Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 29, 2024 / Rules and Regulations 85855 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket No. USCG–2024–0892] 

Special Local Regulation; Key West 

World Championship, Key West, FL 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

a special local regulation for the Key 

West World Championship high-speed 

boat race on November 6, 8, and 10, 

2024, to provide for the safety of life on 

navigable waterways during this event. 

Our regulation for marine events within 

the Seventh Coast Guard District 

identifies the regulated area for this 

event in Key West, FL. During the 

enforcement period, no person or vessel 

may enter, transit through, anchor in, or 

remain within the regulated area 

without permission from the Captain of 

the Port Key West or a designated 

representative. 

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 

100.701 will be enforced for the Key 

West World Championship high-speed 

boat race regulated area in paragraph 

(b), item no. 4 in table 1 to § 100.701, 

daily from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., on 

November 6, 8, and 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this 

notification of enforcement, call or 

email Lieutenant Hailye Wilson, Sector 

Key West Waterways Management 

Division, Coast Guard; telephone 305– 

292–8768, email Hailye.M.Wilson@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce special local 

regulations in for the Key West World 

Championship high speed boat race area 

identified in table 1 to § 100.701, 

paragraph (b), item No. 4, on November 

6, 8, and 10, 2024. This action is being 

taken to provide for the safety of life on 

navigable waterways during this event. 

Our regulation for recurring marine 

events, Sector Key West, § 100.701, table 

1 paragraph (b), Item 4, specifies the 

location of the regulated area for the Key 

West World Championship high-speed 

boat race, which encompasses a portion 

of the Atlantic Ocean in Key West, 

Florida. During the enforcement 

periods, as reflected in § 100.701(c), all 

persons and vessels, except those 

persons and vessels participating in the 

high-speed boat race, are prohibited 

from entering, transiting through, 

anchoring in, or remaining within the 

regulated area without obtaining 

permission from the Captain of the Port 

Key West or a designated representative. 

In addition to this notice of 

enforcement in the Federal Register, the 

Coast Guard plans to provide 

notification of this enforcement period 

via the Local Notice to Mariners, marine 

information broadcasts, or both. 

Dated: October 23, 2024. 

Jason D. Ingram, 

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

Port Key West. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25029 Filed 10–28–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2024–0849] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone, Neuse River, New Bern, 

NC 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary safety zone on 

the navigable waters of the Neuse River 

in New Bern, North Carolina adjacent to 

the New Bern downtown waterfront and 

Union Point Park. This action is 

necessary to provide for the safety of life 

on these waters during an aerobatic air 

show on November 30, 2024. This rule 

prohibits persons and vessels from 

being in the safety zone unless 

authorized by the Captain of the Port 

(COTP) North Carolina or a designated 

representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 

November 30, 2024, from 3 p.m. through 

7 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2024– 

0849 in the search box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, in the Document Type 

column, select ‘‘Supporting & Related 

Material.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email Petty Officer Eric Gordon, 

Waterways Management Division, U.S. 

Coast Guard; telephone 571–608–8783, 

email NCMarineevents@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 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background Information and 

Regulatory History 

The Coast Guard is issuing this 

temporary rule without prior notice and 

opportunity to comment pursuant to 

authority under section 4(a) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision 

authorizes an agency to issue a rule 

without prior notice and opportunity to 

comment when the agency for good 

cause finds that those procedures are 

‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that 

good cause exists for not publishing a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

with respect to this rule because it 

would be impracticable to publish an 

NPRM and consider comments without 

delaying promulgation of the rule 

beyond November 30, 2024, the date of 

the air show, and it would be contrary 

to the public interest to delay 

promulgation of the rule until after the 

event occurs. The rule needs to be in 

effect by November 30, 2024, to protect 

persons and vessels from the hazards 

associated with this event. Such hazards 

include the possibility of an aircraft 

striking a vessel on the surface below 

the flight zone. 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast 

Guard finds that good cause exists for 

making this rule effective less than 30 

days after publication in the Federal 

Register. Delaying the effective date of 

this rule would be impracticable to 

publish this rule 30 days prior to the 

date of the event, and contrary to the 

public interest to delay publication past 

that date because the rule must be in 

place to protect persons and vessels 

from the hazards associated with this 

event on November 30, 2024. 

III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule 

The Coast Guard is issuing this rule 

under authority in 46 U.S.C. 70034. The 

Captain of the Port North Carolina 

(COTP) has determined that potential 

hazards associated with the Downtown 

New Bern Airshow, scheduled for 3:00 

p.m. through 7:00 p.m. on November 30, 

2024, is a safety concern for mariners 

during the time that aircraft perform 

aerobatic maneuvers directly above the 

Neuse River. This rule is necessary to 

protect personnel, vessels, and the 

marine environment from the hazards 

associated with the airshow above this 

position of the Neuse River. 


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