Document ID: USCG-2012-1057-0008
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Sprucewold Cabbage Island Swim; Boothbay Harbor, ME (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2013-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48805-48806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19420]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2012-1057]

Safety Zone; Sprucewold Cabbage Island Swim, Linekin Bay, 
Boothbay Harbor, ME

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone in the Captain of 
the Port Northern New England Zone on the specified date and time. This 
action is necessary to ensure the safety of participants, vessels and 
spectators from hazards associated with the swim event. During the 
enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone 
without permission of the Captain of the Port.

DATES: The regulation for the Sprucewold Cabbage Island Swim safety 
zone described in 33 CFR 165.171 will be enforced on August 18, 2013, 
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Lieutenant Junior Grade Elizabeth Morris, Coast Guard; 
telephone 207-767-0398, email Elizabeth.V.Morris@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.171 on the specified date and time as indicated in 
Table 1 below. This regulation was published in the Federal Register on 
April 20, 2012 (77 FR 23608).

                                 Table 1
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1. Sprucewold Cabbage Island Swim,        Event Type: Swim
 Linekin Bay, Boothbay Harbor, ME         Event.
 Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.171(8.1).        Sponsor: Sprucewold
                                          Association.
                                          Date: August 18, 2013.
                                          Time: 1:00 p.m. to
                                          4:00 p.m.
                                          Location: The
                                          regulated area includes all
                                          waters of Linekin Bay between
                                          Cabbage Island and Sprucewold
                                          Beach in Boothbay Harbor,
                                          Maine within the following
                                          points (NAD 83):
                                            43[deg]50'37'' N,
                                             069[deg]36'23'' W.
                                            43[deg]50'37'' N,
                                             069[deg]36'59'' W.
                                            43[deg]50'16'' N,
                                             069[deg]36'46'' W.
                                            43[deg]50'22'' N,
                                             069[deg]36'21'' W.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.171, vessels may not transit the 
regulated areas without Patrol Commander approval. Vessels permitted to 
transit must operate at a no wake speed, in a manner which will not 
endanger participants or other crafts in the event. Spectators or other 
vessels shall not anchor, block, loiter, or

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impede the movement of event participants or official patrol vessels in 
the regulated areas during the effective dates and times, or dates and 
times as modified through the Local Notice to Mariners, unless 
authorized by an official patrol vessel. The Patrol Commander may 
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 lawful directions issued. Failure to 
comply with a lawful direction may result in expulsion from the area, 
citation for failure to comply, or both. Vessels not associated with 
the event shall maintain a separation zone of 200 feet from 
participating swimmers. 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 165.171 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced notification of 
enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts. If the COTP determines that the regulated area 
need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: July 29, 2013.
B.S. Gilda,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Northern New England.
[FR Doc. 2013-19420 Filed 8-9-13; 8:45 am]
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