Document ID: USCG-2011-0551-0106
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: TFR:  Special Local Regulations and Safety Zones: America's Cup Sailing Events, San Francisco, CA (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-06-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 106 (Monday, June 3, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32990-32991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12998]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 100 and 165

[Docket No. USCG-2011-0551]

Special Local Regulation and Safety Zone; America's Cup Sailing 
Events, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Temporary final rule; notice of calendar availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of the 2013 program 
calendar for the on-water activities associated with the ``Louis 
Vuitton Cup, Red Bull Youth America's Cup and the 34th America's Cup'' 
regatta scheduled from July 4th to September 23rd, 2013 on the waters 
of San Francisco Bay adjacent to the City of San Francisco waterfront 
in the vicinity of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island.

DATES: Effective June 3, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket USCG-2011-0551 and are available online 
by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2011-0551 in the 
``Keyword'' box, and then clicking ``Search.'' They are also available 
for inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), 
U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Commander Aaron Lubrano, Coast Guard Sector San 
Francisco, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (415) 399-3446, email 
Aaron.C.Lubrano@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    The Coast Guard, on July 17, 2012, published a special local 
regulation and a safety zone for the sailing regattas being conducted 
on the waters of San Francisco Bay associated with the 34th America's 
Cup sailing events taking place adjacent to the City of San Francisco 
waterfront in the vicinity of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz 
Island. (77 FR 41902) The special local regulation and safety zone 
regulate the on-water activities associated with the ``Louis Vuitton 
Cup, Red Bull Youth America's Cup and the 34th America's Cup'' regatta 
scheduled for July 4th to September 23rd, 2013, which will temporarily 
restrict vessel traffic in a portion of the San Francisco Bay, prohibit 
vessels not participating in the America's Cup sailing events from 
entering the designated race area, and create a temporary safety zone 
around racing vessels.
    This document announces the availability of the 2013 program 
calendar referenced in the rulemaking published in association with the 
``Louis Vuitton Cup, Red Bull Youth America's Cup and the 34th 
America's Cup'' regattas. This program lists the scheduled race dates 
that the rule will be enforced for the event programming.
    This document is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 33 
U.S.C. 1233, and 33 CFR 1.05-1.

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    Dated: May 7, 2013.
Gregory G. Stump,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2013-12998 Filed 5-31-13; 8:45 am]
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