Document ID: USCG-2018-0175-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone, Coast Guard Exercise Area, Hood Canal, Washington
Posted Date: 2018-09-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 44830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19082]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0175]

Safety Zone, Coast Guard Exercise Area, Hood Canal, Washington

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zones surrounding vessels 
involved in Coast Guard training exercises in Hood Canal, WA from 
October 22 through 26, 2018. This enforcement is necessary to ensure 
the safety of the maritime public and vessels near these exercises. 
During the enforcement period, entry into the safety zones is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or her 
Designated Representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1339 will be enforced from 8 a.m. 
on October 22, 2018, through 5 p.m. on October 26, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Zachary Spence, 
Sector Puget Sound Waterways Management Division, Coast Guard; 
telephone 206-217-6051, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones around vessels involved in Coast Guard training exercises in Hood 
Canal, WA set forth in 33 CFR 165.1339, from 8 a.m. on October 22, 
2018, through 5 p.m. on October 26, 2018. Under the provisions of 33 
CFR 165.1339, no person or vessel may enter or remain within 500 yards 
of any vessel involved in Coast Guard training exercises while such 
vessel is transiting Hood Canal, WA, between Foul Weather Bluff and the 
entrance to Dabob Bay, unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or 
her Designated Representative. In addition, the regulation requires all 
vessels to obtain permission for entry during the enforcement period by 
contacting the on-scene patrol commander on VHF channel 13 or 16, or 
the Sector Puget Sound Joint Harbor Operations Center at 206-217-6001. 
Members of the maritime public will be able to identify participating 
vessels as those flying the Coast Guard Ensign. The Captain of the Port 
may also be assisted in the enforcement of the zone by other federal, 
state, or local agencies. 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.

    Dated: August 28, 2018.
Linda A. Sturgis,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2018-19082 Filed 8-31-18; 8:45 am]
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