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Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard was established by act of January 28, 1915 (14 U.S.C. 1) and became a component of the Department of Transportation on April 1, 1967, pursuant to the Department of Transportation Act of October 15, 1966. Following the enactment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, The Coast Guard was transferred from Department of Transportation to the Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003 (116 Stat. 2135). The Coast Guard protects the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interests in the Nation's ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region, as required, to support national security. Among its duties are: search and rescue operations in and over the high seas and navigable waters, maritime law enforcement, marine inspection and licensing, pilotage of the Great Lakes, protection of the marine environment by enforcing the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, ensuring the safety and security of ports and anchorages, maintaining the management of waterways, providing navigational aids, and regulating the construction, maintenance and operation of bridges and causeways across navigable waters.
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Recent Regulations
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Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Ohio River Mile Marker 73 to 74, Wellsburg, WV
RuleDec 16, 2025
Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Lower Mississippi River, Natchez, MS
RuleSep 10, 2025
Special Local Regulation; Marine Events Within the Eleventh Coast Guard District-San Diego Bayfair
ProposedSep 9, 2025
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, North Myrtle Beach, SC
RuleSep 5, 2025
Safety Zone; Ohio River, Owensboro, KY
RuleJun 24, 2025
Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes Zone
RuleJun 23, 2025
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; East River, Green Bay, WI
RuleJun 18, 2025
Safety Zones; Erie, PA; Detroit, MI; Duluth, MN
ProposedJun 13, 2025
Anchorage Regulations; Anchorage D & E Disestablishment, Chicago, IL
RuleJun 13, 2025
Special Local Regulation; 4th of July Fireworks, Lower East River & Upper New York Bay, Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY
About
The United States Coast Guard was established by act of January 28, 1915 (14 U.S.C. 1) and became a component of the Department of Transportation on April 1, 1967, pursuant to the Department of Transportation Act of October 15, 1966. Following the enactment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, The Coast Guard was transferred from Department of Transportation to the Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003 (116 Stat. 2135). The Coast Guard protects the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interests in the Nation's ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region, as required, to support national security. Among its duties are: search and rescue operations in and over the high seas and navigable waters, maritime law enforcement, marine inspection and licensing, pilotage of the Great Lakes, protection of the marine environment by enforcing the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, ensuring the safety and security of ports and anchorages, maintaining the management of waterways, providing navigational aids, and regulating the construction, maintenance and operation of bridges and causeways across navigable waters.