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DHS/USCG RIN: 1625-AB55 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Traffic Separation Schemes: In the Approaches to Portland, ME; Boston, MA; to Narragansett Bay, RI and Buzzards Bay, MA; Cape Fear River, NC; and Chesapeake Bay, VA  
Abstract: With this final rule, the Coast Guard updates its regulations in 33 CFR part 167--Offshore Traffic Separation Schemes, by adding regulatory text, for existing traffic separation schemes in the Approaches to Portland, Maine; in the Approach to Boston, Massachusetts; in the Approaches to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts; and in the Approaches to the Cape Fear River, North Carolina. In addition, the Coast Guard updates the existing regulations for the traffic separation scheme in the Approaches to Chesapeake Bay, Virginia to incorporate changes made in 2005 as a result of the Port Access Route Study recommendations and subsequent public comment. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 33 CFR 167   
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1223(c)(4)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  12/13/2010  75 FR 77529   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  12/28/2010    
Interim Final Rule Effective  01/12/2011    
Final Rule  04/26/2011  76 FR 23193   
Final Rule Effective  05/26/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Commander Laura Springer
Program Manager
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
Office of Waterways Management (CG-WWM), 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, STOP 0007,
Washington, DC 20593-0007
Phone:202 372-1540
Email: laura.m.springer@uscg.mil