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7 June 2002 [Federal Register: January 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 3)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
Regulated Navigation Areas, Safety And Security Zones: Long
Island Sound Marine Inspection and Captain of the Port Zone
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary regulated
navigation area (RNA) and two safety and security zones. The rule will
regulate the circumstances under which certain vessels may enter,
transit or operate within the regulated navigation area and will
exclude all vessels from operating within 700 yards of the Millstone
Nuclear Power Plant or 100 yards of an anchored Coast Guard vessel.
This action is necessary to ensure public safety and prevent sabotage
or terrorist acts.
DATES: This rule is effective from December 10, 2001 until June 15,
2002.
Background and Purpose
On September 11, 2001, terrorists launched attacks on civilian and
military targets within the United States killing large numbers of
people and damaging properties of national significance. Vessels
operating within the Long Island Sound Marine Inspection and Captain of
the Port Zone present possible targets of terrorist attack or platforms
from which terrorist attacks may be launched upon other vessels,
waterfront facilities and adjacent population centers. The Coast Guard
has established a Regulated Navigation Area within the waters of Long
Island Sound Marine Inspection and Captain of the Port Zone, as part of
a comprehensive, port security regime designed to safeguard human life,
vessels and waterfront facilities from sabotage or terrorist acts. The
Captain of the Port will determine the threat posed by and to affected
vessels within the Regulated Navigation Area and may establish
conditions, under which they are allowed to enter, transit or operate
within the area. Prior to the determination of whether and under what
conditions a vessel may enter, transit or operate within the Regulated
Navigation Area, vessels may be directed by the Captain of the Port to
temporarily anchor in a specific location within the Regulated
Navigation Area. In addition, the Coast Guard has established a safety
and security zone that restricts movement within 700 yards of the
Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Waterford, CT. Safety and security
zones are established for all waters within 100 yards of all anchored
Coast Guard vessels.
Safety and Security Zones
The rule also establishes safety and security zones. One zone is
being established within a 700-yard radius from the stack at the
Millstone Power Plant. This zone is being established to protect the
power plant, persons and vessels from subversive or terrorist acts. We
have created additional zone defined by reference to a fixed radius
around Coast Guard vessels anchored in the RNA. These zones are
intended principally to protect the vessels themselves from subversive
or terrorist acts.
No person or vessel may enter or remain in the prescribed safety
and security zone at any time without the permission of the Captain of
the Port. Each person or vessel in a safety and security zone shall
obey any direction or order of the Captain of the Port. The Captain of
the Port may take possession and control of any vessel in a safety and
security zone and/or remove any person, vessel, article or thing from a
security zone.
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