Document ID: USCG-2017-0143-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic City, NJ
Posted Date: 2017-04-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06447]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0143]

Safety Zone; Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic City, NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Thunder Over the Boardwalk 
Air show special local regulation from 11 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. on 
August 22-23, 2017. This action is necessary to ensure safety of life 
on the navigable waters of the United States immediately prior to, 
during, and immediately after this air show. During the enforcement 
period, and in accordance with the special local regulations, no vessel 
or person may enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the 
regulated area unless authorized by Captain of the Port Delaware Bay or 
a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced from 11 a.m. 
to 3:30 p.m. on August 22-23, 2017, for item (a.)8 listed in the table 
to Sec.  100.501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email MST1 Thomas Simkins, 
Sector Delaware Bay Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone 215-271-4889, email Tom.J.Simkins@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: From 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on August 22-23, 
2017, the Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations at 33 
CFR 100.501, table to Sec.  100.501 (a.)8 for the regulated area 
located in the North Atlantic Ocean near Atlantic City, NJ. This action 
is necessary to ensure safety of life on U.S. navigable waterways 
during this air show.
    Coast Guard regulations for recurring marine events within Captain 
of the Port Delaware Bay Zone, appear in Sec.  100.501, Special Local 
Regulations; Marine Events in the Fifth Coast Guard District, which 
specifies the location of the regulated area for this regulated area as 
all waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to Atlantic City, New 
Jersey, bounded by a line drawn between the following points: From a 
point along the shoreline at latitude 39[deg]21'31'' N., longitude 
074[deg]25'04'' W., thence southeasterly to latitude 39[deg]21'08'' N., 
longitude 074[deg]24'48'' W., thence southwesterly to latitude 
39[deg]20'16'' N., longitude 074[deg]27'17'' W., thence northwesterly 
to a point along the shoreline at latitude 39[deg]20'44'' N., longitude 
074[deg]27'31'' W., thence northeasterly along the shoreline to 
latitude 39[deg]21'31'' N., longitude 074[deg]25'04'' W.
    As specified in Sec.  100.501, during the enforcement period, no 
vessel or person may enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain 
within the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port 
Delaware Bay or a designated representative. If permission is granted, 
all persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of the COTP, 
designated representative or Patrol Commander.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
100.501 and 33 U.S.C. 1233. The Coast Guard will provide the maritime 
community with advanced notice of enforcement of regulation by 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM), Local Notice to Mariners and on-
scene notice by designated representative. In the event Captain of the 
Port Delaware Bay determines that it's not necessary to enforce the 
regulated area for the entire duration of the enforcement period, a BNM 
will be issued to authorize general permission to enter the regulated 
area.

    Dated: March 20, 2017.
Benjamin A. Cooper,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2017-06447 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
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