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Proposed Updates to Annual Eastern Great Lakes Coast Guard Safety Zones

🇺🇸United States··Proposed Rule·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This proposed rule updates the Coast Guard’s annual safety zones for recurring marine events in the Eastern Great Lakes area. It would amend some listed events and remove others that the Coast Guard considers obsolete, so the regulations match the current event schedule and locations. Boat operators, event organizers, marinas, commercial vessels, and local authorities in affected waterways should review the proposed changes. Comments are due by June 26, 2026, through Regulations.gov under docket USCG-2026-0150.

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Key Changes

  • Updates the list of recurring annual marine-event safety zones in the Eastern Great Lakes Captain of the Port zone
  • Amends event details and coordinates for certain listed safety zones
  • Removes obsolete event entries from the existing regulation

Obligations

What this law requires

low

Interested parties submitting comments on the proposed amendments to the annual safety zones must submit comments and related material through Regulations.gov under docket USCG-2026-0150 by the stated comment deadline.

interested commentersboat operatorsevent organizersmarinascommercial vessel operatorslocal authorities
Comments must be received on or before June 26, 2026
reporting

Affected Parties

Recreational boatersCommercial vessel operators+3 more…

Tags

Coast Guard,marine safety,Great Lakes…