Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 18, 2012 / Rules and Regulations 23119 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

D.J. Rose, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Mobile. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9361 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0247] 

Annual Marine Events in the Eighth 

Coast Guard District, Smoking the 

Sound; Biloxi Ship Channel; Biloxi, MS 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

Special Local Regulations for the 

Smoking the Sound boat races in the 

Biloxi Ship Channel, Biloxi, MS from 8 

a.m. until 6 p.m. on April 28 and April 

29, 2012. This action is necessary for the 

safeguard of participants and spectators, 

including all crews, vessels, and 

persons on navigable waters during the 

Smoking the Sound boat races. During 

the enforcement period, entry into, 

transiting or anchoring in the regulated 

area is prohibited to all vessels not 

registered with the sponsor as 

participants or official patrol vessels, 

unless specifically authorized by the 

Captain of the Port (COTP) Mobile or 

the designated Coast Guard Patrol 

Commander. 

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 

100.801 will be enforced from 8 a.m. 

until 6 p.m. on April 28 and April 29, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice of 

enforcement, call or email LT Lenell J. 

Carson, Coast Guard Sector Mobile, 

Waterways Division; telephone 251– 

441–5940 or email 

Lenell.J.Carson@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce the Special Local 

Regulations for the annual Smoking the 

Sound event listed in 33 CFR 100.801 

(Table 1, VII. Sector Mobile, #154) on 

April 28 and 29, 2012 from 8 a.m. until 

6 p.m. 

Under the provisions of 33 CFR 

100.801, all persons and vessels not 

registered with the sponsor as 

participants or official patrol vessels are 

considered spectators. The ‘‘official 

patrol vessels’’ consist of any Coast 

Guard, state or local law enforcement 

and sponsor provided vessels assigned 

or approved by the Commander, Eighth 

Coast Guard District, to patrol the event. 

Spectator vessels desiring to transit the 

regulated area may do so only with prior 

approval of the Patrol Commander and 

when so directed by that officer and will 

be operated at slowest safe speed in a 

manner which will not endanger 

participants in the event or any other 

craft. No spectator shall anchor, block, 

loiter, or impede the through transit of 

participants or official patrol vessels in 

the regulated area during the effective 

dates and times, unless cleared for entry 

by or through an official patrol vessel. 

The Patrol Commander may forbid and 

control the movement of all vessels in 

the regulated area. When hailed or 

signaled by an official patrol vessel, a 

vessel shall come to an immediate stop 

and comply with the directions given. 

Failure to do so may result in expulsion 

from the area, citation for failure to 

comply, or both. Any spectator vessel 

may anchor outside the regulated area, 

but may not anchor in, block, or loiter 

in a navigable channel. The Patrol 

Commander may terminate the event or 

the operation of any vessel at any time 

it is deemed necessary for the protection 

of life or property. The Patrol 

Commander will terminate enforcement 

of the special regulations at the 

conclusion of the event. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 33 CFR 100.35, 33 U.S.C. 1233, and 

5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this 

notice in the Federal Register, the Coast 

Guard will provide the maritime 

community with advance notification of 

this enforcement period via Local 

Notice to Mariners and Marine 

Information Broadcasts. 

If the Captain of the Port Mobile or 

Patrol Commander determines that the 

regulated area need not be enforced for 

the full duration stated in this notice of 

enforcement, he or she may use a 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant 

general permission to enter the 

regulated area. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

D.J. Rose, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Mobile. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9381 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0248] 

Annual Marine Events in the Eighth 

Coast Guard District, Dauphin Island 

Race; Mobile Bay; Mobile, AL 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

Special Local Regulations for the 

Dauphin Island Race in the Mobile Bay, 

Mobile, AL from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on 

April 28, 2012. This action is necessary 

for the safeguard of participants and 

spectators, including all crews, vessels, 

and persons on navigable waters during 

the Dauphin Island Race. During the 

enforcement period, entry into, 

transiting or anchoring in the regulated 

area is prohibited to all vessels not 

registered with the sponsor as 

participants or official patrol vessels, 

unless specifically authorized by the 

Captain of the Port (COTP) Mobile or 

the designated Coast Guard Patrol 

Commander. 

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 

100.801 will be enforced from 9 a.m. 

until 5 p.m. on April 28, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice of 

enforcement, call or email LT Lenell J. 

Carson, Coast Guard Sector Mobile, 

Waterways Division; telephone 251– 

441–5940 or email 

Lenell.J.Carson@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce the Special Local 

Regulations for the annual Dauphin 

Island Race event listed in 33 CFR 

100.801 (Table 1, VII. Sector Mobile, 

#150) on April 28, 2012 from 9 a.m. 

until 5 p.m. 

Under the provisions of 33 CFR 

100.801, all persons and vessels not 

registered with the sponsor as 

participants or official patrol vessels are 

considered spectators. The ‘‘official 

patrol vessels’’ consist of any Coast 

Guard, state or local law enforcement 

and sponsor provided vessels assigned 

or approved by the Commander, Eighth 

Coast Guard District, to patrol the event. 

Spectator vessels desiring to transit the 

regulated area may do so only with prior 

approval of the Patrol Commander and 

when so directed by that officer and will 

be operated at slowest safe speed in a 

manner which will not endanger 

participants in the event or any other 

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craft. No spectator shall anchor, block, 

loiter, or impede the through transit of 

participants or official patrol vessels in 

the regulated area during the effective 

dates and times, unless cleared for entry 

by or through an official patrol vessel. 

The Patrol Commander may forbid and 

control the movement of all vessels in 

the regulated area. When hailed or 

signaled by an official patrol vessel, a 

vessel shall come to an immediate stop 

and comply with the directions given. 

Failure to do so may result in expulsion 

from the area, citation for failure to 

comply, or both. Any spectator vessel 

may anchor outside the regulated area, 

but may not anchor in, block, or loiter 

in a navigable channel. The Patrol 

Commander may terminate the event or 

the operation of any vessel at any time 

it is deemed necessary for the protection 

of life or property. The Patrol 

Commander will terminate enforcement 

of the special regulations at the 

conclusion of the event. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 33 CFR 100.35, 33 U.S.C. 1233, and 

5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this 

notice in the Federal Register, the Coast 

Guard will provide the maritime 

community with advance notification of 

this enforcement period via Local 

Notice to Mariners and Marine 

Information Broadcasts. 

If the Captain of the Port Mobile or 

Patrol Commander determines that the 

regulated area need not be enforced for 

the full duration stated in this notice of 

enforcement, he or she may use a 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant 

general permission to enter the 

regulated area. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

D.J. Rose, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Mobile. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9377 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket No. USCG–2011–0258] 

National Maritime Week Tugboat 

Races, Seattle, WA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

the Special Local Regulation for the 

annual National Maritime Week 

Tugboat Races in Elliott Bay, WA from 

12 p.m. through 4:30 p.m. on May 12, 

2012. This action is necessary to ensure 

the safety of all participants and 

spectators from the inherent dangers 

associated with these types of races 

which includes large wakes. During the 

enforcement period, no person or vessel 

may enter or remain in the regulated 

area except for participants in the event, 

supporting personnel, vessels registered 

with the event organizer, and personnel 

or vessels authorized by the Coast Guard 

Patrol Commander. 

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 

100.1306 will be enforced from 12 p.m. 

through 4:30 p.m. on May 12, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice, call 

or email Ensign Nathaniel P. Clinger, 

Sector Puget Sound Waterways 

Management Division, Coast Guard; 

telephone 206–217–6045, email 

SectorPugetSoundWWM@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce the Special Local 

Regulation for the annual National 

Maritime Week Tugboat Races, Seattle, 

WA in 33 CFR 100.1306 on May 12, 

2012 from 12 p.m. through 4:30 p.m. 

This regulation can be found in the 

April 27, 1996 issue of the Federal 

Register (61 FR 16710). 

A regulated area is established on that 

portion of Elliott Bay along the Seattle 

waterfront in Puget Sound bounded by 

a line beginning at: 47°37′36′′ N, 

122°22′42′′ W; thence to 47°37′24.5′′ N, 

122°22′58.5′′ W; thence to 47°36′08′′ N, 

122°20′53′′ W; thence to 47°36′21′′ N, 

122°20′31′′ W; thence returning to the 

origin. This regulated area resembles a 

rectangle measuring approximately 

3,900 yards along the shoreline between 

Pier 57 and Pier 89, and extending 

approximately 650 yards into Elliott 

Bay. Temporary floating markers will be 

placed by the race sponsors to delineate 

the regulated area. [Datum: NAD 1983] 

No person or vessel may enter or 

remain in the regulated area except for 

participants in the event, supporting 

personnel, vessels registered with the 

event organizer, and personnel or 

vessels authorized by the Coast Guard 

Patrol Commander. 

The Coast Guard will establish a 

patrol consisting of active and auxiliary 

Coast Guard vessels and personnel in 

the regulated area described above. The 

patrol shall be under the direction of a 

Coast Guard officer or petty officer 

designated by the Captain of the Port as 

the Coast Guard Patrol Commander. The 

Patrol Commander may forbid and 

control the movement of vessels in this 

regulated area. 

A succession of sharp, short blasts 

from whistle or horn from vessels 

patrolling the area under the direction 

of the Patrol Commander shall serve as 

a signal to stop. Vessels signaled shall 

stop and comply with the orders of the 

patrol vessel. Failure to do so may result 

in expulsion from the area, citation for 

failure to comply, or both. 

The Coast Guard may be assisted by 

other Federal, State, or local law 

enforcement agencies in enforcing this 

regulation. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 33 CFR 100.1306 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). 

If the Captain of the Port determines 

that the regulated area need not be 

enforced for the full duration stated in 

this notice, he may use a Broadcast 

Notice to Mariners to grant general 

permission to enter the regulated area. 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

S.J. Ferguson, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Puget Sound. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9380 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0252] 

RIN 1625–AA08 

Special Local Regulations; Lowcountry 

Splash Open Water Swim, Wando 

River and Cooper River, Mount 

Pleasant, SC 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing special local regulations on 

the waters of the Wando River and 

Cooper River in Mount Pleasant, South 

Carolina during the Lowcountry Splash, 

a 2.4 mile open water swim. The event 

is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 

May 19, 2012. Approximately 600 

people are expected to participate in the 

swim. These special local regulations 

are necessary to provide for the safety of 

life on navigable waters of the United 

States during the event. The special 

local regulations establish a series of 

moving buffer zones, where all persons 

and vessels, except those persons and 

vessels participating in the open water 

swim, are prohibited from entering, 

transiting through, anchoring in, or 

remaining unless authorized by the 

Captain of the Port Charleston or a 

designated representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 7:30 

a.m. until 10 a.m. on May 19, 2012. 

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