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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 177 / Thursday, September 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
2. Revise 2.28a to read as follows:

2.28

Reopening of cases.

a Favorable information or information supporting medical parole or compassionate release. Upon the receipt of new information of substantial significance favorable to the prisoner, including medical information, or other extraordinary and compelling information, a Commissioner may reopen a case including an original jurisdiction case, and order a special reconsideration hearing on the next available docket, or modify the previous decision. The advancement of a presumptive release date or a decision to continue to a 15year reconsideration hearing requires the concurrence of two Commissioners.

Patricia K. Cushwa, Chairman Acting, U.S. Parole Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165
Docket Number USCG20200117
RIN 1625AA00

Safety Zones; Hampton Roads BridgeTunnel Expansion Project, Hampton/
Norfolk, VA
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security DHS.
ACTION: Temporary final rule.
AGENCY:

The Coast Guard is establishing safety zones for certain waters of the Hampton Flats, Willoughby Bay, a defined area between Phoebus Channel and the North Trestle Bridge, and 3 zones around the North Trestle Bridge including the North Island, the South Trestle Bridge including the South Island, and the north and south side of the Willoughby Bay Bridge. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters in support of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project that will take place from 2021 through 2025. This rule prohibits persons and vessels from being in the safety zones unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector Virginia or a designated representative or under conditions specified in this rule.
DATES: This rule is effective without actual notice September 16, 2021, SUMMARY:

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though December 25, 2025. For the purposes of enforcement, actual notice will be used from September 10, 2021, until September 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: To view documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, go to https
www.regulations.gov, type USCG2020
0117 in the search box and click Search. Next, in the Document Type column, select Supporting & Related Material.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, call or email LCDR Ashley Holm, Waterways Management Division Chief, Sector Virginia, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 7576685580, email Ashley.E.Holm@
uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Table of Abbreviations CFR Code of Federal Regulations COTP U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port DHS Department of Homeland Security FR Federal Register HRBT Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel HRCP Hampton Roads Connector Partners NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking NSRA Navigation Safety Risk Assessment Section U.S.C. United States Code USCG United States Coast Guard USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
II. Background Information and Regulatory History In April 2019, the Virginia Department of Transportation VDOT
awarded the design and construction of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel HRBT Expansion Project to the Hampton Roads Connector Partners HRCP, as the Design-Build contactor.
The HRBT Expansion Project is a major road transport infrastructure project that will create an 8-lane facility with 6
consistent use lanes along 9.9 miles of Interstate 64 I64, from Settlers Landing Interchange in Hampton, Virginia, to the Interstate 564 I564
interchange in Norfolk, Virginia. To better understand the waterways impact from the project, the USCG and U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers USACE
recommended the submission of a formal Navigation Safety Risk Assessment NSRA and Tunnel Construction Plan TCP prior to any permit or approval action by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers.1 The NSRA
identified three key objectives for consideration. The first included 1 See Memorandum of Agreement between the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Coast Guard, dated June 2, 2000
available at: https usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/
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potential impacts to current and forecasted vessel traffic directly related to the bridge and tunnel construction including all on-water operations and staging areas. The second aimed to identify the best/least disruptive times to schedule movement of constructionrelated vessels. Finally, it identified the measures necessary for implementation in order to minimize potential hazards to navigation. On-water construction activities are expected to last approximately 5 years 20212025. In support of construction efforts, multiple surface craft will be necessary on-site, transiting to and from, as well as prestaged, to ensure continued operations are maintained. The increase in waterborne traffic in the vicinity of construction areas and staging areas will introduce hazards to waterways users prior to and throughout the duration of the construction project. Specific hazards during the construction project include the proximity of dozens of construction-related vessels in the bridge area and fleeting areas, including material barges and construction equipment barges. In addition, construction of navigable spans by this equipment, as well as construction lighting and loud construction activity noises will make normal passage through the bridge areas unsafe except in areas specifically established as safe transit corridors by the project contractors, HRCP. The Sector Virginia Captain of the Port COTP has determined that these potential hazards associated with the HRBT Expansion Project will be a safety concern for anyone transiting in the vicinity of onwater construction activities related to the project. To discuss these safety concerns, representatives of the HRCP
along with the COTPs staff conducted a series of outreach meetings. These meetings covered the HRBT Expansion Project and the notional safety zones that would mitigate the hazards discussed above. Due to the COVID19
pandemic, those outreach meetings were conducted virtually on May 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2020. They were announced beforehand by a marine safety information bulletin 2 issued by the COTP, which is distributed to over 1,000 subscribed maritime stakeholders by email, along with direct email notification to community organizations in the coastal areas of the cities of Norfolk and Hampton, Virginia, which are the two cities in the immediate area of the construction activity. Twenty-six 2 See USCG Sector Virginia Marine Safety Information Bulletin 20113 available at https
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/
bulletins/289cb80.

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