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Service Description: 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. On April 5, 2017, the Coast Guard announced the completion of the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study (ACPARS). Recognizing the ACPARS only analyzed coastal, longshore, and predominantly north/south vessel transit routes along the Atlantic Coast, the Coast Guard announced new studies focused on port approaches and international entry and departure areas along the Atlantic Coast supplemental to the ACPARS, on March 15, 2019. While these Supplemental PARS were ongoing, the Coast Guard published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on June 19, 2020, subsequent to the ACPARS. This consolidated system of shipping safety fairways and routing measures was developed from the recommendations of the supplemental PARS and is the approved proposal that is included in this subsequent notice of proposed rulemaking. Please post comments on the proposals described by these data to FR Docket Number USCG-2019-0279. Comments can be submitted at:
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/USCG-2019-0279-0032
Agency/Docket Number: Docket No. Docket No. USCG-2019-0279
Federal Register:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/25/2024-06225/shipping-safety-fairways-along-the-atlantic-coast-public-meeting
Comments Close Date: 05/17/2024
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Title: Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast - Docket No. USCG-2019-0279
Author: U.S. Coast Guard
Comments: 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 Uimprove navigation safety. On April 5, 2017, the Coast Guard announced the completion of the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study (ACPARS). Recognizing the ACPARS only analyzed coastal, longshore, and predominantly north/south vessel transit routes along the Atlantic Coast, the Coast Guard announced new studies focused on port approaches and international entry and departure areas along the Atlantic Coast supplemental to the ACPARS, on March 15, 2019. While these Supplemental PARS were ongoing, the Coast Guard published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on June 19, 2020, subsequent to the ACPARS. This consolidated system of shipping safety fairways and routing measures was developed from the recommendations of the supplemental PARS and is the approved proposal that is included in this subsequent notice of proposed rulemaking. Please post comments on the proposals described by these data to FR Docket Number USCG-2019-0279. Comments can be submitted at: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/USCG-2019-0279-0032
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https://encdirect.noaa.gov/
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Subject: The Coast Guard is proposing to establish shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic Coast of the United States.
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