Safety Zone; Rocket Test Site, Rio Grande River, Boca Chica, TX
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Sept. 15, 2026. Document 2026-18855. Updated Nov. 5, 2026.
- What it does
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters of the Rio Grande River. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by cryogenics and structural tests of rockets at the Massey's test site. This rulemaking will prohibit persons and vessels from being in the safety zone unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Corpus Christi.
The Coast Guard's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Coast Guard has published 341 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 224 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
250 earlier Federal Register documents under regulation identifier 1625-AA00 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Sept. 15, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Calcasieu River Channel, Lake Charles, LA
- Sept. 14, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Lake Erie, Oregon, OH
- Sept. 11, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; York River, Yorktown, VA
- Sept. 8, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Laguna Madre, South Padre Island, TX
- Sept. 3, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Outer Harbor, Buffalo, NY
- Sept. 2, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Bay Bridge Paddle; Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis, MD
- Sept. 2, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Lake St. Clair, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
- Sept. 2, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Maumee River, Toledo, OH
Since then:
- Sept. 16, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Lake St. Clair, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
- Sept. 17, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Key West Main Ship Channel, and Fleming Key Cut, Key West, FL
- Sept. 21, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Illinois River, Morris, IL
- Sept. 22, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking. Safety Zone; Neuse River, New Bern, NC
- Sept. 23, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Zach's Bay, Wantagh, NY
- Sept. 23, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking. Safety Zone; Massachusetts Bay, Boston, MA
- Sept. 29, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Bridge Demolition, Upper Mississippi River, Chester, IL
- Oct. 1, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; St. Lawrence River, Massena, NY
- Oct. 1, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking. Safety Zone; Sector Mobile Captain of the Port Zone, Mobile, AL
- Oct. 6, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking. Safety Zone; Red Bull Flugtag, Intercoastal Waterway, Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL
- Oct. 7, 2026 Final rule. Security Zone; U.S. Coast Guard Base, Los Angeles Harbor Main Channel, Los Angeles, CA
- Oct. 7, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Luminsea Miami Shootout and Races, Miami Marine Stadium Harbor, Miami FL
- Oct. 15, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL
- Oct. 16, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Atlantic Ocean, Culebra, Puerto Rico
- Oct. 16, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking. Safety Zone; Cumberland River, Hendersonville, TN
- Oct. 19, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking. Safety Zone; FRL Inaugural Invitational eFoil Exhibition Race, Miami Marine Stadium Basin, Miami, FL
- Oct. 21, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; T/V DENISE FOSS (O.N. 1254223), Honolulu, HI
- Oct. 22, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Brownsville Ship Channel, Brownsville, TX
- Oct. 27, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking. Safety Zone; Southern California Annual Firework Events for the Los Angeles-Long Beach Captain of the Port Zone
- Oct. 29, 2026 Final rule. Safety Zone; Firework Display; Cumberland River, Hendersonville, TN
- Oct. 30, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; S.S. UNITED STATES Dead Ship Tow, Sector Mobile Captain of the Port Zone, Mobile, AL
- Oct. 30, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; M/T KALAHARI, Gulf of America, Pascagoula, MS
- Nov. 4, 2026 Temporary final rule. Safety Zone; Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL
- Nov. 5, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking; correction. Safety Zone; FRL Inaugural Invitational eFoil Exhibition Race, Miami Marine Stadium Basin, Miami, FL; Correction
- What happens next and when
This rule is effective without actual notice from September 15, 2026 through October 31, 2026. For the purposes of enforcement, actual notice will be used from September 4, 2026, until September 15, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-18855 |
|---|---|
| Action | Temporary final rule. |
| Agencies | Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard |
| Published | Sept. 15, 2026 |
| Effective date | Sept. 15, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 1625-AA00 |
| Docket | USCG-2026-1159 |
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