COAST GUARD ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: SECURITY ZONES; TAMPA BAY: BIG BEND, BOCA GRANDE, CRYSTAL RIVER, EAST BAY, HILLSBOROUGH BAY, MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, MANBIRTEE KEY, OLD PORT TAMPA, PORT MANATEE, PORT TAMPA, PORT ST. PETERSBURG, PORT SUTTON, RATTLESNAKE, AND WEEDON ISLAND, FL

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Coast Guard has issued a proposed rule called: Security Zones; Tampa Bay: Big Bend, Boca Grande, Crystal River, East Bay, Hillsborough Bay, MacDill Air Force Base, Manbirtee Key, Old Port Tampa, Port Manatee, Port Tampa, Port St. Petersburg, Port Sutton, Rattlesnake, and Weedon Island, FL.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 14 by Michael P. Kahle, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port St. Petersburg.

Summary: The Coast Guard is proposing to disestablish the existing security zone for Rattlesnake, Tampa, FL in old Tampa Bay, including on land portions of the Chemical Formulators Chlorine Facility. Since the implementation of the regulation, the facility has permanently ceased o...