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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 177 / Thursday, September 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Manual 0230100101, Rev. 1. A
Record of Environmental Consideration supporting this determination is available in the docket. For instructions on locating the docket, see the ADDRESSES section of this preamble.
G. Protest Activities The Coast Guard respects the First Amendment rights of protesters.
Protesters are asked to call or email the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to coordinate protest activities so that your message can be received without jeopardizing the safety or security of people, places or vessels.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165
Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation water, Reporting and recordkeeping.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33
CFR part 165 as follows:
PART 165REGULATED NAVIGATION
AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS
1. The authority citation for part 165
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR
1.051, 6.041, 6.046, and 160.5;
Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

2. Add 165.519 to read as follows:

165.519 Safety Zones; Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project, Hampton/
Norfolk, VA.

a Definitions. As used in this section, designated representative means a Coast Guard Patrol Commander, including a Coast Guard coxswain, petty officer, or other officer operating a Coast Guard vessel and a Federal, State, and local officer designated by or assisting the Captain of the Port Virginia COTP in the enforcement of the safety zone. The term also includes an employee or contractor of Hampton Roads Connector Partners HRCP for the sole purposes of designating and establishing safe transit corridors, to permit passage into or through these safety zones, or to notify vessels and individuals that they have entered a safety zone and are required to leave.
b Locations and zone-specific requirements1 Zone 1, Hampton Flats Mooring Areai Location. All waters of the Hampton Flats, from surface to bottom, encompassed by a line connecting the following points beginning at 365940.41 N, 762210.66 W, thence to 370001.84
N, 762101.69 W, thence to 365952.62 N, 762057.23 W, thence
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to 365931.19 N, 762206.20 W, and back to the beginning point.
ii Requirements. No vessel or person may enter or remain in the safety zone without permission of the COTP, HRCP, or designated representative. Mariners must observe lighted marker buoys along the perimeter and at each of the corners marking the safety zone.
2 Zone 2, Phoebus Safe Harbor Areai Location. All waters west of the Phoebus Channel, from surface to bottom, encompassed by a line connecting the following points beginning at 370034.26 N, 761910.58 W, thence to 370023.97
N, 761906.16 W, thence to 370022.52 N, 761911.41 W, thence to 370032.81 N, 761915.81 W, and back to the beginning point.
ii Requirements. No vessel or person may enter or remain in the safety zone during announced enforcement periods without permission of the COTP, HRCP, or designated representative. Such enforcement periods will be announced by Sector Virginia Broadcast Notice to Mariners and broadcasts on VHFFM
radio. During enforcement periods, mariners shall observe lighted marker buoys along the perimeter and at each of the corners marking the safety zone.
3 Zone 3, Willoughby Bay Mooring Areai Location. All waters of Willoughby Bay, from surface to bottom, in the area encompassed by a line connecting the following points beginning at 365748.68 N, 761708.20 W, thence to 365744.84
N, 761644.48 W, thence to 365735.31 N, 761642.80 W, thence to 365728.78 N, 761651.75 W, thence to 365733.17 N, 761719.43
W, and back to the beginning point.
ii Requirements. No vessel or person may enter or remain in the safety zone without permission of the COTP, HRCP, or designated representative. Mariners must observe lighted marker buoys along the perimeter and at each of the corners marking the safety zone.
4 Zone 4, North Highway Bridge Trestle and North Islandi Location.
All waters, from surface to bottom, located within 300 feet of the east or west side of the Hampton Roads BridgeTunnels north highway bridge trestle, including North Island, to the shore of the City of Hampton. No vessel or person may enter or remain in the safety zone without permission of the COTP, HRCP, or designated representative.
ii Requirements. All mariners attempting to enter or depart the Hampton Creek Approach Channel or the Phoebus Channel in the vicinity of the North Island must proceed with extreme caution and maintain a safe distance from construction equipment.

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5 Zone 5, South Highway Bridge Trestle and South Islandi Location.
All waters, from surface to bottom, located within 300 feet from the east or west side of the Hampton Roads BridgeTunnels south highway bridge trestle, including South Island, to the shore of the City of Norfolk.
ii Requirements. No vessel or person may enter or remain in the safety zone without permission of the COTP, HRCP, or designated representative. HRCP may establish and post visual identification of safe transit corridors that vessels may use to freely proceed through the safety zone. All mariners attempting to enter or depart the Willoughby Bay Approach Channel in the vicinity of the South Island shall proceed with extreme caution and maintain a safe distance from construction equipment.
6 Zone 6, Willoughby Bay Bridge i Location. All waters, from surface to bottom, located along the Willoughby Bay Bridge highway trestle and extending 50 feet to the north side of the bridge and 300 feet to the south side of the bridge along the length of the highway trestle, from shore to shore within the City of Norfolk.
ii Requirements. No vessel or person may enter or remain in the safety zone without permission of the COTP, HRCP, or designated representative, except that vessels are allowed to transit through marked safe transit corridors that HRCP
shall establish for the purpose of providing navigation access for residents located north of the Willoughby Bay Bridge through the safety zone. All mariners attempting to enter or depart residences or commercial facilities north of the Willoughby Bay Bridge through the safe transit corridors or other areas of the safety zone when granted permission shall proceed with caution and maintain a safe distance from construction equipment.
c General requirements. 1 Under the general safety zone regulations in subpart C of this part, no vessel or person may enter or remain in any safety zone described in paragraph b of this section unless authorized by the COTP, HRCP, or designated representative. If a vessel or person is notified by the COTP, HRCP, or designated representative that they have entered one of these safety zones without permission, they are required to immediately leave in a safe manner following the directions given.
2 Mariners requesting to transit any of these safety zones must first contact the HRCP designated representative, the on-site foreman, via VHFFM channels 13 and 16. If permission is granted, mariners must proceed at their own risk
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