Coast Guard Publishes Notices for Already-Expired Safety Zones
Published Date: 7/28/2026
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Summary
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.
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Retroactive Temporary Safety Zones
If you operate or use U.S. waterways, the Coast Guard temporarily put safety zones, security zones, and special local regulations into effect at many locations primarily between April 2026 and June 2026. These restrictions limited access to parts of ports, channels, or event areas and were enforced on-scene but expired before they could be published; you can view each rule by docket number at regulations.gov.
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