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19 July 2007
[Federal Register: July 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 137)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 39355-39357]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18jy07-13]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
33 CFR Part 334
United States Navy Restricted Area, Naval Support Activity,
Panama City, FL
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is proposing to
establish ten restricted areas at Naval Support Activity (NSA), Panama
City (PC), Florida. NSA, Panama City, and its major tenant command, the
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), have been recognized as one of the
lead research, development, test and evaluation laboratories of the
U.S. Navy. In addition, the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center
(NDSTC) relocated from the Washington Navy Yard to NSA PC and now hosts
a consolidated training for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.
Coast Guard, the Navy's satellite dive schools, the U.S. Marine Corps
and the U.S. Air Force. As such, a large majority of military dive
training is now concentrated at NSA, PC. The proposed restricted areas
in Panama City waters meet strict military training parameters that
cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Military training in and around St.
Andrews Bay has existed in harmony with local boat traffic and
development since 1945. NSA, PC requests to formalize these ongoing
activities within the waters of St. Andrews Bay in efforts to maximize
public safety and to preserve current military training vital to the
Global War on Terror and to all service military readiness.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number COE-
2007-0017, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: david.b.olson@usace.army.mil. Include the docket number
COE-2007-0017 in the subject line of the message.
Mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW-CO (David B. Olson),
441 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20314-1000.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Due to security requirements, we cannot
receive comments by hand delivery or courier.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket number COE-2007-0017.
All comments received will be included in the public docket without
change and may be made available on-line at http://regulations.gov,
including any personal information provided, unless the commenter
indicates that the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI, or otherwise protected, through regulations.gov or
e-mail. The regulations.gov web site is an anonymous access system,
which means we will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail directly to the Corps without going through regulations.gov, your
e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as
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part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made
available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, we
recommend that you include your name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If we
cannot read your comment because of technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, we may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic comments should avoid the use of any special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov. All documents in
the docket are listed. Although listed in the index, some information
is not publicly available, such as CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form.
Consideration will be given to all comments received within 30 days
of the date of publication of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Olson, Headquarters,
Operations and Regulatory Community of Practice, Washington, DC at 202-
761-4922 or Ms. Teresa Zar, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville
District, Panama City Regulatory Field Office at 850-763-0717 ext 26.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to its authorities in Section 7 of
the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1917 (40 Stat. 266; 33 U.S.C. 1) and
Chapter XIX of the Army Appropriations Act of 1919 (40 Stat. 892; 33
U.S.C. 3) the Corps is proposing to amend the regulations in 33 CFR
part 334 by establishing ten separate restricted areas.
Procedural Requirements
a. Review Under Executive Order 12866. The proposed rules are
issued with respect to a military function of the Defense Department
and the provisions of Executive Order 12866 do not apply.
b. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The proposed rules
have been reviewed under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96-
354) which requires the preparation of a regulatory flexibility
analysis for any regulation that will have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities (i.e., small
businesses and small governments). Unless information is obtained to
the contrary during the public notice comment period, the Corps expects
that the economic impact of the proposed restricted areas would have
practically no impact on the public, any anticipated navigational
hazard or interference with existing waterway traffic. These proposed
rules, if adopted, will have no significant economic impact on small
entities.
c. Review Under the National Environmental Policy Act. The Corps
expects that these proposed regulations will not have a significant
impact to the quality of the human environment and, therefore,
preparation of an environmental impact statement will not be required.
An environmental assessment will be prepared after the public notice
period is closed and all comments have been received and considered.
After it is prepared, it may be reviewed at the District office listed
at the end of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above.
d. Unfunded Mandates Act. These proposed rules do not impose an
enforceable duty among the private sector and, therefore, are not a
Federal private sector mandate and are not subject to the requirements
of Section 202 or 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (Pub. L. 104-
4, 109 Stat. 48, 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). We have also found under
Section 203 of the Act, that small governments will not be
significantly or uniquely affected by these rules.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR, Part 334
Danger zones, Navigation (water), Restricted areas, Waterways.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Corps proposes to
amend 33 CFR part 334 as follows:
PART 334--DANGER ZONE AND RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for 33 CFR part 334 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 40 Stat. 266 (33 U.S.C. 1) and 40 Stat. 892 (33
U.S.C. 3).
2. Add Sec. 334.761 to read as follows:
Sec. 334.761 Naval Support Activity Panama City; St. Andrews Bay;
restricted areas.
(a) The areas--(1) Area AP-1. Bounded by a line drawn in the
direction of : latitude 30[deg]10'00'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'37'' W;
latitude 30[deg]10'00'' N, longitude 085[deg]43'17'' W; latitude
30[deg]09'51'' N, longitude 085[deg]43'17'' W; latitude 30[deg]09'50''
(2) Area BA-1. Bounded by a line drawn in the direction of:
latitude 30[deg]11'14'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'59'' W; latitude
30[deg]11'13'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'32'' W; latitude 30[deg]10'31''
N, longitude 085[deg]44'32'' W; latitude 30[deg]10'32'' N, longitude
(3) Area BA-2. Bounded by a line drawn in the direction of:
latitude 30[deg]11'13'' N, longitude 085[deg]44' 32'' W; latitude
30[deg]11'7'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'0'' W; latitude 30[deg]10'32'' N,
longitude 085[deg]44'0'' W; latitude 30[deg]10'31'' N, longitude
(4) Area BA-3. Bounded by a line drawn in the direction of:
latitude 30[deg]10'32'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'59'' W; latitude
30[deg]10'32'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'9'' W; latitude 30[deg]10'00''
N, longitude 085[deg]44'9'' W; latitude 30[deg]10' 00'' N, longitude
(5) Area BA-4. Bounded by a line drawn in the direction of:
latitude 30[deg]10'32'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'9'' W; latitude
30[deg]10'32'' N, longitude 085[deg]42'35 W; latitude 30[deg]10'0'' N,
longitude 085[deg]42'35'' W; latitude 30[deg]10'00'' N, longitude
(6) Area BA-5. Bounded by a line drawn in the direction of:
latitude 30[deg]08'41'' N, longitude 085[deg]41'25'' W; latitude
30[deg]08'8'' N, longitude 085[deg]40'48'' W; latitude 30[deg]07'0'' N,
longitude 085[deg]42'29'' W; latitude 30[deg]07'31'' N, longitude
(b) The restrictions. (1) For the purposes of this section,
``military security zones'' are areas established by safety vessels
that accompany each training exercise and ward off private boat traffic
by offering them navigational advice to remain clear of the exercise.
(2) Area AP-1. In the area described in paragraph (a)(1) of this
section, non-residents (i.e., boat owners who do not own property south
of the area
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described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section) and their vessels may
not enter or remain within the restricted area from 0700 hrs to 0400
hrs. Residents and their vessels may not enter or remain within
military security zones established in the restricted area during
training events. All other civilian water-borne activities (fishing,
trolling, waterskiing, jet-skiing, etc.) are prohibited in the
restricted area during training activities.
(3) Areas BA-1 through BA-5. In the areas described in paragraphs
(a)(2) through (a)(6) of this section, no person or vessel may enter or
remain within military security zones established in the restricted
areas during training events. All other civilian water-borne activities
(fishing, trolling, waterskiing, jet-skiing, etc.) are prohibited in
the restricted areas during training activities.
(c) Enforcement. The regulations in this section shall be enforced
by the Officer in Charge, Naval Support Activity Panama City, Panama
City Beach Florida, and such agencies as he/she may designate.
3. Add Sec. 334.762 to read as follows:
Sec. 334.762 Naval Support Activity Panama City; North Bay and West
Bay; restricted areas.
(a) The areas--(1) Area NB-1. Bounded by a line drawn in the
direction of: latitude 30[deg]12'16'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'14'' W;
latitude 30[deg]12'16'' N, longitude 085[deg]43'1'' W; latitude
30[deg]11'16'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'14'' W; latitude 30[deg]11'17''
(2) Area NB-2. Bounded by a line drawn in the direction of:
latitude 30[deg]14'0'' N, longitude 085[deg]44'14'' W; latitude
30[deg]14'0'' N, longitude 085[deg]41'51'' W; latitude 30[deg]12'16''
N, longitude 085[deg]43'1'' W; latitude 30[deg]12' 16'' N, longitude
(3) Area NB-3. Bounded by a line drawn in the direction of:
latitude 30[deg]16'10'' N, longitude 085[deg]46'52'' W; latitude
30[deg]17' '' N, longitude 085[deg]45'34'' W; latitude 30[deg]14'56''
N, longitude 085[deg]43'45'' W; latitude 30[deg]14' 1'' N, longitude
(b) The restrictions. (1) In the areas described in paragraphs
(a)(1) through (a)(3) of this section, no person or vessel may enter or
remain within military security zones established in the restricted
area during training events. For the purposes of this section,
``military security zones'' are areas established by safety vessels
that accompany each training exercise and ward off private boat traffic
by offering them navigational advice to remain clear of the exercise.
All other civilian water-borne activities (fishing, trolling,
waterskiing, jet-skiing, etc.) are prohibited in the restricted areas
during training activities.
(c) Enforcement. The regulations in this section shall be enforced
by the Officer in Charge, Naval Support Activity Panama City, Panama
City Beach Florida, and such agencies as he/she may designate.
4. Add Sec. 334.763 to read as follows:
Sec. 334.763 Naval Support Activity Panama City; Gulf of Mexico;
restricted area.
(a) The area. Bounded by a line drawn in the direction of: latitude
30[deg]10'29'' N, longitude 085[deg]48'20'' W; latitude 30[deg]07'58''
N, longitude 085[deg]44'44'' W; latitude 30[deg]05'24'' N, longitude
085[deg]47'29'' W; latitude 30[deg]07'55'' N, longitude 085[deg]51'5''
(b) The restrictions. In the area described in paragraph (a)(2) of
this section, no person or vessel may enter or remain within military
security zones established in the restricted area during training
events. For the purposes of this section, ``military security zones''
are areas established by safety vessels that accompany each training
exercise and ward off private boat traffic by offering them
navigational advice to remain clear of the exercise. All other civilian
water-borne activities (fishing, trolling, waterskiing, jet-skiing,
etc.) are prohibited in the restricted areas during training
activities.
(c) Enforcement. The regulations in this section shall be enforced
by the Officer in Charge, Naval Support Activity Panama City, Panama
City Beach Florida, and such agencies as he/she may designate.
Dated: July 13, 2007.
Lawrence A. Lang,
Acting Chief, Operations, Directorate of Civil Works.
[FR Doc. E7-13933 Filed 7-17-07; 8:45 am]
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