Document ID: USCG-2020-0470-0002
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations: Swim Around Charleston, Charleston, SC
Posted Date: 2020-09-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 190 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 61602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21380]

[[Page 61602]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2020-0546]

Special Local Regulations; Swim Around Charleston, Charleston, SC

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a special local regulation for 
the Swim Around Charleston on October 11, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 
p.m., to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during 
this event. The Coast Guard will enforce a temporary moving safety zone 
during the Swim Around Charleston, a swimming race occurring on the 
Wando River, the Cooper River, Charleston Harbor, and the Ashley River, 
in Charleston, South Carolina. The temporary moving safety zone is 
necessary to protect swimmers, participant vessels, spectators, and the 
general public during the event. Persons and vessels would be 
prohibited from entering the safety zone unless authorized by the 
Captain of the Port Charleston or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 100.704 Table 1 to Sec.  100.704, Item 
No. (9) will be enforced from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on October 11, 
2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
proposed rulemaking, call or email Lieutenant Chad Ray, Sector 
Charleston Office of Waterways Management, Coast Guard; telephone (843) 
740-3184, email Chad.L.Ray@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulation in 33 CFR 100.704, Table 1 to Sec.  100.704, Item No. 
(9), for the Swim Around Charleston from 8:30 a.m. through 4 p.m. on 
October 11, 2020. This action is being taken to provide for the safety 
of life on navigable waterways during this event. The regulation in 
Sec.  100.704, Table 1 to Sec.  100.704, Item No. (9), specifies the 
location of the regulated area for the Swim Around Charleston, which 
encompasses a portion of the waterways during the 12 mile swim from 
Remley's Point on the Wando River in approximate position 
32[deg]48'49'' N, 79[deg]54'27'' W, crosses the main shipping channel 
under the main span of the Ravenel Bridge, and finishes at the I-526 
bridge and boat landing on the Ashley River in approximate position 
32[deg]50'14'' N, 80[deg]01'23'' W. During the enforcement periods, as 
reflected in Sec.  100.704(c)(1), 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.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this enforcement 
period via the Local Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to Mariners, 
and on-scene designated representatives.

    Dated: September 22, 2020.
J.D. Cole,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Charleston.
[FR Doc. 2020-21380 Filed 9-29-20; 8:45 am]
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