🚢Chicago River Safety Zone Regulation for 2025 Regatta
The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of the Safety Zone, Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and Calumet-Saganashkee Channel Chicago, IL, on the Chicago River (South Branch) and Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for the Tough Cup XI Regatta on September 27, 2025. This action is intended to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during a crew regatta event. During the enforcement period listed below, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) Lake Michigan or a designated representative.
Learn More🌊Proposed Safety Zone on Ohio River
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary safety zone for the Ohio River, from mile marker 2 to mile marker 3. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on the navigable waters during an operation to install aerial transverse wirelines. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Learn More⚓Corrections to Regulated Navigation Areas in CFR Part 165
The Department of Homeland Security has published necessary corrections to regulatory navigation areas under Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The changes involve the redesignation of certain sections in the Fourteenth Coast Guard District regulations, ensuring proper alignment in the documentation.
Learn More🚢New Navigation Regulations for Illinois River by Coast Guard
The Coast Guard is establishing a regulated navigation area for certain waters of the Illinois River. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of human health and the environment on these navigable waters near Naplate, IL due to an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Alternative Site. This rulemaking prohibits persons and vessels from anchoring or pushing their vessels onto the bank of the river in the regulated navigation area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector Lake Michigan or a designated representative, or in the event of an emergency.
Learn More✈️FAA Proposes VOR Airways Amendment in Muncie, Indiana
This action proposes to amend Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-14, V-192, V-210, and V- 221 in the vicinity of Muncie, Indiana. The FAA is proposing this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Muncie, IN, VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) navigational aid (NAVAID). This NAVAID is being decommissioned as part of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.
Learn More✈️Amendment of Alaskan VOR Federal Airway V-350
This action amends Alaskan Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-350 in Alaska. This action is due to the decommissioning of the Togiak Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) in Alaska.
Learn More🚤Temporary Regulation for Cuyahoga River During Dragon Boat Festival
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary special local regulation for certain waters of the Cuyahoga River. This special local regulation is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these waters during the 2025 Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival on September 6, 2025. Entry of persons or vessels into this area is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) Eastern Great Lakes or his designated representative.
Learn More🚢Availability of Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular 01-16 Change 3
The Coast Guard announces the availability of Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 01-16 Change 3. NVIC 01-16 Change 3 clarifies equivalencies for Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC), electronic publications, and ENC-derived paper nautical charts offering alternative compliance options to the current carriage requirements found in existing regulations. NVIC 01-16 Change 3 also provides procedures for conducting inspections for vessels electing to comply with one or more equivalencies as contained in Change 3.
Learn More🚢New Security Zone Established at Electric Boat Shipyard in RI
The Coast Guard is establishing a security zone in the waters adjacent to the General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation Quonset Point facility in Narragansett Bay, North Kingstown, RI. This is necessary to protect the facility, material, and adjacent areas from sabotage or other subversive acts, accidents or incidents of a similar nature. This rulemaking prohibits all persons and vessels from operating within the prescribed security zone without prior authorization by the Captain of the Port, Sector Southeastern New England or designated representative.
Learn More🚤Coast Guard Regulation on Lake Washington for Seafair Events
The Coast Guard will enforce a regulated navigation area on Lake Washington, Seattle Washington immediately before and after Seafair events from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., each day from July 31, 2025, through August 3, 2025. This action is to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways throughout the duration of this event. The location of this regulated navigation area on portions of Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington is specified in the regulation. During the enforcement periods all vessels transiting the regulated navigation area must proceed at a speed which creates minimum wake, seven (7) miles per hour or less, unless a higher minimum speed is necessary to maintain bare steerageway.
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