Document ID: USCG-2012-1036-0032
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations: Recurring Marine Events in Captain of the Port Long Island Sound Zone
Posted Date: 2018-07-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33121-33122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15235]

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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 five 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 to Sec.  100.100 will be 
enforced for the following safety zones identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section during the dates and times specified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email Chief Petty Officer Katherine Linnick, 
Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island 
Sound; telephone 203-468-4565, email [email protected].

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 below.

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7.6 Aquapalooza, Zach's Bay............   Date: July 22, 2018.
                                          Time: 11:30 a.m. to
                                          5:30 p.m.
                                          Location: All
                                          navigable waters of Zach's
                                          Bay, Wantagh, NY south of the
                                          line connecting a point near
                                          the western entrance to Zach's
                                          Bay in approximate position
                                          40[deg]36'29.20'' N,
                                          073[deg]29'22.88'' W and a
                                          point near the eastern
                                          entrance of Zach's Bay in
                                          approximate position
                                          40[deg]36'16.53'' N,
                                          073[deg]28'57.26'' W.
                                          Additional
                                          stipulations: During the
                                          enforcement period vessel
                                          speed in the regulated area is
                                          restricted to no wake speed or
                                          6 knots, whichever is slower.
                                          On the day of the event from 3
                                          p.m. to 5:30 p.m. vessels may
                                          only transit the regulated
                                          area in the northbound
                                          direction or outbound
                                          direction.
8.1 Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian      Date: August 18, 2018.
 Festival.                                Time: 8:00 a.m. to
                                          5:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of the Connecticut River in
                                          Hartford, CT between the
                                          Bulkeley Bridge at
                                          41[deg]46'10.10'' N,
                                          072[deg]39'56.13'' W and the
                                          Wilbur Cross Bridge at
                                          41[deg]45'11.67'' N,
                                          072[deg]39'13.64'' W (NAD 83).
                                          All positions are approximate.
8.2 Swim Across the Sound..............   Date: August 4, 2018.
                                          Time: 7:30 a.m. to
                                          7:30 p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          Long Island Sound from Port
                                          Jefferson, NY in approximate
                                          position 40[deg]58'11.71'' N,
                                          073[deg]05'51.12'' W; then
                                          northwest to Captain's Cove
                                          Seaport, Bridgeport, CT in
                                          approximate position
                                          41[deg]09'25.07'' N,
                                          073[deg]12'47.82'' W (NAD 83).
8.4 Island Beach Two Mile Swim.........   Date: August 4, 2018.
                                          Time: 7:30 a.m. to
                                          11:30 a.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Captain Harbor between
                                          Little Captain's Island and
                                          Bower's Island that are
                                          located within the box formed
                                          by connecting four points in
                                          the following positions.
                                          Beginning at 40[deg]59'23.35''
                                          N, 073[deg]36'42.05'' W; then
                                          northwest to 40[deg]59'51.04''
                                          N, 073[deg]37'57.32'' W; then
                                          southwest to 40[deg]59'45.17''
                                          N, 073[deg]38'01.18'' W; then
                                          southeast to 40[deg]59'17.38''
                                          N, 073[deg]36'45.9'' W; then
                                          northeast to the point of
                                          origin (NAD 83). All positions
                                          are approximate.
8.6 Smith Point Triathlon..............   Date: August 5, 2018.
                                          Time: 6:15 a.m. to
                                          8:15 a.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Narrow Bay near Smith Point
                                          Park in Mastic 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 of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR part 
100 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 the 
Local Notice to Mariners or marine information broadcasts. If the

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COTP determines that these special local regulations need not be 
enforced for the full duration stated in this notice of enforcement, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: June 14, 2018.
K.B. Reed,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Long Island Sound.
[FR Doc. 2018-15235 Filed 7-16-18; 8:45 am]
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