Document ID: USCG-2023-0455-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone
Posted Date: 2023-06-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36954-36955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12033]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0455]

Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo 
Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce multiple safety zones located in 
federal regulations for recurring marine events taking place in July 
2023. This action is necessary and intended for the safety of life and 
property on navigable waters during these events. During the 
enforcement periods, no person or vessel may enter the respective 
safety zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port Buffalo 
or a designated representative.

DATES: The Coast Guard will enforce the following regulations listed in 
33 CFR 165.939, Table 165.939, July Safety Zones:

1. Entry (a)(7) Blazing Paddles (a.k.a. Blazing Paddles Paddle Fest)--
from 7:15 a.m. through 1:45 p.m. on July 22, 2023
2. Entry (b)(10) Sheffield Lake Annual Community Days (a.k.a. Sheffield 
Lake Annual Community Day Festival)--from 09:45 p.m. through 10:35 p.m. 
on July 21, 2023
3. Entry (d)(1) Madison Light Up the Park (a.k.a. Madison Township 
Light Up the Park)--from 9:15 p.m. through 10:15 p.m. on July 22, 2023

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT. Jared Stevens, Waterways 
Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Cleveland; 
telephone 216-937-0124, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce multiple safety 
zones for annual events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone listed 
in 33 CFR 165.939, Table 165.939 for events occurring in the month of 
July as listed in the DATES section above. Pursuant to

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33 CFR 165.23, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within these safety 
zones during an enforcement period is prohibited unless authorized by 
the Captain of the Port Buffalo or his designated representative. Those 
seeking permission to enter the safety zone may request permission from 
the Captain of Port Buffalo via channel 16, VHF-FM. Vessels and persons 
granted permission to enter the safety zone shall obey the directions 
of the Captain of the Port Buffalo or his designated representative. 
While within a safety zone, all vessels shall operate at the minimum 
speed necessary to maintain a safe course.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.939 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement 
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime 
community with advance notification of this enforcement period via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. If the 
Captain of the Port Buffalo determines that the safety zone need not be 
enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, he may use a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter the 
respective safety zone.

    Dated: May 30, 2023.
J.B. Bybee,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Buffalo.
[FR Doc. 2023-12033 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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