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Coast Guard looking to add more Anchorages off Cape Charles

June 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment

The new anchorages will be in the vicinity of this marker.

Are you sick of seeing all those large collier vessels anchored off of our beaches? Well, you may have to get used to seeing a lot more of them.

The Coast Guard proposes to amend the regulations for Hampton Roads, Virginia and adjacent water anchorage grounds by establishing a new, deep-water anchorage ground and relocating an existing anchorage ground near Cape Charles, VA on the Lower Chesapeake Bay. Maritime infrastructure improvements and growth in both size and volume of vessel traffic entering the port, including large and deep-draft vessels, have prompted this proposed rulemaking to ensure that the Hampton Roads Anchorage Grounds continue to safely and effectively support current and future deep-draft vessel anchorage demands. We moved the proposed locations of the anchorage grounds in this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) further offshore than the potential locations we identified in an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) we published in 2016. We did so based on our review and analysis of public comments on the ANPRM and the results of an environmental study referenced in our preliminary Record of Environmental Consideration for this NPRM. We propose to establish an Anchorage R that is further offshore of Cape Charles, VA, and to relocate the existing Anchorage Q (Quarantine Anchorage) south of its current location to a more secluded location on the southern Chesapeake Bay. The intended effect of this proposed rulemaking is to protect the environment, facilitate the safe navigation of maritime commerce and national defense assets, and more safely and effectively support commercial vessel anchoring requirements on the Lower Chesapeake Bay.

The Coast Guard will be holding a public meeting at the Cape Charles Civic Center on Tuesday July 10. The first meeting is from 1:00 to 3:00, the second meeting is from 6:10.

To comment now, go to: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCG-2015-1118-0045

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