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regulations and guidance have been approved by OMB as listed in the 

following table: 

21 CFR part; guidance; or FDA form Topic OMB control 

No. 

807, subpart E ............................................................................ Premarket notification ................................................................ 0910–0120 

814, subparts A through E .......................................................... Premarket approval .................................................................... 0910–0231 

‘‘De Novo Classification Process (Evaluation of Automatic 

Class III Designation)’’.

De Novo classification process .................................................. 0910–0844 

800, 801, and 809 ....................................................................... Medical Device Labeling Regulations ........................................ 0910–0485 

820 .............................................................................................. Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP); Quality System (QS) Regulation.0910–0073 

‘‘Medical Device Accessories—Describing Accessories and 

Classification Pathways for New Accessory Types’’.

Medical Device Accessories ...................................................... 0910–0823 

Dated: August 13, 2018. 

Leslie Kux, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[REG–131186–17] 

RIN 1545–BO05 

Proposed Removal of Temporary 

Regulations on a Partner’s Share of a 

Partnership Liability for Disguised Sale 

Purposes; Hearing Cancellation 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Cancellation of notice of public 

hearing on proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This document cancels a 

public hearing on proposed regulations 

concerning how partnership liabilities 

are allocated for disguised sale 

purposes. 

DATES: The public hearing, originally 

scheduled for August 21, 2018 at 10:00 

a.m. is cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Regina Johnson of the Publications and 

Regulations Branch, Legal Processing 

Division, Associate Chief Counsel 

(Procedure and Administration) at (202) 

317–6901 (not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

of proposed rulemaking and notice of 

public hearing that appeared in the 

Federal Register on Tuesday, June 19, 

2018 (83 FR 28397) announced that a 

public hearing was scheduled for 

August 21, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the IRS 

Auditorium, Internal Revenue Service 

Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC. The subject of the 

public hearing is under section 707 of 

the Internal Revenue Code. 

The public comment period for these 

regulations expired on July 19, 2018. 

The notice of proposed rulemaking and 

notice of hearing instructed those 

interested in testifying at the public 

hearing to submit a request to speak and 

an outline of the topics to be discussed. 

The outline of topics to be discussed 

was due by August 3, 2018. As of 

August 3, 2018, no one has requested to 

speak. Therefore, the public hearing 

scheduled for August 21, 2018 at 10:00 

a.m. is cancelled. 

Martin V. Franks, 

Branch Chief, Publications and Regulations 

Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate 

Chief Counsel (Procedure and 

Administration). 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

32 CFR Part 199 

[Docket ID DOD–2016–HA–0112] 

RIN 0720–AB69 

TRICARE; Extended Care Health 

Option (ECHO) Respite Care 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule requests 

public comment on a proposed revision 

to the TRICARE Extended Care Health 

Option (ECHO) respite care benefit. 

Under the current program, TRICARE 

beneficiaries enrolled in ECHO are 

eligible for 16 hours of respite care per 

month in any month during which the 

beneficiary receives another ECHO 

authorized benefit (other than the EHHC 

benefit). This proposed rule seeks to 

eliminate the concurrent ECHO benefit 

requirement and allow beneficiaries 

enrolled in ECHO to receive a maximum 

of 16 hours of respite care per month, 

regardless of whether another ECHO 

benefit is received in the same month. 

DATES: Written comments received at 

the address indicated below by October 

16, 2018 will be accepted. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number or 

Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 

and title, by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Department of Defense, Office 

of the Deputy Chief Management 

Officer, Directorate for Oversight and 

Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

Mailbox #24, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number or RIN for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Trish Reilly, Defense Health Agency, 

TRICARE Clinical Policy Division, 

telephone (619) 236–5332. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Purpose of the Proposed Rule 

This proposed rule seeks to amend 

the TRICARE ECHO program regulation 

to expand beneficiary access to ECHO 

respite care services. This proposed 

rule, if implemented, would eliminate 

the concurrent ECHO benefit 

requirement and allow beneficiaries 

enrolled in ECHO to receive a maximum 

of 16 hours of respite care per month, 

regardless of whether another ECHO 

benefit is received in the same month. 

This regulation is proposed under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 301 which allows 


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the Secretary of Defense to prescribe 

regulations for the government of DoD 

and 10 U.S.C. 1079(d) and (e), which 

directs the Secretary of Defense to 

establish a program to provide extended 

benefits for eligible active duty 

dependents, which may include the 

provision of comprehensive health care 

services, including case management 

services, to assist in the reduction of the 

disabling effects of a qualifying 

condition of an eligible dependent. The 

Department is authorized to provide 

‘‘respite care for the primary caregiver of 

the eligible dependent’’ as one of the 

specifically enumerated extended 

benefits under the ECHO program 

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1079(e)(6). The 

ECHO program has been implemented 

through regulation at 32 CFR 199.5. 

B. Summary of the Major Provisions of 

the Proposed Rule 

Per 32 CFR 199.5(c)(7), ECHO 

beneficiaries are eligible for a maximum 

of 16 hours of respite care per month in 

any month during which the beneficiary 

otherwise receives an ECHO benefit(s). 

This requirement for a concurrent ECHO 

benefit was originally implemented to 

ensure optimal medical management of 

the beneficiary’s ECHO-qualifying 

condition. TRICARE proposes to 

eliminate the requirement for a 

beneficiary to receive a concurrent 

ECHO benefit in order to qualify for 

respite care. This change will expand 

access to respite care services (as 

recommended by the Military 

Compensation and Retirement 

Modernization Commission (MCRMC)), 

allowing families to access those hours 

without receiving another ECHO benefit 

during the same month the respite care 

is received. 

C. Expected Costs 

The proposed rule is estimated to cost 

the Department of Defense $5.7 million 

annually (based on FY17 data). If the 

proposed rule is implemented, it is 

anticipated that 2,924 ECHO 

beneficiaries will participate in the 

respite care program at an average cost 

of $1,937 per beneficiary (this number 

does not include homebound 

beneficiaries who receive respite care 

under the ECHO Home Health Care 

(EHHC) program). These beneficiaries 

are already in ECHO and, therefore, 

have completed all registration 

requirements. This expansion of the 

benefit requires nothing additional from 

the beneficiaries and will not result in 

an increased burden to the public. 

Currently, beneficiaries may not access 

ECHO respite care services if they are 

not utilizing another ECHO benefit 

during the same month, and this 

rulemaking action will eliminate this 

barrier to care. 

II. Discussion of the Proposed Rule 

A. Background 

Military families face unique 

challenges in caring for family members 

with special medical or educational 

needs that are complicated by frequent 

moves and repeated deployments. 

Support for these families involves a 

multi-faceted system coordinated across 

numerous functional areas within the 

Department of Defense and Military 

Services to include: The Military Health 

System (MHS); military personnel 

support services; housing programs; 

dependents’ education programs; child 

and youth services; morale, welfare, and 

recreation activities; and community 

support activities, among others. 

The Exceptional Family Member 

Program (EFMP) is designed to identify 

active duty military family members 

with special medical and/or educational 

needs to ensure coordination of care and 

continuity of benefits throughout the 

military assignment and relocation 

process. EFMP provides additional 

support to these active duty military 

families to alleviate some of the 

challenges associated with frequent 

family relocations and deployments of 

their sponsoring service member as 

required by military duties. EFMP 

family support services have 

traditionally included respite care 

provided by certified day care providers 

in order to provide temporary relief to 

military family members who are 

responsible for the regular care of 

dependent family members with special 

needs. The Office of the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

published a proposed rule entitled 

‘‘Exceptional Family Member Program 

(EFMP)’’ in the Federal Register (80 FR 

76881–76889) on December 11, 2015, 

that provides additional details. The 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs is tasked with advising 

on the availability of specialized 

medical services to families with special 

needs in the Military Health System and 

ensuring there is a medical case 

management program to support eligible 

beneficiaries’ medical needs. 

Active Duty families enrolled in 

EFMP may be eligible, based on 

qualifying conditions, for TRICARE 

Extended Health Care Option (ECHO) 

expanded benefits. ECHO is a 

supplemental program to the TRICARE 

Basic Program that provides eligible 

Active Duty Family Members extended 

benefits to include comprehensive 

health care services (including services 

necessary to maintain, or minimize or 

prevent deterioration of function of the 

patient) and case management services 

with respect to the qualifying condition 

which include serious physical 

disabilities and extraordinary physical 

or psychological conditions as defined 

in 32 CFR 199.2. The purpose of ECHO 

is to provide an additional financial 

resource for an integrated set of services 

and supplies designed to assist in the 

reduction of the disabling effects of the 

beneficiary’s qualifying condition. The 

ECHO program provides coverage for 

medical, habilitative, and rehabilitative 

services and supplies not covered under 

the TRICARE Basic Program; durable 

medical equipment, including 

adaptation and maintenance; assistive 

technologies devices and training to use 

the devices; comprehensive home 

health care services (e.g., ventilator 

support, medication administration); 

and other services to support eligible 

family members. 

The final rule implementing the 

ECHO Program (which was previously 

called the Program for Persons with 

Disabilities (PFPWD) from 1997–2004, 

and before that the Program for the 

Handicapped (PFTH) from origination 

in 1966–1997), amended the TRICARE 

regulations governing the PFPWD and 

was published in the Federal Register 

(69 FR 44947) on July 28, 2004. 

ECHO-registered beneficiaries who 

are not receiving ECHO Home Health 

Care (EHHC) services currently are 

eligible to receive a maximum of 16 

hours of respite care in any calendar 

month in which they also receive any 

other ECHO authorized benefit other 

than the EHHC benefit. Respite care 

consists of providing skilled and nonskilled health care services for the 

covered beneficiary such that in the 

absence of the primary caregiver, 

management of the beneficiary’s ECHO 

qualifying condition and safety are 

provided. In order to assure the quality 

of care for beneficiaries enrolled in 

ECHO, all ECHO respite care services 

must be provided by Medicare or 

Medicaid certified Home Health 

Agencies (HHAs) who have in effect at 

the time of services a valid agreement to 

participate in the TRICARE program. 

The ECHO respite care program (which 

provides health care services by a home 

health agency) should not be considered 

a substitute for EFMP respite care 

(which provides day care services by a 

certified day care provider), because not 

all EFMP family members qualify for 

ECHO or require specific health care 

services in the absence of the primary 

caregiver. The goal is to ensure that 

these families have access to the 

appropriate services to meet their 

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fiscally prudent expenditures of 

appropriated funds. 

In addition to EFMP respite care and 

ECHO respite care, there is a third type 

of respite care, EHHC respite care. The 

EHHC benefit provides coverage of 

home health care services and respite 

care services for ECHO eligible 

beneficiaries who require more than 

intermittent or part-time home health 

services covered under the TRICARE 

Basic Program. This would include 

ventilator-dependent beneficiaries and 

others with extraordinary physical 

conditions. EHHC beneficiaries whose 

plan of care includes frequent 

interventions by the primary 

caregiver(s) (e.g., frequent suctioning, 

tube feeding, medication administration 

etc.) are eligible for respite services 

under EHHC in lieu of the ECHO 

general respite benefit. EHHC respite 

care may include a maximum of 8 hours 

per day, 5 days per week, by a 

TRICARE-authorized home health 

agency. The Department is not 

proposing any changes to the robust 

EHHC respite care benefit as part of this 

proposed rule, but includes a 

description of the program in order to 

clarify the full spectrum of respite care 

programs available to active duty 

military families with special needs. 

B. Proposed Change to the ECHO 

Respite Care Benefit 

The Department of Defense remains 

committed to supporting Service 

members and their family members with 

special needs. Together, the Office of 

Community Support for Military 

Families with Special Needs, the 

Services, and the MHS, are working to 

enhance and improve support for these 

families, including everything from 

complex medical management to nonclinical case management and family 

support services. The Department is also 

committed to eliminating unnecessary 

requirements that act as barriers to care. 

Consistent with these principles, the 

Department is proposing this specific 

amendment to the existing regulations 

governing the ECHO program. 

The requirement to receive a 

concurrent ECHO benefit in order to be 

entitled to ECHO respite care was 

originally imposed as a medical 

management tool. We now conclude 

that this specific requirement is no 

longer necessary and may serve as an 

inappropriate barrier to receipt of 

respite services for some families. Even 

in those months where no other ECHO 

services are provided (where all needed 

care may already be covered under the 

Basic Program or under demonstration 

authority), there may still be some 

health care services rendered to the 

beneficiary enrolled in ECHO by the 

primary caregiver for which respite care 

provided by a home health agency is 

warranted. 

We note that the January 2015 Report 

of the MCRMC cited a need to improve 

support for military members with 

special needs dependents and made a 

number of recommendations. We have 

already implemented or are taking steps 

to implement several of their specific 

recommendations, including the 

recommendation to allow families to 

access ECHO respite care without 

receiving another ECHO benefit during 

the same month that respite care is 

received which is proposed in this rule. 

The Department is still studying some of 

the other recommendations that were 

made in order to identify and 

implement, as appropriate, ECHO 

enhancements that will be of greatest 

benefit to our beneficiaries. Finally, we 

believe some of the recommendations 

fall outside the purview of the ECHO 

program specifically, and the Military 

Health System in general, and are more 

appropriately directed to the Office of 

Community Support for Military 

Families with Special Needs, including 

the provision of respite care that does 

not involve health care services (i.e., 

EFMP respite). 

We propose that elimination of the 

requirement for a simultaneous ECHO 

benefit will provide maximum 

flexibility to families without sacrificing 

the goal of ensuring the safe and 

effective management of the 

beneficiary’s ECHO qualifying 

condition. First, we note that TRICARE 

beneficiaries with complex medical 

needs may receive case management 

services including medical 

management, disease management and 

chronic care coordination, under the 

TRICARE Basic Program, regardless of 

whether the beneficiary is an ECHO 

eligible beneficiary. As the TRICARE 

program has evolved over time, 

continuing to require an ECHO eligible 

beneficiary to receive a concurrent 

ECHO benefit as a medical management 

tool is no longer necessary. Based on 

our current program structure, 

beneficiaries should already be 

receiving medical management services 

and the receipt of any ECHO benefit, 

including ECHO respite care, provides 

an additional opportunity to ensure the 

safe and effective management of the 

beneficiary’s qualifying condition. 

Furthermore, in accordance with 32 

CFR 199.5(h)(3), all ECHO benefits, 

including ECHO respite care, require 

authorization prior to receipt of such 

benefits. Paragraph (i) discusses 

required documentation as a 

prerequisite to authorizing ECHO 

benefits. As a practical matter, the home 

health agency providing the respite 

services must document the health care 

services needed by the ECHO 

beneficiary in the absence of the family 

caregiver and the schedule for the 

services during the provision of respite 

care in order to ensure an appropriately 

trained provider is sent and the 

beneficiary’s needs are met. If this 

regulatory change is enacted, after 

public comment, additional details 

regarding required documentation to be 

provided to the Managed Care Support 

Contractor and home health agency for 

authorization of ECHO respite services 

will be published in the TRICARE 

Policy Manual available at http://

manuals.tricare.osd.mil. We believe that 

this approach will provide greater 

flexibility and eliminate unnecessary 

barriers for families to access to ECHO 

respite care services while still ensuring 

the safe and effective medical 

management of the beneficiary’s 

medical condition(s). 

III. Regulatory Procedures 

Executive Order 12866, ‘‘Regulatory 

Planning and Review’’ and Executive 

Order 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulation 

and Regulatory Review’’ 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, reducing costs, 

harmonizing rules, and promoting 

flexibility. A regulatory impact analysis 

must be prepared for major rules with 

economically significant effects ($100 

million or more in any one year). This 

rulemaking is neither ‘‘economically 

significant’’ as measured by the $100 

million threshold, nor is it otherwise 

significant. 

Executive Order 13771, ‘‘Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs’’ 

This proposed rule is not expected to 

be an E.O. 13771 regulatory action 

because it is not significant under E.O. 

12866. 

Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 

804(2) 

Under the Congressional Review Act, 

a major rule may not take effect until at 

least 60 days after submission to 

Congress of a report regarding the rule. 


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A major rule is one that would have an 

annual effect on the economy of $100 

million or more or have certain other 

impacts. This proposed rule is not a 

major rule under the Congressional 

Review Act. 

Public Law 96–354, ‘‘Regulatory 

Flexibility Act’’ (RFA), (Title 5, U.S.C., 

Sec. 601) 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act 

requires that each Federal agency 

analyze options for regulatory relief of 

small businesses if a rule has a 

significant impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. For purposes 

of the RFA, small entities include small 

businesses, nonprofit organizations, and 

small governmental jurisdictions. This 

proposed rule is not an economically 

significant regulatory action, and it will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Therefore, this rule is not subject to the 

requirements of the RFA. 

Public Law 104–4, Sec. 202, ‘‘Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act’’ 

Section 202 of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act of 1995 also 

requires that agencies assess anticipated 

costs and benefits before issuing any 

rule whose mandates require spending 

in any one year of $100 million in 1995 

dollars, updated annually for inflation. 

That threshold level is currently 

approximately $140 million. This final 

rule will not mandate any requirements 

for state, local, or tribal governments or 

the private sector. 

Public Law 96–511, ‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act’’ (Title 44, U.S.C., 

Chapter 35) 

This rule will not impose significant 

additional information collection 

requirements on the public under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3502–3511). Existing information 

collection requirements of the TRICARE 

and Medicare programs will be utilized. 

TRICARE ECHO respite care providers 

will be coding and filing claims in the 

same manner as they currently are with 

TRICARE. 

Executive Order 13132, ‘‘Federalism’’ 

This rule has been examined for its 

impact under E.O. 13132, and it does 

not contain policies that have 

federalism implications that would have 

substantial direct effects on the States, 

on the relationship between the national 

Government and the States, or on the 

distribution of powers and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of Government. Therefore, 

consultation with State and local 

officials is not required. 

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 199 

Claims, Dental health, Health care, 

Health insurance, Individuals with 

disabilities, Military personnel. 

Accordingly, 32 CFR part 199 is 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

PART 199—CIVILIAN HEALTH AND 

MEDICAL PROGRAM OF THE 

UNIFORMED SERVICES (CHAMPUS) 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 199 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. chapter 

55. 

■ 2. Revise § 199.5(c)(7) introductory 

text to read as follows: 

§ 199.5 TRICARE Extended Care Health 

Option (ECHO). 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(7) Respite care. TRICARE 

beneficiaries enrolled in ECHO are 

eligible for a maximum of 16 hours of 

respite care per month. Respite care in 

defined is § 199.2. Respite care services 

will be provided by a TRICAREauthorized home health agency and will 

be designed to provide health care 

services for the covered beneficiary, and 

not baby-sitting or child-care services 

for other members of the family. The 

benefit will not be cumulative, that is, 

any respite hours not used in one month 

will not be carried over or banked for 

use on another occasion. 

* * * * * 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket Number USCG–2018–0577] 

RIN 1625–AA08 

Special Local Regulation; Choptank 

River, Talbot and Dorchester Counties, 

MD 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to 

establish special local regulations for 

certain navigable waters of the 

Choptank River. This action is necessary 

to provide for the safety of life on these 

waters near Oxford, MD, from October 

7, 2018, through October 15, 2018, 

during a sailboat regatta. This proposed 

rule would prohibit persons and vessels 

from being in the regulated area unless 

authorized by the Captain of the Port 

Maryland-National Capital Region or the 

Coast Guard Patrol Commander. We 

invite your comments on this proposed 

rulemaking. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must be received by the Coast Guard on 

or before September 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2018–0577 using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public 

Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

further instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this proposed 

rulemaking, call or email Mr. Ronald 

Houck, U.S. Coast Guard Sector 

Maryland-National Capital Region; 

telephone 410–576–2674, email 

Ronald.L.Houck@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

COTP Captain of the Port 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

PATCOM Patrol Commander 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background, Purpose, and Legal 

Basis 

On February 13, 2018, the Tred Avon 

Yacht Club of Oxford, MD, notified the 

Coast Guard through submission of a 

marine event application that it is 

planning to conduct a sailboat regatta 

from October 5, 2018, through October 

15, 2018, the 2018 Star World 

Championship. Race activities on 

navigable waters are planned each 

afternoon of the regatta beginning on 

October 7th. The regatta consists of 

approximately 100 2-person, 23-foot 

long International Star Class sailboats. 

These vessels will operate along a 

designated and marked 2.5 nautical mile 

long course. The course is located on 

the Choptank River, in Talbot and 

Dorchester Counties, near Oxford, MD. 

Hazards from the sailboat regatta 

include participants operating within 

and adjacent to a designated navigation 

channel and interfering with vessels 

intending to operate within that 

channel, as well as injury to persons 

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