[Federal Register: August 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 149)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[CGD07-04-092]
Reorganization of Group Miami and MSO Miami; Implementation of
Sector Miami
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of organizational change.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the consolidation of Group Miami and
Marine Safety Office Miami into one command, Sector Miami. The Sector
Miami Commanding Officer has the authority, responsibility and missions
of the prior Group Commander and COTP Miami. The Coast Guard has
established a continuity of operations whereby all previous practices
and procedures will remain in effect until superseded by an authorized
Coast Guard official and/or document.
DATES: This notice is effective August 4, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in
the docket are part of docket CGD07-04-092 and are available for
inspection or copying at District 7 Resources, 9th Floor, 909 SE 1st
Avenue, Miami, FL 33131 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal Holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Carlos A. Cuesta, District
7 Resources Program at 305-415-6706.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Discussion of Notice
Sector Miami is located at Causeway Island, Miami Beach, FL and
contains a single Command Center. Sector Miami is composed of a
Response Command, Prevention Command, and Logistics Command. All
existing missions and functions performed by Group and MSO Miami have
been realigned under this new organizational structure as of July 12,
2004 and Group Miami and MSO Miami no longer exist as organizational
entities.
Sector Miami is responsible for all Coast Guard missions in the
following zone: ``the boundary of the Miami Marine Inspection Zone and
Captain of the Port zone starts at the eastern Florida coast at 28[deg]
00[min] N. Latitude; thence proceeds west to 28[deg] 00[min] N.
Latitude, 81[deg] 30[min] W. Longitude; thence south to the Collier
County north boundary; thence following the Collier County boundary to
the intersection with Broward County, thence south along the Collier
County east boundary, continuing south along the Dade County boundary
encompassing all of Dade county. The offshore area of the Miami Captain
of the Port zone includes that portion of the western North Atlantic
ocean area bounded on the north by 28[deg] 00[min] N. Latitude from the
coast to the outermost extent of the exclusive economic zone and
bounded on the east by the outermost extent of the exclusive economic
zone; and on the south a line bearing 111[deg] T from the shoreline at
25[deg] 25[min] N. Latitude, 80[deg] 20[min] W. Longitude.'' The
following chart depicts this area.
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Sector Miami may also be designated by the Seventh District
Commander as mission coordinator for search and rescue and law
enforcement operations beyond the exclusive economic zone.
The Sector Miami Commander is vested with all the rights,
responsibilities, duties, and authority of a Group Commander and
Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Office, as provided for in Coast
Guard regulations, and is the successor in command to the Commanding
Officer, Marine Safety Office Miami and the Commander, Group Miami. The
Sector Miami Commander is designated: (a) Captain of the Port (COTP)
for the Miami COTP zone; (b) Federal Maritime Security Coordinator
(FMSC); (c) Federal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC) for the Miami COTP
zone, consistent with the National Contingency Plan; (d) Officer In
Charge of Marine Inspection (OCMI) for the Miami Marine Inspection Zone
and, (e) Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator (SMC). The Deputy Sector
Commander is designated alternate COTP, FMSC, FOSC, OCMI and SMC. A
continuity of operations order has been issued providing that all
previous Group Miami and MSO Miami practices and procedures will remain
in effect until superseded by Commander, Sector Miami. This continuity
of operations order addresses existing COTP regulations, orders,
directives and policies. Also, Sector Miami provides contingency
response and marine inspection support for newly implemented Sector Key
West.
The following information is a list of updated command titles,
addresses and points of contact to facilitate requests from the public
and assist with entry into security or safety zones:
Name: Sector Miami.
Address: Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami, 100 MacArthur
Causeway, Miami Beach, FL 33139-5101.
Contact: General Number, (305) 535-8709, Sector Commander: CAPT J.
Maes, (305) 535-4301, Deputy Sector Commander: CAPT L. Slein, (305)
535-4302.
Commander Prevention Command: (305) 535-8708, Commander Response
Command: (305) 535-4302, Commander Logistics Command: (305) 535-8767.
Dated: July 26, 2004.
D. B. Peterman,
Rear Admiral, U. S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 04-17686 Filed 8-3-04; 8:45 am]
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