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Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast
The Coast Guard published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on May 5, 2026. It took effect on January 19, 2024. Comments closed on June 22, 2026.
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What the agency says
On January 19, 2024, the Coast Guard published a proposed rule to establish shipping safety fairways ("fairways") and related vessel routing measures along the Atlantic coast, from Long Island, New York to Port St. Lucie, Florida to preserve safe and reliable transit of vessels along well-established traffic patterns and routes and to further improve navigation safety. The Coast Guard is reopening the comment period for the proposed rulemaking for an additional 45 days to allow the public to submit additional comments on the proposed rule while the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement is also available for public comment.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-08699
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of the comment period
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Published
- May 5, 2026
- Takes effect
- January 19, 2024
- Comments due
- June 22, 2026
- Dates
- The comment period for the proposed rulemaking published on January 19, 2024, at 89 FR 3587, is reopened. Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before June 22, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. USCG-2019-0279
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1625-AC57
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 33 CFR 166; 33 CFR 167
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 2
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