norfolk, VA................ 11/19/2023
USCG-2023-0914........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Rockport, TX............... 12/2/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0940........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Canaveral, FL.............. 12/16/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0939........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Jacksonville, Florida...... 12/22/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0913........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and San Diego, CA.............. 12/29/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0966........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Savannah, GA............... 12/31/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0958........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Beaufort, SC............... 12/31/2023
165).
USCG-2023-0959........................... Safety Zones (Parts 147 and Natchez, MS................ 12/31/2023
165).
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Michael Cunningham,
Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, United States
Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2026-00346 Filed 1-9-26; 8:45 am]
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