Safety Zone; ANCHOR Floating Production Unit (FPU) Outer Continental Shelf Facility, Green Canyon Block 763, Gulf of America
Key claim: Unauthorized vessels may not enter a Coast Guard safety zone around the ANCHOR floating production facility in Green Canyon Block 763 in the Gulf of America.
Abstract
(Rule · Homeland Security Department, Coast Guard) The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone around the ANCHOR Floating Production Unit (FPU), located in Green Canyon Block 763 on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of America. Establishing a safety zone around the facility will significantly reduce the threat of allisions, collisions, security breaches, oil spills, releases of natural gas, and thereby protect the safety of life, property, and the environment. This rule prohibits entry of vessels into this safety zone unless specifically authorized Commander, Coast Guard Heartland District or their designated representative.
Why this matters
Safety zones around Outer Continental Shelf production facilities are a routine but recurring Coast Guard tool for separating commercial vessel traffic from offshore energy infrastructure. Tracking each new zone helps map the growing footprint of vessel-exclusion areas in the Gulf and their cumulative navigational effect, even when any single rule is narrow in scope.