Document ID: USCG-2020-0438-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulation; Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA
Posted Date: 2020-07-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 22, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 44190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15705]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2020-0438]

Special Local Regulation; Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, 
Budd Inlet, WA

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 
Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd, Inlet, WA, from 11 a.m. until 
4 p.m. on September 6, 2020. This action is necessary to limit vessel 
movement within the specified race area immediately prior to, during, 
and immediately after racing activity in order to ensure the safety of 
participants, spectators, and the maritime public. Entry into, transit 
through, mooring, or anchoring within the specified race area is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Puget Sound or 
Designated Representatives.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1309 will be enforced from 11 a.m. 
until 4 p.m. on September 6, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email CWO2 William E. Martinez, Sector 
Puget Sound Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 
206-217-6051, email SectorPugetSoundWWM@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce Special Local 
Regulations for Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA in 
33 CFR 100.1309(a), which encompasses approximately 2 nautical miles of 
the navigable waters in Budd Inlet south of Big Tykle Cove to west of 
Priest Point.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.1309, the regulated area shall 
be closed immediately prior to, during, and immediately after the event 
to all persons and vessels not participating in the event and 
authorized by the event sponsor. This action is necessary to ensure the 
safety of participants, spectators, and the maritime public. Entry 
into, transit through, mooring, or anchoring within the specified race 
area is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Puget 
Sound or Designated Representatives. All persons or vessels who desire 
to enter the race area while it is enforced must obtain permission from 
the on-scene patrol craft on VHF-FM channel 13.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will 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, she may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to 
grant general permission to enter the regulated area.

    Dated: July 14, 2020.
L.A. Sturgis,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2020-15705 Filed 7-21-20; 8:45 am]
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