[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44036-44037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12531]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[CGD17-06-001]
Implementation of Sector Anchorage
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of organizational change.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the stand-up of Sector Anchorage.
The creation of Sector Anchorage is an internal reorganization that
combines Marine Safety Office Anchorage with all prior subordinate
units in addition to USCGC LONG ISLAND, USCGC MUSTANG, USCGC ROANOKE
ISLAND, and Station Valdez into a single command. In addition, a Sector
Field Office has been created to provide remote logistics support at
Valdez, Alaska named Sector Field Office Valdez, which will be
subordinate to Sector Anchorage. 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will remain in effect until superseded by an authorized Coast Guard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 or document.
DATES: This notice is effective August 3, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in
the docket are part of docket CGD17 and are available for inspection or
copying at Commander (dr), Seventeenth Coast Guard District, 709 West
9th Street, Room 771, Juneau, Alaska, 99802 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Carl Hinshaw, Assistant Branch
Chief for Enforcement, Seventeenth District Response Division at 907-
463-2284.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Discussion of Notice
Sector Anchorage is located at 510 L Street, Suite 100, Anchorage,
Alaska 99501-1946. A Sector Field Office (SFO) will be created to
provide remote logistics support at Valdez, AK named SFO Valdez. MSO
Anchorage OPFAC 17-33280 will be cancelled. A Command Center supporting
Sector Anchorage will be located at Anchorage, AK.
Sector Anchorage will be composed of a Response Department,
Prevention Department and a Logistics Department. The Sector Command
Center, Intelligence staff and Contingency Planning and Force Readiness
staff will report directly to the Sector Commander and serve the
Response, Prevention, and Logistics components. The Western Alaska
Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of the Port Office are located in
Anchorage, Alaska. MSO Valdez will be renamed Marine Safety Unit (MSU)
Valdez and retain the authorities of Captain of the Port (COTP),
Officer in Charge Marine Inspection (OCMI), Federal on Scene
Coordinator (FOSC), and Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC).
MSU Valdez will report directly to the Sector Commander. Vessel Traffic
Service (VTS) Prince William Sound, a subunit of MSU Valdez, will be
renamed VTS Valdez. SFO Valdez will report directly to the Sector
Logistics Department. All existing missions and functions performed by
MSO Anchorage will be realigned under this new organizational
structure. The new Sector's area of responsibility for search and
rescue (SAR) will be maintained in accordance with the District SAR
plan.
We projected that by 2007, all existing administrative and
operational missions and functions performed by Marine Safety Office
Anchorage and prior subordinate units will be performed by Sector
Anchorage. Administrative missions and functions performed by USCGC
LONG ISLAND, USCGC MUSTANG, USCGC ROANOKE ISLAND, and Station Valdez
will be performed by Sector Anchorage. All operational missions and
functions performed by USCGC LONG ISLAND, USCGC MUSTANG, USCGC ROANOKE
ISLAND, and Station Valdez will be assumed by Sector Anchorage upon
stand up of a single Command Center at Sector Anchorage.
Sector Anchorage is responsible for all Coast Guard missions in the
following zone: The Western Alaska Marine Inspection Zone and COTP Zone
comprise that portion of the State of Alaska and the adjacent waters to
the outermost extent of the EEZ, except for
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those sections of Alaska described in 33 CFR 3.85-10(b) and 3.85-20(b).
In the Prince William Sound Marine Inspection Zone and COTP zone
(sub-zone), Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Valdez is responsible for the
Coast Guard missions of Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection (OCMI),
Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC), Federal On Scene
Coordinator (FOSC), and COTP duties in the Prince William Sound Marine
Inspection `sub-zone' and COTP `sub-zone' described as follows: The
Prince William Sound Marine Inspection sub-zone and Captain of the Port
sub-zone comprise the area within the boundary, which starts at Cape
Puget at 148[deg]26' W. longitude, 59[deg]56.06' N. latitude, and
proceeds northerly to 61[deg]30' N. latitude; thence easterly to the
United States-Canadian boundary; thence southerly along the United
States-Canadian boundary to 60[deg]18.7' N. latitude; thence
southwesterly to the sea at 60[deg]01.3' N. latitude, 142[deg]00' W.
longitude; thence southerly along 142[deg]00' W. longitude to the
outermost boundary of the EEZ; thence along the outermost boundary of
the EEZ to 148[deg]26' N. longitude; thence northerly along 148[deg]26'
W. longitude to the place of origin at Cape Puget at 59[deg]56.06' N.
latitude.
The Sector Anchorage 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 of Marine Safety Office Anchorage. Under Operating Facility
Change Order (OFCO) No. 028-06, the Sector Anchorage Commander is
designated:
Captain of the Port (COTP) for the Western Alaska COTP
zone;
Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC);
Federal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC) for the Western
Alaska COTP zone, consistent with the National Contingency Plan;
Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection (OCMI) for the
Southeast Alaska Marine Inspection Zone; and
Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator (SMC).
The Deputy Sector Commander is designated alternate COTP, FMSC, FOSC,
SMC, and Acting OCMI.
A continuity order was issued ensuring that all previous Marine
Safety Office Anchorage practices and procedures will remain in effect
until superseded by Commander, Sector Anchorage. This continuity of
operations order addressed existing COTP regulations, orders,
directives, and policies.
The following information is updated address and point of contact
to facilitate requests from the public and assist with entry into
security or safety zones:
Name: Sector Anchorage.
Address: Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, 510 L
Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-1946
Telephone: General Number, (907) 271-6700
Dated: July 21, 2006.
Arthur E. Brooks,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. E6-12531 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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