[Federal Register: January 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 17)]
[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
[CGD05-04-225]
Implementation of Sector Baltimore
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of organizational change.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the stand-up of Sector Baltimore.
The Sector Baltimore Commanding Officer has the authority,
responsibility and missions of the prior Activities Commander, Captain
of the Port (COTP), Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI),
Federal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC), Federal Maritime Security
Coordinator (FMSC), and Search and Rescue Mission Controller (SMC)
Baltimore. 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until superseded by an authorized Coast Guard official and/or document.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 January 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in
the docket are part of docket CGD05-04-225 and are available for
inspection or copying at Fifth District Marine Safety, 431 Crawford
Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Brian Hall, Fifth District
Marine Safety Division at (757) 398-6691.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Discussion of Notice
Sector Baltimore is located at 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Bldg. 70,
Baltimore, MD 21226-1791 and contains a single Command Center. Sector
Baltimore is composed of a Response Department, Prevention Department,
and Logistics Department. All existing missions and functions performed
by Activities Baltimore have been realigned under this new
organizational structure as of January 1, 2005. Activities Baltimore no
longer exists as an organizational entity. Sector Baltimore is
responsible for all Coast Guard missions in the following zone: ``the
boundary of Sector Baltimore Marine Inspection zone and Captain of the
Port zone starts at a point at 75[deg] 30.0[min] W. longitude on the
Delaware-Maryland boundary and proceeds along the Delaware-Maryland
boundary West and North to the Pennsylvania boundary; thence West along
the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary to the West Virginia boundary;
thence Southerly and Easterly along the Maryland-West Virginia boundary
to the intersection of the Maryland-Virginia-West Virginia boundaries;
thence Southwestward along the Loudoun County, Virginia boundary to the
intersection with Fauquier County, Virginia; thence Easterly along the
Loudoun County, Virginia boundary to the intersection with the Prince
William County, Virginia boundary; thence Southerly along the Prince
William County boundary to the intersection with Stafford County,
Virginia; thence Easterly along the Prince William County, Virginia
Boundary to the
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Maryland-Virginia boundary as those boundaries are formed along the
Southern bank of the Potomac River; thence Easterly along the Maryland-
Virginia boundary as it proceeds across the Chesapeake Bay, Tangier and
Pocomoke Sounds, Pocomoke River, and Delmarva Peninsula to a Point West
of the Atlantic Coast on the Maryland-Virginia boundary at a point
75[deg] 30.0[min] W. longitude on the Maryland-Virginia boundary;
thence Northerly to a point 75[deg] 30.0[min] W. longitude on the
Delaware-Maryland boundary.'' A chart that depicts this area can be
found on the Fifth District Web page at http://www.uscg.mil/d5/D5_Units/Sectors.htm
.
The Sector Baltimore Commander is vested with all the rights,
responsibilities, duties, and authority of a Group/Activities Commander
and Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Office, as provided for in Coast
Guard regulations, and is the successor in command to the Commanding
Officer, Activities Baltimore. The Sector Baltimore Commander is
designated: (a) Captain of the Port (COTP) for the Baltimore COTP zone;
(b) Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC); (c) Federal On Scene
Coordinator (FOSC) for the Baltimore COTP zone, consistent with the
National Contingency Plan; (d) Officer In Charge of Marine Inspection
(OCMI) for the Baltimore Marine Inspection Zone and, (e) Search and
Rescue Mission Coordinator (SMC). The Deputy Sector Commander is
designated alternate COTP, FMSC, FOSC, SMC and Acting OCMI. A
continuity of operations order has been issued ensuring that all
previous Activities Baltimore practices and procedures will remain in
effect until superseded by Commander, Sector Baltimore. 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 Baltimore.
Address: Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, 2401 Hawkins
Point Road, Bldg. 70, Baltimore, MD 21226-1791.
Contact: General Number, (410) 576-2561, Sector Commander: CAPT C.
Springer; Deputy Sector Commander: CDR J. Burton.
Chief, Prevention Department: (410) 576-2586, Chief, Response
Department: (410) 576-2525, Chief, Logistics Department: (410) 576-
2546.
Dated: January 18, 2005.
Sally Brice-O'Hara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 05-1508 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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