Document ID: USCG-2017-0909-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2017-10-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21570]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0909]

Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast 
Guard District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for the 
Swim the Loop and Motts Channel Sprint on October 7, 2017, to provide 
for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our 
regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District 
identifies the regulated area for this event in Wrightsville Beach, NC. 
During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the 
regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or 
any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the Swim 
the Loop and Motts Channel Sprint regulated area listed in item d.1 in 
the Table to Sec.  100.501 from 9:30 a.m. to noon on October 7, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, contact Petty Officer Matthew Tyson, Waterways 
Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina, 
Wilmington, NC; telephone: 910-772-2221, email: 
Matthew.I.Tyson@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 for the Swim the Loop and Motts Channel 
Sprint regulated area from 9:30 a.m. to noon on October 7, 2017. This 
action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events within 
the Fifth Coast Guard District, Sec.  100.501, specifies the location 
of the regulated area for the Swim the Loop and Motts Channel Sprint 
which encompasses portions of Motts Channel, Banks Channel, Lee's Cut, 
and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. During the enforcement periods, 
as reflected in Sec.  100.100(c), if you are the operator of a vessel 
in the regulated area you must comply with directions from the Patrol 
Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of Sec.  
100.100(f) and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of 
enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide 
notification of this enforcement period via a Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners.

    Dated: October 2, 2017.
Bion B. Stewart,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, North Carolina.
[FR Doc. 2017-21570 Filed 10-5-17; 8:45 am]
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