Document ID: USCG-2022-0362-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2022-05-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 32084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11371]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0362]

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

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for the 
Point Pleasant OPA/NJ Offshore Grand Prix from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. 
on June 12, 2022, and for the Escape the Cape Swim from 7:30 a.m. 
through 11 a.m. on June 12, 2022. These actions are necessary 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 these events. During the 
enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area 
must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official 
Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the 
regulated areas listed in Table 1 to Paragraph (i)(1) of Sec.  100.501 
for the Point Pleasant OPA/NJ Offshore Grand Prix from 10 a.m. to 5 
p.m. on June 12, 2022 and for the Escape the Cape Swim from 7:30 a.m. 
to 11 p.m. on June 12, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Jennifer 
Padilla, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management 
Division, telephone 215-271-4814, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 for the regulated areas of the Point 
Pleasant OPA/NJ Offshore Grand Prix from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 12, 
2022, and of the Escape the Cape Swim from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on June 
12, 2022. These actions are being taken to provide for the safety of 
life on navigable waterways during these two events. Our regulation for 
marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District, Sec.  100.501, 
specifies the location of the regulated area for the Point Pleasant 
OPA/NJ Offshore Grand Prix which encompasses portions of Atlantic Ocean 
off Point Pleasant Beach, NJ and for the Escape the Cape Swim which 
encompasses portions of the Delaware Bay off Lower Township, NJ. During 
the enforcement periods, as reflected in Sec.  100.100(g), if you are 
the operator of a vessel in the regulated area, you must comply with 
directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying 
a Coast Guard ensign.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.

    Dated: May 19, 2022.
Jonathan D. Theel,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2022-11371 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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