Public notice regarding shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic Coast.

United States Coast Guard, Establishing Shipping Safety Fairways and Associated Vessel Routing Measures, Along the Atlantic Coast, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn, Camden Counties; Georgia
This serves as notification from the State of Georgia Coastal Management Program (GCMP), in accordance with 15 C.F.R. 930.42, of receipt of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Regional Consistency Determination for Establishing Shipping Safety Fairways and Associated Vessel Routing Measures Along the Atlantic Coast (September 8, 2025) as described in the Federal Register at Dockets No. USCG-2019-0279 and USCG-2023-0928 under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). The purpose of the Proposed Action is to preserve safe and reliable transit of vessels along historic critical shipping routes essential for U.S. maritime economic prosperity and national security and would provide (1) the vessel routing measures and one fairway anchorage described in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), "Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast" (89 FR 3587); (2) vessel routing measures in the Gulf of Maine described in the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) "Shipping Safety Fairways in the Gulf of Maine" (89 FR 91296); and (3) a zone in which Coast Guard may, in the future, establish additional routing measures off the coastline of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The Regional Consistency Determination and link to the Federal Register may be viewed on the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GaDNR) website at www.CoastalGaDNR.org under "Public Notice."
The GCMP is reviewing the information provided to ensure the proposed activities authorized by the USCG are consistent with Georgia's enforceable environmental policies. Comments specific to GCMP's enforceable policies regarding this project should be submitted in writing to James Long, Department of Natural Resources, One Conservation Way, Brunswick Georgia 31520 or emailed to CRD.Comments@dnr.ga.gov and must be received by the close of business at 4:30PM on March 6th, 2026.
February 12, 19 2026
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