Document ID: USCG-2020-0036-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone
Posted Date: 2020-04-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 66 (Monday, April 6, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07048]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2020-0036]

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

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone located in federal 
regulations for a recurring marine event. This action is necessary and 
intended for the safety of life and property on navigable waters during 
this event. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may 
enter the respective safety zone without the permission of the Captain 
of the Port Buffalo.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939 listed in entry (b)(12) in 
Table 165.939 will be enforced from 6:45 a.m. through 10:45 a.m. on 
July 18, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT William Fitzgerald, Chief of 
Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Cleveland; 
telephone 216-937-0124, email william.j.fitzgerald@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the section 
entitled Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo 
Zone listed in in table 165.939 entry (b)(12) in 33 CFR 165.939 for the 
Lake Erie Open Water Swim. Pursuant to 33 CFR 165.23, entry into, 
transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone during an enforcement 
period is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port 
Buffalo or her 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 her 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 she may use a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter the 
respective safety zone.

Lexia M. Littlejohn,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Buffalo.
[FR Doc. 2020-07048 Filed 4-3-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 9110-04-P