Document ID: USCG-2023-0817-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; Key West World Championship, Key West, FL
Posted Date: 2023-10-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 206 (Thursday, October 26, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 73534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23649]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0817]

Special Local Regulations; Key West World Championship, Key West, 
FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a special local regulation for 
the Key West World Championship 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 from 10 a.m. 
until 7 p.m., on November 8, 10, and 12, 2023, for the location 
identified in paragraph (b), Item 4 in table 1 to Sec.  100.701.

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; phone 305-
292-8768, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.701 for the Key West World Championship 
regulated area identified in table 1 to Sec.  100.701, paragraph (b), 
Item 4, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on November 8, 10, and 12, 2023. This 
action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during this 3-day event. Our regulation for recurring marine 
events, Sector Key West, Sec.  100.701, paragraph (b), Item 4, 
specifies the location of the regulated area for the Key West World 
Championship, which encompasses a portion of the Atlantic Ocean located 
southwest of Key West, Florida. During the enforcement period, as 
reflected in Sec.  100.701(c), all persons and vessels, except those 
persons and vessels participating in the high speed boat races, 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.

Jason Ingram,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Key West.
[FR Doc. 2023-23649 Filed 10-25-23; 8:45 am]
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