# 2026-00840: Coast Guard's 2023 Safety Zones Finally Surface in 2026—Better Late Than Never?

2026-00840, 2023 Quarterly Listings; Third Quarter; Safety Zones, Security Zones, and Special Local Regulations, is a Federal Register rule from Homeland Security Department, Coast Guard published 2026-01-16, effective 2023-06-30 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-00840
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-00840
- Title: 2023 Quarterly Listings; Third Quarter; Safety Zones, Security Zones, and Special Local Regulations
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Citation: 91 FR 2084
- Published: 2026-01-16
- Effective: 2023-06-30
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Coast Guard's 2023 Safety Zones Finally Surface in 2026—Better Late Than Never?

## Summary

The Coast Guard is letting everyone know about temporary safety and security rules they put in place between July and September 2023 that ended before they could be officially published. These rules affect boaters, event organizers, and waterfront users by setting up safety zones and special event regulations to keep things safe and secure. While these rules didn’t make it into the Federal Register on time, the Coast Guard made sure people were informed through local alerts and patrols, with no extra costs involved.

## Abstract

This document provides notification of substantive rules issued by the Coast Guard that were made temporarily effective but expired before they could be published in the Federal Register. This document lists temporary safety zones, security zones, and special local regulations, all of limited duration and for which timely publication in the Federal Register was not possible.

## Effects PRIA read

- Temporary Coast Guard Waterway Restrictions: benefit, low. The Coast Guard temporarily set safety zones, security zones, and special local regulations at specified waterways that were effective primarily between June 30, 2023 and September 23, 2023. These restrictions affected boaters, event organizers, and waterfront users at listed locations (for example…

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## Sources
- [2026-00840 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/16/2026-00840/2023-quarterly-listings-third-quarter-safety-zones-security-zones-and-special-local-regulations)
- [2026-00840 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-16/pdf/2026-00840.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-00840 (as of 2026-06-11).