Document ID: USCG-2018-0254-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2018-04-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14364-14365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06824]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0254]

Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast 
Guard District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for two 
events, the Cambridge Classic Powerboat Race on May 19, 2018 and May 
20, 2018, and the NAS Patuxent River Air Show from May 31, 2018 through 
June 3, 2018, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during these events. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth 
Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for each event. 
During the enforcement periods, the Coast Guard patrol commander or 
designated marine event patrol may forbid and control the movement of 
all vessels in the regulated area.

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DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the 
Cambridge Classic Powerboat Race regulated area listed in item b.21 in 
the Table to Sec.  100.501 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on May 19, 2018 
and from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on May 20, 2018; the regulations in 33 
CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the NAS Patuxent River Air Show 
regulated area listed in item b.18 in the Table to Sec.  100.501 from 
7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. each day from May 31, 2018 through June 3, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Mr. Ron Houck, U.S. Coast Guard 
Sector Maryland-National Capital Region (WWM Division); telephone 410-
576-2674, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Coast Guard was notified by the Cambridge Power Boat Racing 
Association, Inc. on January 30, 2018, through submission of a marine 
event application, that due to a scheduling change, a change of dates 
is necessary to the dates previously published in the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) for the annually scheduled Cambridge Classic 
Powerboat Race, as listed in the Table to 33 CFR 100.501. The date of 
the event is changed to May 19, 2018 and May 20, 2018. The Coast Guard 
will enforce the special local regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 for the 
Cambridge Classic Powerboat Race regulated area from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 
p.m. on May 19 and from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on May 20, 2018. Our 
regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District, 
Sec.  100.501, specifies the location of the regulated area for the 
Cambridge Classic Powerboat Race, which encompasses portions of 
Hambrooks Bay and the Choptank River, at Cambridge, MD.
    The Coast Guard was notified by NAS Patuxent River on February 14, 
2018 through submission of a marine event application that, due to a 
scheduling change, a change of dates is necessary to the dates 
previously published in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for the 
biennially scheduled NAS Patuxent River Air Show, as listed in the 
Table to 33 CFR 100.501. The date of the event is changed to from May 
31, 2018 through June 3, 2018. The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 for the NAS Patuxent River Air Show 
regulated area from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. each day from May 31, 2018 
through June 3, 2018. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth 
Coast Guard District, Sec.  100.501, specifies the location of the 
regulated area for the NAS Patuxent River Air Show, which encompasses 
portions of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay, at Patuxent River, 
MD.
    This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during these events. As specified in Sec.  
100.501(c), during the enforcement periods, the Coast Guard patrol 
commander or designated marine event patrol may forbid and control the 
movement of all vessels in the regulated area. Vessel operators may 
request permission to enter and transit through a regulated area by 
contacting the Coast Guard patrol commander on VHF-FM channel 16.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
100.501(f) and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of 
enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide 
notification of these enforcement periods on scene and via the Local 
Notice to Mariners and marine information broadcasts.

    Dated: March 29, 2018.
Lonnie P. Harrison, Jr.,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Maryland-National 
Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-06824 Filed 4-3-18; 8:45 am]
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