[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44037-44038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12562]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[CGD17-06-002]
Implementation of Sector Juneau
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of organizational change.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the stand-up of Sector Juneau. The
creation of Sector Juneau is an internal reorganization that combines
Marine Safety Office Juneau with all prior subordinate units in
addition to USCGC LIBERTY, USCGC ANACAPA, USCGC NAUSHON, USCGC
ELDERBERRY, Station Juneau, Station Ketchikan, and Aids to Navigation
Team Sitka into a single command. In addition, a Sector Field Office
has been created to provide remote logistics support at Ketchikan,
Alaska, named Sector Field Office Ketchikan, which will be subordinate
to Sector Juneau. 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effect until superseded by an authorized Coast Guard official or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 the date of publication in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in
the docket are part of docket CGD17-06-002 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
The Command Center for Sector Juneau is located at 2760 Sherwood
Lane, Suite 2A, Juneau, Alaska 99801-8545. This Command Center will be
collocated with the District Seventeen Command Center. A Sector Field
Office has been created to provide remote logistics support at
Ketchikan, Alaska. Sector Field Office Ketchikan is subordinate to
Sector Juneau.
Sector Juneau is composed of a Response Department, Prevention
Department, and Logistics Department. 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
Juneau and prior subordinate units will be performed by Sector Juneau.
Administrative missions and functions performed by USCGC LIBERTY, USCGC
ANACAPA, USCGC NAUSHON, USCGC ELDERBERRY, Station Juneau, Station
Ketchikan, and Aids to Navigation Team Sitka will be performed by
Sector Juneau. All operational missions and functions performed by
USCGC LIBERTY, USCGC ANACAPA, USCGC NAUSHON, USCGC ELDERBERRY, Station
Juneau, Station Ketchikan, and Aids to Navigation Team Sitka will be
assumed by Sector Juneau upon stand up of a single Command Center at
Sector Juneau.
Sector Juneau is responsible for all Coast Guard Missions in the
following zone: The Southeast Alaska Marine Inspection Zone and Captain
of the Port Zone comprising the area within the boundary, which starts
at 60[deg]01.3' N. latitude, 142[deg]00' W. longitude; thence proceeds
northeasterly to the Canadian border at 60[deg]18.7' N. latitude,
141[deg]00' W. longitude; thence southerly and easterly along the
United States-Canadian shore side boundary to 54[deg]40' N. latitude;
thence westerly along the United States-Canadian maritime boundary to
the outermost extent of the EEZ; thence northerly along the outer
boundary of the EEZ to 142[deg]00' W. longitude; thence due north to
the point of origin.
There are no changes to the Southeast Alaska Marine Inspection Zone
and Southeast Alaska Captain of the Port Zone, which are delineated in
33 CFR 3.85-10. Sector Juneau will retain Captain of the Port, Federal
Maritime Security Coordinator, Officer in Charge
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of Marine Inspection and Federal On-Scene Coordinator authorities and
responsibilities in the Southeast Alaska Marine Inspection Zone and
Captain of the Port Zone.
The Sector Juneau 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 Juneau. Under Operating Facility Change
Order (OFCO) No. 027-06, the Sector Juneau Commander is designated:
Captain of the Port (COTP) for the Southeast Alaska COTP
zone;
Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC);
Federal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC) for the Southeast
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 by Alternate COTP, FMSC,
FOSC, SMC, and Acting OCMI.
A continuity order was issued on the May 8, 2006, ensuring that all
previous Marine Safety Office Juneau practices and procedures will
remain in effect until superseded by Commander, Sector Juneau. This
continuity order addresses existing COTP regulations, orders,
directives, and policies.
The following information is an updated address and point of
contact to facilitate requests from the public and assist with entry
into security or safety zones:
Name: Sector Juneau.
Address: Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Juneau, 2760 Sherwood
Lane, Suite 2A, Juneau, Alaska 99801-8545.
Telephone: General Number, (907) 463-2450.
Dated: July 20, 2006.
Arthur E. Brooks,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. E6-12562 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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