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personnel, Penalties, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Research, 

Seizures and forfeitures, Transportation. 

27 CFR Part 479 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Arms and munitions, Excise 

taxes, Exports, Imports, Military 

personnel, Penalties, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Seizures 

and forfeitures, Transportation. 

Authority and Issuance 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, 27 CFR parts 478 and 479 are 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

PART 478—COMMERCE IN FIREARMS 

AND AMMUNITION 

■ 1. The authority citation for 27 CFR 

part 478 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 18 U.S.C. 921– 

931; 44 U.S.C. 3504(h). 

■ 2. In § 478.11, add a sentence to the 

end of the definition of ‘‘rifle,’’ to read 

as follows: 

§ 478.11 Meaning of terms. 

* * * * * 

Rifle. * * * The term shall include 

any weapon with a rifled barrel 

equipped with an accessory or 

component purported to assist the 

shooter stabilize the weapon while 

shooting with one hand, commonly 

referred to as a ‘‘stabilizing brace,’’ that 

has objective design features and 

characteristics that facilitate shoulder 

fire, as indicated on Factoring Criteria 

for Rifled Barrel Weapons with 

Accessories commonly referred to as 

‘‘Stabilizing Braces,’’ ATF Worksheet 

4999, published on [EFFECTIVE DATE 

OF THE FINAL RULE]. 

* * * * * 

PART 479—MACHINE GUNS, 

DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND 

CERTAIN OTHER FIREARMS 

■ 3. The authority citation for 27 CFR 

part 479 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 5812; 26 U.S.C. 5822; 

26 U.S.C. 7801; 26 U.S.C. 7805. 

■ 4. In § 479.11, add a sentence to the 

end of the definition of ‘‘rifle’’, to read 

as follows: 

§ 479.11 Meaning of terms. 

* * * * * 

Rifle. * * * The term shall include 

any weapon with a rifled barrel 

equipped with an accessory or 

component purported to assist the 

shooter stabilize the weapon while 

shooting with one hand, commonly 

referred to as a ‘‘stabilizing brace,’’ that 

has objective design features and 

characteristics that facilitate shoulder 

fire, as indicated on Factoring Criteria 

for Rifled Barrel Weapons with 

Accessories commonly referred to as 

‘‘Stabilizing Braces,’’ ATF Worksheet 

4999, published on [EFFECTIVE DATE 

OF THE FINAL RULE]. 

* * * * * 

Dated: June 7, 2021. 

Merrick B. Garland, 

Attorney General. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12176 Filed 6–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–FY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket Number USCG–2021–0214] 

RIN 1625–AA08 

Special Local Regulation; Breton Bay, 

McIntosh Run, Leonardtown, MD 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is proposing 

to establish special local regulations for 

certain waters of Breton Bay and 

McIntosh Run. This action is necessary 

to provide for the safety of life on these 

navigable waters located at 

Leonardtown, MD, during a high-speed 

power boat demonstration event on July 

31, 2021, and August 1, 2021. This 

proposed rulemaking 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 Event 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 June 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2021–0214 using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

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 MST1 Shaun 

Landante, U.S. Coast Guard Sector 

Maryland-National Capital Region; 

telephone 410–576–2570, email D05- 

DG-SectorMD-NCR-MarineEvents@

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 

The Southern Maryland Boat Club of 

Leonardtown, MD, has notified the 

Coast Guard that it will be conducting 

the Southern Maryland Boat Club Wharf 

Summer Regatta from 9:30 a.m. to 4 

p.m. on July 31, 2021, and from 10:15 

a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 1, 2021. The 

high-speed boat event consists of 

approximately 50 participating vintage 

and historic race boats—including 

runabouts, v-bottoms, tunnel hulls, and 

hydroplanes—12 to 21 feet in length. 

The boats will be participating in an 

exhibition, operating in heats along a 

marked racetrack-type course 1 mile in 

length and 150 feet in width, located in 

Breton Bay and McIntosh Run at 

Leonardtown, MD. The Regatta is not a 

competition, but rather a demonstration 

of the vintage race craft. Hazards from 

the high-speed power boat 

demonstration event include 

participants operating within and 

adjacent to designated navigation 

channels and interfering with vessels 

intending to operate within those 

channels, as well as operating within 

approaches to local public boat 

landings. The Captain of the Port 

(COTP) Maryland-National Capital 

Region has determined that potential 

hazards associated with the high-speed 

power boat event would be a safety 

concern for anyone intending to operate 

within certain waters of Breton Bay and 

McIntosh Run at Leonardtown, MD, 

operating in or near the event area. 

The purpose of this rulemaking is to 

protect event participants, nonparticipants, and transiting vessels 

before, during, and after the scheduled 

event. The Coast Guard proposes this 

rulemaking under authority in 46 U.S.C. 

70034 (previously 33 U.S.C. 1231). 

The Coast Guard is requesting that 

interested parties provide comments 

within a shortened comment period of 

15 days instead of the more typical 30 

days for this notice of proposed 

rulemaking. The Coast Guard believes 

the 15-day comment period still 

provides for a reasonable amount of 

time for interested parties to review the 


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proposal and provide informed 

comments on it while also ensuring that 

the Coast Guard has time to review and 

respond to any significant comments 

and has final rule in effect in time for 

the scheduled event. 

III. Discussion of Proposed Rule 

The COTP Maryland-National Capital 

Region proposes to establish special 

local regulations from 7 a.m. on July 31, 

2021, through 6 p.m. on August 1, 2021. 

The special local regulation would be 

enforced from 7 a.m. through 6 p.m. on 

July 31st and 7 a.m. through 6 p.m. on 

August 1st. The regulated area would 

cover all navigable waters of Breton Bay 

and McIntosh Run, immediately 

adjacent to Leonardtown, MD, within an 

area bounded by lines drawn shoreline 

to shoreline, to the south along latitude 

38°16′43′′ N and to the west along 

longitude 076°38′30′′ W. 

This proposed rule provides 

additional information about areas 

within the regulated area, and the 

restrictions that would apply to 

mariners. These areas include a ‘‘Race 

area’’, ‘‘Buffer area’’, ‘‘Milling area’’ and 

‘‘Spectator area’’. They lie within an 

area bounded to the south by a line 

drawn along latitude 38°16′43′′ N and 

bounded to the west by a line drawn 

along longitude 076°38′30′′ W, located 

in Breton Bay and McIntosh Run, at 

Leonardtown, MD. 

The proposed duration of the special 

local regulations and size of the 

regulated area are intended to ensure 

the safety of life on these navigable 

waters before, during, and after the 

high-speed power boat event, scheduled 

from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on July 31, 

2021, and from 10:15 a.m. until 4 p.m. 

on August 1, 2021. The COTP and the 

Coast Guard Event Patrol Commander 

(PATCOM) would have authority to 

forbid and control the movement of all 

vessels and persons, including event 

participants, in the regulated area. 

When hailed or signaled by an official 

patrol, a vessel or person in the 

regulated area would be required to 

immediately comply with the directions 

given by the COTP or Event PATCOM. 

If a person or vessel fails to follow such 

directions, the Coast Guard may expel 

them from the area, issue them a 

citation for failure to comply, or both. 

Except for Southern Maryland Boat 

Club Regatta participants and vessels 

already at berth, a vessel or person 

would be required to get permission 

from the COTP or Event PATCOM 

before entering the regulated area. 

Vessel operators can request permission 

to enter and transit through the 

regulated area by contacting the Event 

PATCOM on VHF–FM channel 16. 

Vessel traffic would be able to safely 

transit the regulated area once the Event 

PATCOM deems it safe to do so. A 

person or vessel not registered with the 

event sponsor as a participant or 

assigned as official patrols would be 

considered a spectator. Official Patrols 

are any vessel assigned or approved by 

the Commander, Coast Guard Sector 

Maryland-National Capital Region with 

a commissioned, warrant, or petty 

officer on board and displaying a Coast 

Guard ensign. 

If permission is granted by the COTP 

or Event PATCOM, a person or vessel 

would be allowed to enter the regulated 

area or pass directly through the 

regulated area as instructed. Vessels 

would be required to operate at a safe 

speed that minimizes wake while 

within the regulated area. Official patrol 

vessels would direct everyone other 

than participants while within the 

regulated area. Spectators are only 

allowed inside the regulated area if they 

remain within a designated spectator 

area. Only participants and official 

patrols are allowed within the race area 

and milling area. 

The regulatory text we are proposing 

appears at the end of this document. 

IV. Regulatory Analyses 

We developed this proposed rule after 

considering numerous statutes and 

Executive orders related to rulemaking. 

Below we summarize our analyses 

based on a number of these statutes and 

Executive orders, and we discuss First 

Amendment rights of protestors. 

A. Regulatory Planning and Review 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to assess the costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits. 

This NPRM has not been designated a 

‘‘significant regulatory action,’’ under 

Executive Order 12866. Accordingly, 

the NPRM has not been reviewed by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). 

This regulatory action determination 

is based on size, duration and time of 

year of the regulated area, which would 

impact a small designated area of Breton 

Bay and McIntosh Run for 22 total 

enforcement hours. This waterway 

supports mainly recreational vessel 

traffic, which at its peak, occurs during 

the summer season. Although this 

regulated area extends across the entire 

width of the waterway, the rule would 

allow vessels and persons to seek 

permission to enter the regulated area, 

and vessel traffic able to do so safely 

would be able to transit the regulated 

are as instructed by Event PATCOM. 

Such vessels must operate at safe speed 

that minimizes wake and not loiter 

within the navigable channel while 

within the regulated area. Moreover, the 

Coast Guard would issue a Broadcast 

Notice to Mariners via VHF–FM marine 

channel 16 about the status of the 

regulated area. 

B. Impact on Small Entities 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 

1980, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, as amended, 

requires Federal agencies to consider 

the potential impact of regulations on 

small entities during rulemaking. The 

term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises small 

businesses, not-for-profit organizations 

that are independently owned and 

operated and are not dominant in their 

fields, and governmental jurisdictions 

with populations of less than 50,000. 

The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 

605(b) that this proposed rule would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

While some owners or operators of 

vessels intending to transit the safety 

zone may be small entities, for the 

reasons stated in section IV.A above, 

this proposed rule would not have a 

significant economic impact on any 

vessel owner or operator. 

If you think that your business, 

organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity 

and that this rule would have a 

significant economic impact on it, 

please submit a comment (see 

ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it 

qualifies and how and to what degree 

this rule would economically affect it. 

Under section 213(a) of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121), 

we want to assist small entities in 

understanding this proposed rule. If the 

rule would affect your small business, 

organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction and you have questions 

concerning its provisions or options for 

compliance, please call or email the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. The Coast 

Guard will not retaliate against small 

entities that question or complain about 

this proposed rule or any policy or 

action of the Coast Guard. 

C. Collection of Information 

This proposed rule would not call for 

a new collection of information under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). 

D. Federalism and Indian Tribal 

Governments 

A rule has implications for federalism 

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(Federalism), if it has a substantial 

direct effect on the States, on the 

relationship between the National 

Government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. We have analyzed 

this proposed rule under that order and 

have determined that it is consistent 

with the fundamental federalism 

principles and preemption requirements 

described in Executive Order 13132. 

Also, this proposed rule does not have 

tribal implications under Executive 

Order 13175 (Consultation and 

Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments) because it would not 

have a substantial direct effect on one or 

more Indian tribes, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

Indian tribes, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes. 

If you believe this proposed rule has 

implications for federalism or Indian 

tribes, please call or email the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their discretionary regulatory actions. In 

particular, the Act addresses actions 

that may result in the expenditure by a 

State, local, or tribal government, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector of 

$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or 

more in any one year. Though this 

proposed rule would not result in such 

an expenditure, we do discuss the 

effects of this rule elsewhere in this 

preamble. 

F. Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Department of Homeland 

Security Directive 023–01, Rev. 1, 

associated implementing instructions, 

and Environmental Planning 

COMDTINST 5090.1 (series), which 

guide the Coast Guard in complying 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have made a preliminary determination 

that this action is one of a category of 

actions that do not individually or 

cumulatively have a significant effect on 

the human environment. This proposed 

rule involves implementation of 

regulations within 33 CFR part 100 

applicable to organized marine events 

on the navigable waters of the United 

States that could negatively impact the 

safety of waterway users and shore side 

activities in the event area lasting for 

eight hours. Normally such actions are 

categorically excluded from further 

review under paragraph L61 of 

Appendix A, Table 1 of DHS Instruction 

Manual 023–01–001–01, Rev. 1. For 

instructions on locating the docket, see 

the ADDRESSES section of this preamble. 

We seek any comments or information 

that may lead to the discovery of a 

significant environmental impact from 

this proposed rule. 

G. Protest Activities 

The Coast Guard respects the First 

Amendment rights of protesters. 

Protesters are asked to call or email the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

coordinate protest activities so that your 

message can be received without 

jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places, or vessels. 

V. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We view public participation as 

essential to effective rulemaking, and 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

Your comment can help shape the 

outcome of this rulemaking. If you 

submit a comment, please include the 

docket number for this rulemaking, 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. 

We encourage you to submit 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. If your material 

cannot be submitted using https://

www.regulations.gov, call or email the 

person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document for 

alternate instructions. 

We accept anonymous comments. 

Comments we post to https://

www.regulations.gov will include any 

personal information you have 

provided. For more about privacy and 

submissions in response to this 

document, see DHS’s eRulemaking 

System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, 

March 11, 2020). 

Documents mentioned in this NPRM 

as being available in the docket, and 

public comments, will be in our online 

docket at https://www.regulations.gov 

and can be viewed by following that 

website’s instructions. We review all 

comments received, but we will only 

post comments that address the topic of 

the proposed rule. We may choose not 

to post off-topic, inappropriate, or 

duplicate comments that we receive. If 

you go to the online docket and sign up 

for email alerts, you will be notified 

when comments are posted or a final 

rule is published. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100 

Marine safety, Navigation (water), 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard is proposing 

to amend 33 CFR part 100 as follows: 

PART 100—SAFETY OF LIFE ON 

NAVIGABLE WATERS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 100 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70041; 33 CFR 

1.05–1. 

■ 2. Add § 100.T05–0214 to read as 

follows: 

§ 100.T05–0214 Southern Maryland Boat 

Club Leonardtown Regatta, Breton Bay, 

McIntosh Run, Leonardtown, MD. 

(a) Locations. All coordinates 

reference Datum NAD 1983. 

(1) Regulated area. All navigable 

waters of Breton Bay and McIntosh Run, 

immediately adjacent to Leonardtown, 

MD shoreline, from shoreline to 

shoreline, within an area bounded to the 

east by a line drawn along latitude 

38°16′43′′ N and bounded to the west by 

a line drawn along longitude 076°38′30′′ 

W, located at Leonardtown, MD. The 

locations in paragraphs (a)(2) through 

(5) of this section are within the 

regulated area. 

(2) Race area. The area is bounded by 

a line commencing at position latitude 

38°17′09.78′′ N, longitude 076°38′22.71′′ 

W; thence southeasterly to latitude 

38°16′58.62′′ N, longitude 076°37′50.91′′ 

W; thence southwesterly to latitude 

38°16′51.89′′ N, longitude 076°37′55.82′′ 

W; thence northwesterly to latitude 

38°17′05.44′′ N, longitude 076°38′27.20′′ 

W; thence northeasterly terminating at 

point of origin. 

(3) Buffer area. The area surrounds 

the entire race area described in 

paragraph (a)(2) of this section. The area 

is bounded by a line commencing at the 

shoreline west of Leonardtown Wharf 

Park at position latitude 38°17′13.80′′ N, 

longitude 076°38′24.72′′ W; thence 

easterly to latitude 38°16′58.61′′ N, 

longitude 076°37′44.29′′ W; thence 

southerly to latitude 38°16′46.35′′ N, 

longitude 076°37′52.54′′ W; thence 

westerly to latitude 38°16′58.78′′ N, 

longitude 076°38′26.63′′ W; thence 

northerly to latitude 38°17′07.50′′ N, 

longitude 076°38′30.00′′ W; thence 

northeasterly terminating at point of 

origin. 

(4) Milling area. The area is bounded 

by a line commencing at the shoreline 

east of Leonardtown Wharf Parkat 

position latitude 38°17′10.07′′ N, 

longitude 076°38′14.87′′ W; thence 


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easterly and southerly along the 

shoreline to latitude 38°17′01.54′′ N, 

longitude 076°37′52.24′′ W; thence 

westerly terminating at point of origin. 

(5) Spectator area—(i) Northeast 

spectator fleet area. The area is bounded 

by a line commencing at position 

latitude 38°16′59.10′′ N, longitude 

076°37′45.60′′ W, thence northeasterly 

to latitude 38°17′01.76′′ N, longitude 

076°37′43.71′′ W, thence southeasterly 

to latitude 38°16′59.23′′ N, longitude 

076°37′37.25′′ W, thence southwesterly 

to latitude 38°16′53.32′′ N, longitude 

076°37′40.85′′ W, thence northwesterly 

to latitude 38°16′55.48′′ N, longitude 

076°37′46.39′′ W, thence northeasterly 

to latitude 38°16′58.61′′ N, longitude 

076°37′44.29′′ W, thence northwesterly 

to point of origin. 

(ii) Southeast spectator fleet area. The 

area is bounded by a line commencing 

at position latitude 38°16′47.20′′ N, 

longitude 076°37′54.80′′ W, thence 

southerly to latitude 38°16′43.30′′ N, 

longitude 076°37′55.20′′ W, thence 

easterly to latitude 38°16′43.20′′ N, 

longitude 076°37′47.80′′ W, thence 

northerly to latitude 38°16′44.80′′ N, 

longitude 076°37′48.20′′ W, thence 

northwesterly to point of origin. 

(iii) South spectator fleet area. The 

area is bounded by a line commencing 

at position latitude 38°16′55.36′′ N, 

longitude 076°38′17.26′′ W, thence 

southeasterly to latitude 38°16′50.39′′ N, 

longitude 076°38′03.69′′ W, thence 

southerly to latitude 38°16′48.87′′ N, 

longitude 076°38′03.68′′ W, thence 

northwesterly to latitude 38°16′53.82′′ 

N, longitude 076°38′17.28′′ W, thence 

northerly to point of origin. 

(b) Definitions. As used in this 

section: 

Buffer area is a neutral area that 

surrounds the perimeter of the race area 

within the regulated area described by 

this section. The purpose of a buffer 

area is to minimize potential collision 

conflicts with marine event participants 

or race boats and spectator vessels or 

nearby transiting vessels. This area 

provides separation between a race area 

and specified spectator areas or other 

vessels that are operating in the vicinity 

of the regulated area established by the 

special local regulations in this section. 

Captain of the Port (COTP) MarylandNational Capital Region means the 

Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector 

Maryland-National Capital Region or 

any Coast Guard commissioned, warrant 

or petty officer who has been authorized 

by the COTP to act on his behalf. 

Event Patrol Commander or Event 

PATCOM means a commissioned, 

warrant, or petty officer of the U.S. 

Coast Guard who has been designated 

by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector 

Maryland-National Capital Region. 

Milling area is an area described by a 

line bound by coordinates provided in 

latitude and longitude that outlines the 

boundary of a milling area within the 

regulated area defined by this section. 

The area is used before a demonstration 

start to warm up the boats engines. 

Official patrol means any vessel 

assigned or approved by Commander, 

Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National 

Capital Region with a commissioned, 

warrant, or petty officer on board and 

displaying a Coast Guard ensign. 

Participant means a person or vessel 

registered with the event sponsor as 

participating in the Southern Maryland 

Boat Club Leonardtown Regatta or 

otherwise designated by the event 

sponsor as having a function tied to the 

event. 

Race area is an area described by a 

line bound by coordinates provided in 

latitude and longitude that outlines the 

boundary of a high-speed power boat 

demonstration area within the regulated 

area defined by this section. 

Spectator means a person or vessel 

not registered with the event sponsor as 

participants or assigned as official 

patrols and is present with the purpose 

of observing the event. 

Spectator area is an area described by 

a line bound by coordinates provided in 

latitude and longitude that outlines the 

boundary of a spectator area within the 

regulated area defined by this section. 

(c) Special local regulations. (1) The 

COTP Maryland-National Capital 

Region or Event PATCOM may forbid 

and control the movement of all vessels 

and persons, including event 

participants, in the regulated area. 

When hailed or signaled by an official 

patrol, a vessel or person in the 

regulated area shall immediately 

comply with the directions given by the 

patrol. Failure to do so may result in the 

Coast Guard expelling the person or 

vessel from the area, issuing a citation 

for failure to comply, or both. The COTP 

Maryland-National Capital Region or 

Event PATCOM may terminate the 

event, or a participant’s operations at 

any time the COTP Maryland-National 

Capital Region or Event PATCOM 

believes it necessary to do so for the 

protection of life or property. 

(2) Except for participants and vessels 

already at berth, a person or vessel 

within the regulated area at the start of 

enforcement of this section must 

immediately depart the regulated area. 

(3) A spectator must contact the Event 

PATCOM to request permission to 

either enter or pass through the 

regulated area. The Event PATCOM, and 

official patrol vessels enforcing this 

regulated area, can be contacted on 

marine band radio VHF–FM channel 16 

(156.8 MHz) and channel 22A (157.1 

MHz). If permission is granted, the 

spectator must pass directly through the 

regulated area as instructed by Event 

PATCOM. A vessel within the regulated 

area must operate at safe speed that 

minimizes wake. 

(4) Only participant vessels and 

official patrol vessels are allowed to 

enter the race area and milling area. 

(5) Only participant vessels and 

official patrol vessels are allowed to 

enter and transit directly through the 

buffer area, in order to arrive at or 

depart from the race area. 

(6) A person or vessel that desires to 

transit, moor, or anchor within the 

regulated area must obtain authorization 

from the COTP Maryland-National 

Capital Region or PATCOM. A person or 

vessel seeking such permission can 

contact the COTP Maryland-National 

Capital Region at telephone number 

410–576–2693 or on Marine Band 

Radio, VHF–FM channel 16 (156.8 

MHz) or the PATCOM on Marine Band 

Radio, VHF–FM channel 16 (156.8 

MHz). 

(7) The Coast Guard will publish a 

notice in the Fifth Coast Guard District 

Local Notice to Mariners and issue a 

marine information broadcast on VHF– 

FM marine band radio announcing 

specific event date and times. 

(d) Enforcement officials. The Coast 

Guard may be assisted with marine 

event patrol and enforcement of the 

regulated area by other Federal, State, 

and local agencies. 

(e) Enforcement period. This section 

will be enforced from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

on July 31, 2021, and from 7 a.m. to 6 

p.m. on August 1, 2021. 

Dated: June 4, 2021. 

David E. O’Connell, 

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

Port Maryland-National Capital Region. 

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Hampshire; 2015 Ozone NAAQS 

Interstate Transport Requirements 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with PROPOSALS