Document ID: USCG-2017-0760-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Seventh Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2017-08-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 40069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17962]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0760]

Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Seventh 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 
Ironman Triathlon in Augusta, Georgia on 24 September 2017, to provide 
for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our 
regulation for marine events within the Seventh Coast Guard District 
identifies the regulated area for this event in Augusta, GA. 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 100.701, Table to Sec.  100.701(f), 
Line No. 3, will be enforced on September 24, 2017 from 6 a.m. until 12 
p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email MST2 Adam White, Marine Safety 
Unit Savannah Office of Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone 912-652-4353, extension 233, or email Adam.C.White@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.701, Table to Sec.  100.701(f), COTP Zone 
Savannah; Special Local Regulations, Line no. 3, from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. 
on September 24, 2017 for the Ironman Triathlon. 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 Seventh Coast 
Guard District, Sec.  100.701, specifies the location of the regulated 
area for the Ironman Triathlon which encompasses portions of the 
Savannah River and its branches. 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 33 CFR 
100.701 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 the Local Notice to Mariners, Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners, Marine Safety Security Bulletins, and on-scene 
designated representatives.

    Dated: August 18, 2017.
N.C. Witt,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Savannah.
[FR Doc. 2017-17962 Filed 8-23-17; 8:45 am]
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