COAST GUARD ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: SAFETY ZONE; SOUTH FORK WIND FARM PROJECT AREA, OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF, LEASE OCS-A 0517, OFFSHORE RHODE ISLAND, ATLANTIC OCEAN; CORRECTIONS

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Coast Guard has issued a proposed rule called: Safety Zone; South Fork Wind Farm Project Area, Outer Continental Shelf, Lease OCS-A 0517, Offshore Rhode Island, Atlantic Ocean; Corrections.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 15 by J.W. Mauger, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.

Summary: On March 6, 2023, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish 13 temporary 500-meter safety zones in the South Fork Wind Farm project area. That proposed rule contained four labeling plot location errors and one error of the coordinates describing a labeling plot location. This document corrects those errors in the NPRM.

For more information, contact If you have questions about the proposed rulemaking, call or email Craig Lapiejko, Waterways Management, at Coast Guard First District, telephone 617-223-8351, email craig.d.lapiejko@uscg.mil.

The full text of the proposed rule can be found at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2023-03-15/html/2023-05380.htm

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