Document ID: USCG-2012-1036-0040
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulation: Recurring Marine Events in Captain of the Port Long Island Sound Zone
Posted Date: 2019-07-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 32061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14393]

[[Page 32061]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2012-1036]

Special Local Regulations: Recurring Marine Events in Captain of 
the Port Long Island Sound Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce two special local regulations for 
marine events in the Sector Long Island Sound area of responsibility on 
the dates and times listed in the table below. This action is necessary 
to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during the 
events. During the enforcement periods, no person or vessel may enter 
the safety zones without permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP) 
Sector Long Island Sound or designated representative.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 100.100 Table 1 will be enforced during 
the dates and times indicated in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Petty Officer Melanie Hughes, Waterways Management 
Division, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound; telephone 203-468-
4583, email Melanie.a.hughes1@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulations listed in 33 CFR 100.100 Table 1 on the specified 
dates and times as indicated in the following table:

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6.1 Swim Across America Greenwich......   Date: June 22, 2019.
                                          Time: 5:30 a.m. to
                                          12:30 p.m.
                                          Location: All
                                          navigable waters of Stamford
                                          Harbor within an area starting
                                          at a point in position
                                          41[deg]01'32.03'' N,
                                          073[deg]33'8.93'' W, then
                                          southeast to a point in
                                          position 41[deg]01'15.01'' N,
                                          073[deg]32'55.58'' W; then
                                          southwest to a point in
                                          position 41[deg]0'49.25'' N,
                                          073[deg]33'20.36'' W; then
                                          northwest to a point in
                                          position 41[deg]0'58'' N,
                                          073[deg]33'27'' W; then
                                          northeast to a point in
                                          position 41[deg]1'15.8'' N,
                                          073[deg]33'9.5'' W then
                                          heading north and ending at a
                                          point of origin (NAD 83). All
                                          positions are approximate.
8.6 Smith Point Triathlon..............   Date: August 04, 2019.
                                          Time: 6:15 a.m. to
                                          8:15 a.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Narrow Bay near Smith Point
                                          Park in Mystic Beach, NY
                                          within the area bounded by
                                          land along its southern edge
                                          and points in position at
                                          40[deg]44'14.28'' N,
                                          072[deg]51'40.68'' W, then
                                          north to a point at position
                                          40[deg]44'20.83'' N,
                                          072[deg]51'40.68'' W; then
                                          east to a point at position
                                          40[deg]44'20.83'' N,
                                          072[deg]51'19.73'' W; then
                                          south to a point at position
                                          40[deg]44'14.85'' N,
                                          072[deg]51'19.73'' W; and then
                                          southwest along the shoreline
                                          back to the point of origin
                                          (NAD 83). All positions are
                                          approximate.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.100, the events listed above are 
established as special local regulations. During the enforcement 
period, persons and vessels are prohibited from entering into, 
transiting through, mooring, or anchoring within these regulated areas 
unless they receive permission from the COTP or designated 
representative.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100 and 5 U.S.C. 
552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the Coast 
Guard will provide the maritime community with advance notification of 
this enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners or marine 
information broadcasts. If the COTP determines that these special local 
regulations need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this 
notice, a Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general 
permission to enter the regulated area.

    Dated: June 17, 2019.
K.B. Red,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Long Island Sound.
[FR Doc. 2019-14393 Filed 7-3-19; 8:45 am]
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