Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 30.12.1998

Regulated Navigation Area: Navigable Waters Within the First Coast Guard District

The Coast Guard is establishing a permanent Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) within the navigable waters of the First Coast Guard District to increase operational safety for towing vessels and tank barges. This rulemaking implements section 311(b)(1)(A), Pub. L. 105-383, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998, and requires four measures for towing vessels and tank barges operating in the waters of the Northeastern United States: positive control for barges, enhanced communications, voyage planning, and areas of restricted navigation. These measures should reduce the risk of oil spills from the many tank barges operating in the waters of the region, and so to reduce the risk of environmental damage to the unique and extremely sensitive marine environment.