[Federal Register: August 30, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 167)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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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
33 CFR Part 150
[USCG-1998-3884]
RIN 1625-AA20 (formerly RIN 2115-AF63)
Deepwater Ports
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects the temporary interim rule with request
for comments (FR Doc. 03-32204) published in the Federal Register of
January 6, 2004 (69 FR 724). The temporary interim rule contained
provisions relating to deepwater ports that may remain in effect until
October 2006.
DATES: Effective on August 30, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
correction, call Lieutenant Commander Kevin Tone, Vessel and Facility
Operating Standards Division (G-MSO-2), Coast Guard, telephone 202-267-
0226.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The temporary interim rule that is the subject of this correction
updated Coast Guard regulations governing the license process, the
design, construction, and equipment, and the operation of deepwater
ports, which are used for the transportation, storage, and further
handling of oil or natural gas. The temporary interim rule
inadvertently omitted provisions describing the location of the safety
zone for the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), as well as areas to be
avoided and the anchorage area within the safety zone. Those provisions
were first promulgated in 1980 and last updated in 1994; prior to the
temporary interim rule they appeared in Annex A to Appendix A, part 150
of the Code of Federal Regulations. The Coast Guard intended no
substantive change in the LOOP safety zone requirements, but for
stylistic consistency and to clarify their regulatory nature we did
intend to set them out in a regulatory section rather than in an annex.
Need for Correction
As published, the temporary interim rule omits text. This omission
may prove to be misleading and needs to be corrected.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 150
Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (water), Occupational safety and
health, Oil pollution, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
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Accordingly, 33 CFR part 150 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
PART 150--DEEPWATER PORTS: OPERATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 150 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231, 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6),
(m)(2); 33 U.S.C. 1509(a); E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34,
68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No.
0170.1(70), (73), (75), (80).
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2. Add Sec. 150.940 to read as follows:
Sec. 150.940 Safety zones for specific deepwater ports.
(a) Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP):
(1) The location of the safety zone for LOOP is as described in
Table 150.940(A):
Table 150.940(A).--Safety Zone for Loop, Gulf of Mexico
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Latitude N Longitude W
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(i) Starting at:
28[deg]55'23''..................... 90[deg]00'37''
(ii) A rhumb line to:
28[deg]53'50''..................... 90[deg]04'07''
(iii) Then an arc with a 4,465 meter
(4,883 yard) radius centered at the
port's pumping platform complex:
28[deg]53'06''..................... 90[deg]01'30''
(iv) To a point:
28[deg]51'07''..................... 90[deg]03'06''
(v) Then a rhumb line to:
28[deg]50'09''..................... 90[deg]02'24''
(vi) Then a rhumb line to:
28[deg]49'05''..................... 89[deg]55'54''
(vii) Then a rhumb line to:
28[deg]48'36''..................... 89[deg]55'00''
(viii) Then a rhumb line to:
28[deg]52'04''..................... 89[deg]52'42''
(ix) Then a rhumb line to:
28[deg]53'10''..................... 89[deg]53'42''
(x) Then a rhumb line to:
28[deg]54'52''..................... 89[deg]57'00''
(xi) Then a rhumb line to:
28[deg]54'52''..................... 89[deg]59'36''
(xii) Then an arc with a 4,465 meter
(4,883 yard) radius centered again at
the port's pumping platform complex;
(xiii) To the point of starting:
28[deg]55'23''..................... 90[deg]00'37''
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(2) The areas to be avoided within the safety zone are:
(i) The area encompassed within a circle having a 600 meter radius
around the port's pumping platform complex and centered at:
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Latitude N Longitude W
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28[deg]53'06''......................... 90[deg]-1'30''
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(ii) The six areas encompassed within a circle having a 500 meter
radius around each single point mooring (SPM) at the port and centered
at:
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Latitude N Longitude W
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28[deg]54'12''......................... 90[deg]00'37''
28[deg]53'16''......................... 89[deg]59'59''
28[deg]52'15''......................... 90[deg]00'19''
28[deg]51'45''......................... 90[deg]01'25''
28[deg]52'08''......................... 90[deg]02'33''
28[deg]53'07''......................... 90[deg]03'02''
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(3) The anchorage area within the safety zone is an area enclosed
by the rhumb lines joining points at:
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Latitude N Longitude W
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28[deg]52'21''......................... 89[deg]57'47''
28[deg]54'05''......................... 89[deg]56'38''
28[deg]52'04''......................... 89[deg]52'42''
28[deg]50'20''......................... 89[deg]53'51''
28[deg]52'21''......................... 89[deg]57'47''
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Dated: August 20, 2004.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental
Protection, Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 04-19731 Filed 8-27-04; 8:45 am]
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