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 "snippet": "This layer displays the proposal for vessel routing measures contained in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM); Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast in  89 FR 3587 (Docket No. USCG-2019-0279).",
 "description": "The Coast Guard is proposing to establish shipping safety fairways (\u201cfairways\u201d) along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, identified in the \nAtlantic Coast Port Access Route Study. Fairways would preserve the safe and reliable transit of vessels along well-established traffic patterns and \nroutes. While vessels are not required to use them, fairways are designed to keep traditional navigation routes free from fixed structures that could \nimpact navigation safety and impede other shared offshore activities. The Coast Guard recognizes that there is increasing interest in offshore commercial \ndevelopment, including offshore renewable energy installations, and believes this development is best served by the establishment of consistent and \nwell-defined fairways. The proposed fairways would help ensure that offshore developments remain viable by allowing developers to construct and maintain \ninstallations without risk of impeding vessel traffic. The Coast Guard is also proposing to establish traffic separation schemes and precautionary areas \nalong the Atlantic coast to further improve navigation safety. On April 5, 2017, the Coast Guard announced the completion of the Atlantic Coast Port \nAccess Route Study (ACPARS).  Recognizing the ACPARS only analyzed coastal, longshore, and predominantly north/south vessel transit routes along the \nAtlantic Coast, the Coast Guard announced new studies focused on port approaches and international entry and departure areas along the Atlantic Coast \nsupplemental to the ACPARS, on March 15, 2019.  While these Supplemental PARS were ongoing, the Coast Guard published an Advance Notice of Proposed \nRulemaking (ANPRM) on June 19, 2020, subsequent to the ACPARS. This consolidated system of shipping safety fairways and routing measures was developed \nfrom 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: <a href=\"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/USCG-2019-0279-0032\">https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/USCG-2019-0279-0032<\/a>\n\n<br><\/br>\n\nAgency/Docket Number: Docket No. Docket No. USCG-2019-0279\n\n<br><\/br>\n\nFederal Register: <a href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/25/2024-06225/shipping-safety-fairways-along-the-atlantic-coast-public-meeting\">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/25/2024-06225/shipping-safety-fairways-along-the-atlantic-coast-public-meeting<\/a>\n\n<br><\/br>\n\nComments Close Date: 05/17/2024",
 "summary": "This layer displays the proposal for vessel routing measures contained in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM); Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast in  89 FR 3587 (Docket No. USCG-2019-0279).",
 "title": "Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast - Docket No. USCG-2019-0279",
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 "accessInformation": "United States Coast Guard, Office of Navigation Systems (CG-NAV), Navigation Center (CG NAVCEN); web service published by the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal",
 "licenseInfo": "Approved for public release by the United States Coast Guard, Office of Navigation Systems.  Do not re-distribute without permission from USCG Office of Navigation Systems."
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