# 2026-12182: Coast Guard Finally Publishes Last Summer’s Safety Zones

2026-12182, 2025 Quarterly Listings; Third Quarter; Safety Zones, Security Zones, and Special Local Regulations, is a Federal Register rule from Homeland Security Department, Coast Guard published 2026-06-17, effective 2025-07-03; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-24).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12182
- As of: 2026-06-24
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12182
- Title: 2025 Quarterly Listings; Third Quarter; Safety Zones, Security Zones, and Special Local Regulations
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Citation: 91 FR 36533
- Published: 2026-06-17
- Effective: 2025-07-03
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-24

## In one line

Coast Guard Finally Publishes Last Summer’s Safety Zones

## Summary

The Coast Guard is letting everyone know about temporary safety and security rules that were in effect from July to September 2025 but weren’t published on time. These rules affect boaters, event organizers, and waterfront users by setting up safety zones and special event regulations to keep things safe and secure. No new fees or long-term changes here—just a heads-up on past rules that helped protect people and places during busy summer months.

## 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. This document also announces notifications of enforcement for existing reoccurring regulations that we issued but were unable to be published before the enforcement period ended.

## Effects PRIA read

- Temporary Waterway Access Restrictions: cost, low. The Coast Guard temporarily established safety and security zones that restricted access to parts of waterways in many locations, effective primarily between July 2025 and September 2025 (examples include Milwaukee, WI on 7/3/2025 and Nashville, TN on dates in July and September 2025). These tempor…
- Special Event Marine Regulations Enforced: cost, low. The Coast Guard issued special local regulations for marine events (like regattas) that were temporarily effective primarily between July 2025 and September 2025 in the locations listed (for example, Chestertown, MD on 7/18/2025 and San Diego, CA on 9/21/2025). These rules were used to protect part…

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## Sources
- [2026-12182 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12182/2025-quarterly-listings-third-quarter-safety-zones-security-zones-and-special-local-regulations)
- [2026-12182 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12182.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12182 (as of 2026-06-24).