Document ID: USCG-2012-0900-0005
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Coast Guard Exercise Area, Hood Canal, WA (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2015-08-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21012]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0900]

Safety Zone, Coast Guard Exercise Area, Hood Canal, Washington

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone around vessels 
involved in Coast Guard training exercises in Hood Canal, WA from 
September 23, 2015 through September 24, 2015, unless cancelled sooner 
by the Captain of the Port. This is necessary to ensure the safety of 
the maritime public and vessels participating in these exercises. 
During the enforcement period, entry into this zone is prohibited 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or his Designated 
Representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1339 will be enforced from 12:01 
a.m. on September 23, 2015 through 11:59 p.m. on September 24, 2015, 
unless cancelled sooner by the Captain of the Port.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email LT Kate Haseley, Sector Puget Sound Waterways Management 
Division, Coast Guard; telephone 206-217-6051, email 
SectorPugetSoundWWM@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
around vessels involved in Coast Guard training exercises in Hood 
Canal, WA set forth in 33 CFR 165.1339, from 12:01 a.m. on September 
23, 2015 through 11:59 p.m. on September 24, 2015, unless cancelled 
sooner by the Captain of the Port. Under the provisions of 33 CFR 
165.1339, no person or vessel may enter or remain within 500 yards of 
any vessel involved in Coast Guard training exercises while such vessel 
is transiting Hood Canal, WA between Foul Weather Bluff and the 
entrance to Dabob Bay, unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or 
his Designated Representative. In addition, the regulation establishes 
requirements for all vessels to obtain permission for entry during the 
enforcement period by contacting the on-scene patrol commander on VHF 
channel 13 or 16, or the Sector Puget Sound Joint Harbor Operations 
Center at 206-217-6001. Members of the maritime public will be able to 
identify participating vessels as those flying the Coast Guard Ensign. 
The COTP may also be assisted in the enforcement of the zone by other 
federal, state, or local agencies.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 165.1339 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with notification of 
this enforcement period via marine information broadcasts and on-scene 
assets. If the COTP determines that the regulated area need not be 
enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to enter the 
regulated area.

    Dated: August 10, 2015.
M.W. Raymond
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2015-21012 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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