Document ID: USCG-2019-0763-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; San Francisco Bay Navy Fleet Week Parade of Ships and Blue Angels Demonstration, San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2019-10-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21765]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0763]

Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; San Francisco Bay 
Navy Fleet Week Parade of Ships and Blue Angels Demonstration, San 
Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations in 
the navigable waters of the San Francisco Bay for the San Francisco Bay 
Navy Fleet Week Parade of Ships and Blue Angels Demonstration from 
October 10 through October 13, 2019. This action is necessary to ensure 
the safety of event participants and spectators. During the enforcement 
period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering 
into, transiting through, or anchoring in the regulated area, unless 
authorized by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM).

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1105 will be enforced from 12:30 
p.m. until 5 p.m. on October 10, 2019; from 10:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on 
October 11, 2019; and from 11:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. on each of two days, 
October 12 and October 13, 2019, as identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Jennae Cotton, 
Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (415) 399-3585, email 
SFWaterways@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulation for the annual San Francisco Bay Navy Fleet Week 
Parade of Ships and Blue Angels Demonstration in 33 CFR 100.1105.
    Regulations for the Navy Parade of Ships will be enforced from 
10:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. on October 11, 2019; the U.S. Navy Blue Angels 
Activities will be enforced from 12:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. on October 10, 
2019, from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. on October 11, 2019, and from 11:30 
p.m. until 4 p.m. on each of two days, October 12 and October 13, 2019.
    Regulated area ``Alpha'' will be enforced during the Navy Parade of 
Ships and is bounded by a line connecting the following points:

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              Latitude                            Longitude
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37[deg]48'40'' N                     122[deg]28'38'' W
37[deg]49'10'' N                     122[deg]28'41'' W
37[deg]49'31'' N                     122[deg]25'18'' W
37[deg]49'06'' N                     122[deg]24'08'' W
37[deg]47'53'' N                     122[deg]22'42'' W
37[deg]46'00'' N                     122[deg]22'00'' W
37[deg]46'00'' N                     122[deg]23'07'' W
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And thence along the shore to the point of beginning.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.1105, except for persons or 
vessels authorized by the PATCOM, in regulated area ``Alpha'' no person 
or vessel may enter the parade route or remain within 500 yards of any 
Navy parade vessel. No person or vessel shall anchor, block, loiter in, 
or impede the through transit of ship parade participants or official 
patrol vessels in regulated area ``Alpha.''
    Regulated area ``Bravo'' will be enforced during the Blue Angels 
Demonstration and is bounded by a line connecting the following points:

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              Latitude                            Longitude
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37[deg]48'27.5'' N                   122[deg]24'04'' W
37[deg]49'31'' N                     122[deg]24'18'' W
37[deg]49'00'' N                     122[deg]27'52'' W
37[deg]48'19'' N                     122[deg]27'40'' W
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And thence along the pierheads and bulwarks to the point of beginning.
    Except for persons or vessels authorized by the PATCOM, no person 
or vessel may enter or remain within regulated area ``Bravo.''
    When hailed or signaled by U.S. Coast Guard patrol personnel by 
siren, radio, flashing light, or other means, a person or vessel shall 
come to an immediate stop. Persons or vessels shall comply with all 
directions given; failure to do so may result in expulsion from the 
area, citation for failure to comply, or both. The Coast Guard may be 
assisted by other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in 
enforcing this regulation.
    The PATCOM shall be designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector 
San Francisco, California. The PATCOM is empowered to forbid and 
control the movement of all vessels in the regulated areas.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1233. In 
addition to this notification in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard 
will provide the maritime community with extensive advance notification 
of the regulated areas and their enforcement periods via Notice to 
Mariners.

    Dated: September 30, 2019.
Howard H. Wright,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Alternate Captain of the Port, San 
Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2019-21765 Filed 10-8-19; 8:45 am]
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