Document ID: USCG-2016-0859-0002
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; Savannah Harbor Boat Parade of Lights and Fireworks, Savannah River
Posted Date: 2016-10-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 205 (Monday, October 24, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 73034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25600]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0859]

Special Local Regulations; Savannah Harbor Boat Parade of Lights 
and Fireworks, Savannah River

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Savannah Harbor Boat Parade 
of Lights and Fireworks Special Local Regulation from 5 p.m. through 10 
p.m. on November 26, 2016. This action is necessary to ensure safety of 
life on navigable waters of the United States during the Savannah 
Harbor Boat Parade of Lights and Fireworks displays. During the 
enforcement period, and in accordance with previously issued special 
local regulations, no person or vessel may enter, transit through, 
anchor in, or remain within the designated area unless authorized by 
the Captain of the Port Savannah or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 100.701, Table to Sec.  100.71, Item 
(f)4 will be enforced from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. on November 26, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email MST1 Cliffton Hendry, Marine 
Safety Unit Savannah Office of Waterways Management, Coast Guard; 
telephone 912-652-4353, extension 243, or email 
Cliffton.R.Hendry@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulation for the Savannah Habor Parade of Lights and Fireworks 
in 33 CFR 100.701, Table to Sec.  100.71, Item (f)4 from 5 p.m. until 
10 p.m. on November 26, 2016.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.701, all persons and vessels are 
prohibited from entering the regulated area unless they receive 
permission to do so from the Captain of the Port Savannah, or 
designated representatives. This action is to provide enforcement 
action of regulated area that will encompass the entire Savannah River 
in Savannah, GA beginning at the Talmadge Bridge near River Street, 
coordinates 32[deg]05'20'' N., 081[deg]05'56.3'' W., and proceeding 
down river to a line drawn at 146 degrees true from day board 62, 
approximate coordinates are: 32[deg]04'48.7'' N., 081[deg] 04'47.9'' W.
    Spectator vessels may safely transit outside the regulated area, 
but may not anchor, block, loiter in, impede the transit of festival 
participants or official patrol vessels or enter the regulated area 
without approval from the Captain of the Port Savannah or a designated 
representative. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
100.701 and 5 U.S.C. 552 (a). In addition to this notice of enforcement 
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide notice of the 
regulated area by Local Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners, and on-scene designated representatives.

    Dated: September 14, 2016.
A.M. Beach,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Savannah.
[FR Doc. 2016-25600 Filed 10-21-16; 8:45 am]
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