# Atlantic Ocean off Wallops Island and Chincoteague Inlet, VA; Danger Zone
> **US Army Corps of Engineers** · Final rule. · Published 2012-10-11 · Effective 2012-10-12 · 77 FR 61721
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-24991
- **Category:** civil-works
- **Sub-agency:** US Army Corps of Engineers
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 61721
- **CFR reference:** 33 CFR 334
- **Publication date:** 2012-10-11
- **Effective date:** 2012-10-12
## Abstract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is amending an existing permanent danger zone in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Wallops Island and Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility flight range capabilities have been expanded to accommodate larger classes of orbital rockets. This amendment increases the permanent danger zone to a 30 nautical mile sector and is necessary to protect the public from hazards associated with rocket-launching operations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/10/11/2012-24991/atlantic-ocean-off-wallops-island-and-chincoteague-inlet-va-danger-zone)
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