Disestablishment of Danger Zone for Meteorological Rocket Launching Facility, Shemya Island Area, AK
civil-works · US Army Corps of Engineers · Rule · Published 2016-03-25 · Effective 2016-05-24 · 81 FR 16093
Document
Document number
2016-06860
Federal Register citation
81 FR 16093
CFR reference
33 CFR 334
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule.
Category
civil-works
Sub-agency
US Army Corps of Engineers
Publication date
2016-03-25
Effective date
2016-05-24
Abstract
The U.S. Air Force has requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) disestablish the existing danger zone located in the Bering Sea near Shemya Island, Alaska. The danger zone was established on September 28, 1971. The purpose of the danger zone was to protect persons and property from dangers encountered in the area associated with the launching of weather rockets. The facility has not been used for this activity since the mid-1980s. As a result of the discontinued use of this area, the Air Force has requested the danger zone be disestablished.