Document ID: USCG-2020-0066-0003
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations: Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast Guard District; Withdrawal
Posted Date: 2020-05-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 13, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 28539-28540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09221]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2020-0066]

Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast 
Guard District; Withdrawal

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is withdrawing its proposed rule concerning 
amendments to the regattas and marine parades regulations. The 
rulemaking was initiated to establish a special local regulations 
during the ``Cambridge Classic Power Boat Regatta,'' a marine event to 
be held on certain navigable waters of the Choptank River at Cambridge, 
MD on May 16, 2020, and May 17, 2020. The proposed rule is being 
withdrawn because it is no longer necessary. The event sponsor has 
cancelled the power boat races.

DATES: The Coast Guard is withdrawing the proposed rule published March 
16, 2020 (85 FR 14837) as of May 13, 2020.

ADDRESSES: To view the docket for this withdrawn rulemaking, go to 
https://www.regulations.gov, type USCG-2020-0066 in the ``SEARCH'' box 
and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line 
associated with this rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice, call or email Mr. Ron Houck, Sector Maryland-National Capital 
Region Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 410-
576- 2674, email Ronald.L.Houck@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 16, 2020, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking 
entitled ``Special Local Regulations; Marine Events within the Fifth 
Coast Guard District'' in the Federal Register (85 FR 14837). The 
rulemaking concerned the Coast Guard's proposal to establish temporary 
special local regulations for certain navigable waters of the Choptank 
River at Cambridge, MD, effective from 9 a.m. on May 16, 2020, through 
6:30 p.m. on May 17, 2020. This action was necessary to provide for the 
safety of life on these waters during a high-speed power boat racing 
event. This rulemaking would have prohibited persons and vessels from 
entering the

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regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Maryland-
National Capital Region or the Coast Guard Patrol Commander.

Withdrawal

    The proposed rule is being withdrawn due to a regulated area no 
longer being necessary following a cancellation of the power boat races 
by the event sponsor.

Authority

    We issue this notice of withdrawal under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 
70034.

    Dated: April 23, 2020.
Joseph B. Loring,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Maryland-National 
Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2020-09221 Filed 5-12-20; 8:45 am]
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