[Federal Register: July 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 142)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[CGD08-05-026]
Implementation of Sector Ohio Valley
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of organizational change.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the stand-up of Sector Ohio Valley.
Sector Ohio Valley is an internal reorganization to combine Group Ohio
Valley, Marine Safety Office Paducah, Marine Safety Office Louisville,
Marine Safety Office Huntington, and Marine Safety Office Pittsburgh
into one command. 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effect until superseded by an authorized Coast Guard official and/or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 June 2, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in
the docket are part of docket CGD08-05-026 and are available for
inspection or copying at Commander (rpl), Eighth Coast Guard District,
500 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-3310 between 7:30 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Michael Roschel, Eighth
District Planning Office at 504-589-6293.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Discussion of Notice
Sector Ohio Valley is located at 600 Martin Luther King Junior
Place Blvd., Room 409-D, Louisville, KY 40202-2251 and contains a
single Command Center. Sector Ohio Valley is composed of a Response
Department, Prevention Department, and Logistics Department. All
existing missions and functions performed by Group Ohio Valley, Marine
Safety Office Paducah, Marine Safety Office Louisville, Marine Safety
Office Huntington, and Marine Safety Office Pittsburgh will be
performed by Sector Ohio Valley. Effective June 2, 2005, Group Ohio
Valley, Marine Safety Office Paducah, Marine Safety Office Louisville,
Marine Safety Office Huntington, and Marine Safety Office Pittsburgh no
longer exist as organizational entities. However, Marine Safety Office
Paducah, Marine Safety Office Huntington, and Marine Safety Office
Pittsburgh are renamed Marine Safety Units and report directly to the
Sector Ohio Valley Commander. Sector Ohio Valley consists of four sub-
zones and Sector Ohio Valley is responsible for all Coast Guard
missions in these zones. The sub-zones are: Ohio Valley Sub-Zone, MSU
Paducah Sub-Zone, MSU Huntington Sub-Zone, and MSU Pittsburgh Sub-Zone.
Ohio Valley Sub-Zone is comprised of: that part of Indiana south of
41[deg] N. latitude; that part of Ohio south of 41[deg] N. latitude and
west of Ashland, Knox, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway, Ross, Pike, and
Scioto Counties; that part of Illinois north of Pope and Hardin
Counties, east of Williamson, Franklin, Jefferson, Marion, Fayette,
Effingham, Shelby, Moultrie, Piatt, McLean, and Livingston Counties,
and south of 41[deg] N. latitude; and in Kentucky: Todd, Logan,
Simpson, Allen, Warren, Barren, Metcalfe, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson,
Hart, Green, Taylor, Adair, Casey, Lincoln, Webster, Hopkins, McLean,
Ohio, Grayson, Henderson, Daviess, Hancock, Breckinridge, Meade,
Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Washington, Marion, Anderson, Mercer, Boyle,
Woodford, Jessamine, Garrard, Fayette, Clark, Madison, Estill, Powell,
Lee, Bullitt, Spencer, Jefferson, Shelby, Franklin, Scott, Oldham,
Henry, Owen, Trimble, Carroll, Montgomery, Bath, Rowan, Bourbon,
Nicholas, Fleming, Harrison, Robertson, Mason, Grant, Pendleton,
Bracken, Gallatin, Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Monroe,
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Cumberland, Russell, Clinton, Wayne, Pulaski, McCreary, Rock Castle,
Whitley, Jackson, Laurel, Knox, Clay, Bell, Leslie and Harlan Counties,
that part of Lewis County south and west of a line drawn from the point
of intersection of Scioto and Adams Counties (in Ohio) and the Ohio
River to the point of intersection of Carter, Greenup, and Lewis
Counties (in Kentucky), and that part of Union County north of a line
drawn from the point of intersection of Gallatin and Hardin Counties
(in Illinois) and the Ohio River to the point of intersection of Union,
Webster, and Henderson Counties (in Kentucky).
MSU Paducah Sub-Zone is comprised of: In Missouri: Stoddard,
Mississippi and Scott Counties, and those parts of Cape Girardeau and
Bollinger Counties south of a line drawn eastward from the southeast
corner of Madison County to the point of intersection of the upper
Mississippi River (Mile 55.3) and Union and Alexander Counties, and
those parts of Dunklin and New Madrid Counties north of a line drawn
eastward from the southeast corner of Butler County to the westernmost
point of intersection of the Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee border at
the lower Mississippi River (Mile 882.7), and all that part of New
Madrid County, and all waters of the Mississippi River which border any
part of New Madrid County, lying east of 89[deg]30' W. longitude
(including the area known as Winchester Towhead). In Illinois: Johnson,
Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski, and Massac Counties. In Kentucky:
Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken, Graves, Calloway,
Marshall, Livingston, Lyon, Trigg, Crittenden, Caldwell, and Christian
Counties, and that part of Union County south of a line drawn from the
point of intersection of Gallatin and Hardin Counties (in Illinois) and
the Ohio River to the point of intersection of Union, Webster and
Henderson Counties; all of Tennessee except for Dyer, Crockett,
Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, Shelby, Fayette, Hardeman and Lake
Counties; that part of Alabama north of 34[deg]N. latitude, and in
Mississippi: Alcorn, Prentiss, and Tishomingo Counties except for that
portion of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway south of the Bay Springs
Lock and Dam.
MSU Huntington Sub-Zone is comprised of: All of West Virginia
except for Preston, Monongalia, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, and
Hancock Counties; in Ohio: Wayne, Holmes, Knox, Cushocton, Licking,
Muskingum, Guernsey, Noble, Fairfield, Perry, Morgan, Pickaway, Ross,
Hocking, Vinton, Athens, Washington, Pike, Jackson, Gallia, Meigs,
Scioto, and Lawrence Counties, those parts of Ashland and Medina
Counties south of 41[deg]N. latitude, and that part of Monroe County
south and west of a line drawn from the point of intersection of
Marshall and Wetzel Counties and the Ohio River to the point of
intersection of Belmont, Noble, and Monroe Counties; and in Kentucky:
Letcher, Perry, Owsley, Breathitt, Knott, Pike, Floyd, Magoffin, Wolfe,
Menifee, Morgan, Johnson, Martin, Lawrence, Elliott, Boyd, Carter, and
Greenup Counties, and that part of Lewis County north and east of a
line drawn from the point of intersection of Scioto and Adams Counties
and the Ohio River to the point of intersection of Carter, Greenup, and
Lewis Counties.
MSU Pittsburgh Sub-Zone is comprised of: that part of Pennsylvania
south of 41[deg]N. latitude and west of 79[deg]W. longitude; in West
Virginia: Preston, Monongalia, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, and
Hancock Counties; and in Ohio: Stark, Columbiana, Tuscarawas, Carroll,
Harrison, Jefferson, and Belmont Counties, those parts of Summit,
Portage, and Mahoning Counties south of 41[deg]N. latitude, and that
part of Monroe County north and east of a line drawn from the point of
intersection of Marshall and Wetzel Counties and the Ohio River to the
point of intersection of Belmont, Nobile, and Monroe Counties.
Sector Ohio Valley's sub-zones will be modified in the future upon
the stand-up of adjoining sectors. Notice will be published in the
Federal Register.
The Sector Ohio Valley 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, with the exception of specific authorities that shall be
retained by MSU Pittsburgh. Sector Ohio Valley Commander is the
successor in command to the Commanding Officers of Group Ohio Valley,
Marine Safety Office Paducah, Marine Safety Office Louisville, Marine
Safety Office Huntington, and Marine Safety Office Pittsburgh. The
Sector Ohio Valley Commander is designated for the entire Sector as:
(a) Federal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC), consistent with the National
Contingency Plan; and (b) Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator (SMC).
Also, the Sector Ohio Valley Commander is designated for the entire
Sector except for the MSU Pittsburgh Sub-Zone as: (a) Captain of the
Port (COTP); (b) Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC); and (d)
Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection (OCMI). The Deputy Sector
Commander is designated alternate COTP, FMSC, FOSC, SMC and Acting
OCMI.
The Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh is designated
for the entire MSU Pittsburgh Sub-Zone as: (a) Captain of the Port
(COTP); (b) Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC); (c) Federal
On Scene Coordinator (FOSC) consistent with the National Contingency
Plan; and (d) Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection (OCMI). The
Executive Officer, Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh is designated
alternate COTP, FMSC, FOSC, and Acting OCMI.
A continuity of operations order has been issued ensuring that all
previous Group Ohio Valley, Marine Safety Office Paducah, Marine Safety
Office Louisville, Marine Safety Office Huntington, and Marine Safety
Office Pittsburgh practices and procedures will remain in effect until
superseded by Commander, Sector Ohio Valley or in MSU Pittsburgh Sub-
Zone until superseded by Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Unit
Pittsburgh. This continuity of operations order addresses existing COTP
regulations, orders, directives and policies.
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 Ohio Valley.
Address: Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley, 600 Martin
Luther King Junior Place Blvd., Room 409-D, Louisville, KY 40202-2251.
Contact: General Number, (502) 582-5194, Sector Commander:
Commander John Bingaman; Deputy Sector Commander: Lieutenant Commander
Gregory Howard.
Chief, Prevention Department: (502) 582-5194, Chief, Response
Department: (502) 582-5194, Chief, Logistics Department: (502) 582-
5194.
MSU Huntington General Number, (304) 529-5524.
MSU Paducah General Number, (270) 442-1621.
MSU Pittsburgh General Number, (412) 644-5808.
Dated: May 26, 2005.
R. F. Duncan,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 05-14633 Filed 7-25-05; 8:45 am]
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