Document ID: USCG-2015-0813-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations: Annual Marine Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District, Sabine River, Orange, TX (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2015-09-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21772]

[[Page 52999]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0813]

Annual Marine Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District, Sabine 
River; Orange, TX

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 Southern Professional Outboard Racing Tour (S.P.O.R.T.) boat races 
to be held on the Sabine River in Orange, TX from 3 p.m. on September 
18, 2015, through 6 p.m. on September 20, 2015. This action is 
necessary to provide for the safety of the participants, crew, 
spectators, participating vessels, non-participating vessels and other 
users of the waterway. During the enforcement period, the Coast Guard 
Patrol Commander will enforce restrictions upon, and control the 
movement of, vessels in the zone established by the Special Local 
Regulation.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 100.801 will be enforced from 3 p.m. to 
6 p.m. on September 18, 2015; and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on September 19 
and 20, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email Mr. Scott Whalen. U.S. Coast Guard Marine 
Safety Unit Port Arthur, TX; telephone 409-719-5086, email 
scott.k.whalen@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce Special Local 
Regulation for the annual S.P.O.R.T. boat races in 33 CFR 100.801 
(Table 3, Line 5) on September 18, 2015, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on 
September 19 and 20, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    This Special Local Regulation encompasses all waters of the Sabine 
River south of latitude 30[deg]05'33'' N. and waters north of latitude 
30[deg]05'45'' N. (NAD 83).
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.801, a vessel may not enter the 
regulated area, unless it receives permission from the on-scene Patrol 
Commander. Spectator vessels may safely transit outside the regulated 
area but may not anchor, block, loiter, or impede participants or 
official patrol vessels. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other 
federal, state or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this 
regulation.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.801 and 33 
U.S.C. 1233. In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with notification of 
this enforcement period via Local Notice to Mariners, Marine 
Information Broadcasts, and Marine Safety Information Bulletins.
    If the Captain of the Port or his designated on-scene Patrol 
Commander determines that the regulated area need not be enforced for 
the full duration stated in this notice, he or she may use a Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter the regulated 
area.

    Dated: August 18, 2015.
R.S. Ogrydziak,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Port Arthur.
[FR Doc. 2015-21772 Filed 9-1-15; 8:45 am]
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