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Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast
The Coast Guard published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on January 19, 2024. Comments closed on April 18, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish shipping safety fairways ("fairways") along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, identified in the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study. Fairways would preserve the safe and reliable transit of vessels along well- established traffic patterns and routes. While vessels are not required to use them, fairways are designed to keep traditional navigation routes free from fixed structures that could impact navigation safety and impede other shared offshore activities. The Coast Guard recognizes that there is increasing interest in offshore commercial development, including offshore renewable energy installations, and believes this development is best served by the establishment of consistent and well- defined fairways. The proposed fairways would help ensure that offshore developments remain viable by allowing developers to construct and maintain installations without risk of impeding vessel traffic. The Coast Guard is also proposing to establish traffic separation schemes and precautionary areas along the Atlantic coast to further improve navigation safety.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-00757
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Published
- January 19, 2024
- Comments due
- April 18, 2024
- Dates
- Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before April 18, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. USCG-2019-0279
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1625-AC57
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 33 CFR 166; 33 CFR 167
- Topics
- Anchorage grounds; Harbors; Marine safety; Navigation (water); Waterways
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 27
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