Document ID: USCG-2017-0640-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulation for Marine Events; Back River, Hampton, VA
Posted Date: 2017-08-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37010-37011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16645]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0640]

Special Local Regulation for Marine Events; Back River, Hampton, 
VA

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 
Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat Race held on the Back River on 
October 15, 2017, with a rain date of October 29, 2017. This action is 
necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during the power boat race. Our regulation for recurring marine events 
in Captain of the Port--Sector Hampton Roads zone identifies the 
regulated area for this regatta. During the enforcement period, no 
vessel may transit this regulated area without approval from the 
Captain of the Port or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the 
location listed at (c)(8) in the Table to Sec.  100.501, Coast Guard 
Sector Hampton Roads--COTP Zone, from 1 p.m. through 4 p.m. on October 
15, 2017, with a rain date of October 29, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LCDR Barbara Wilk, Waterways 
Management Sector Hampton Roads, U.S. Coast

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Guard; telephone 757-668-5580, hamptonroadswaterway@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. on October 15, 
2017, with a rain date of October 29, 2017, for the Poquoson Seafood 
Festival Workboat Race at Poquoson, VA. This action is being taken to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during the power 
boat race. Our regulation for recurring marine events within the Fifth 
Coast Guard District, Sec.  100.501, specifies the location for this 
special local regulation; Race area: The area is bounded on the north 
by a line drawn along latitude 37[deg]06'30'' N., bounded on the south 
by a line drawn along latitude 37[deg]06'15'' N., bounded on the east 
by a line drawn along longitude 076[deg]18'52'' W. and bounded on the 
west by a line drawn along longitude 076[deg]19'30'' W. Buffer area: 
The waters of Back River extending 200 yards outwards from east and 
west boundary lines, and 100 yards outwards from the north and south 
boundary lines described in this section. As specified in Sec.  
100.501(c), during the enforcement period, no vessel may transit this 
regulated area without approval from the Captain of the Port (COTP)--
Sector Hampton Roads or a COTP designated representative.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
100.501 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). This notice of enforcement will be 
published in the Federal Register, Local Notice to Mariners, and 
conveyed in marine information broadcasts.

    Dated: August 1, 2017.
Richard J. Wester,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Hampton Roads, VA.
[FR Doc. 2017-16645 Filed 8-7-17; 8:45 am]
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