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Final ruleTook effect Sept. 15, 2026

Safety Zone; Calcasieu River Channel, Lake Charles, LA

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Sept. 15, 2026. Document 2026-18856. Updated Nov. 5, 2026.

What it does

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters on the Calcasieu River Channel near the Cameron LNG turning basin. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by the installation and removal of the submerged dredge pipeline. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port, Port Arthur, or their designated representative.

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:

33 CFR 165

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.

Since then:

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 11, 2026, until September 15, 2026. It will be enforced for four hours on each of two days during this period, depending on the dates the dredge pipeline is installed and removed.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-18856
ActionTemporary final rule.
AgenciesHomeland Security Department; Coast Guard
PublishedSept. 15, 2026
Effective dateSept. 15, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)1625-AA00
DocketUSCG-2026-1193

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register