Document ID: USCG-2023-0224-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations: Northern California and Lake Tahoe Area Annual Marine Events; Opening Day on San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2023-04-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06836]

[[Page 19857]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0224]

Special Local Regulations Northern California and Lake Tahoe Area 
Annual Marine Events; Opening Day on San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, 
CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations for 
the annual Opening Day on the San Francisco Bay Boat Parade on April 
30, 2023 to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways in 
the San Francisco Bay during this event. Our regulation for marine 
events in Northern California identifies the regulated area for this 
event in San Francisco, CA. During the enforcement period, unauthorized 
persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting 
through, or loitering or anchoring in the regulated area, unless 
authorized by the designated Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or other 
Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies on scene to assist 
the Coast Guard in enforcing the regulated area.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1103 will be enforced for the 
location in Table 1 to Sec.  100.1103, Item number 2 from noon to 3 
p.m. on April 30, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call, or email MST1 Shannon Curtaz-Milian, 
Sector San Francisco Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 
(415) 399-7440, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulations in 33 CFR 100.1103, Table 1 to Sec.  100.1103, Item 
number 2 for the Opening Day on San Francisco Bay regulated area from 
noon to 3 p.m. on April 30, 2023. This action is being taken to provide 
for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our 
regulation for marine events within Northern California, Sec.  
100.1103, specifies the location of the regulated area for the Opening 
Day on San Francisco Bay Boat Parade which encompasses portions of the 
San Francisco Bay. During the enforcement period, the regulated area 
will be in effect in the navigable waters, from surface to bottom, 
defined by a line drawn from Fort Point; thence easterly approximately 
5,000 yards; thence easterly to the Blossom Rock Bell Buoy; thence 
westerly to the Northeast corner of Pier 39; thence returning along the 
shoreline to the point of origin.
    During the enforcement period, under the provisions of 33 CFR 
100.1103(b), if you are the operator of a vessel in the regulated area 
you must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or 
any other Official Patrol, defined as a Federal, State, or local law 
enforcement agency on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the 
regulated area. During the enforcement period, if you are the operator 
of a vessel that participates in the marine event within the regulated 
area, you must follow the parade route established by the marine event 
sponsor, be capable of maintaining an approximate speed of 6 knots, and 
comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or other Official 
Patrol. The PATCOM or Official Patrol may, upon request, allow the 
transit of commercial vessels through regulated areas when it is safe 
to do so.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners. If the Captain of 
the Port determines that the regulated area need not be enforced for 
the full duration stated in this notice, a Broadcast Notice to Mariners 
or other marine broadcast may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: March 22, 2023.
Taylor Q. Lam,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2023-06836 Filed 4-3-23; 8:45 am]
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