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Safety Zone; Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project, Hampton/Norfolk, VA
The Coast Guard published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 31, 2025. It took effect on December 31, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary rule to provide for safety zones for certain waters near Norfolk Harbor Entrance Reach, near the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel expansion project. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters which are subject to existing safety zones that will expire later this month. This rule prohibits persons and vessels from entering or occupying the safety zones unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Virginia or a designated representative or under conditions specified in this rule.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-24070
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Temporary final rule
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Published
- December 31, 2025
- Takes effect
- December 31, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective without actual notice from December 31, 2025 through midnight on December 20, 2030. For the purposes of enforcement, actual notice will be used from December 25, 2025, until December 31, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket Number USCG-2025-1069
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1625-AA00
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 33 CFR 165
- Topics
- Harbors; Marine safety; Navigation (water); Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Security measures; Waterways
- Pages
- 3
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