Document ID: USCG-2018-0524-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Swim Event in Captain of the Port New York Zone
Posted Date: 2018-07-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34046-34047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15441]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0524]

Safety Zone; Swim Event in Captain of the Port New York Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone within the Captain 
of the Port New York Zone on the specified date and times provided 
below. This action is necessary to ensure the safety of vessels, 
spectators and participants from hazards associated with a swim event. 
During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the safety 
zones without permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulation for the safety zone described in 33 CFR 165.160 
will be enforced on the date and times listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer First Class Ronald Sampert 
U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 718-354-4197, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
listed in Table 2 of 33 CFR 165.160 on the specified date and time as 
indicated in the table below.

[[Page 34047]]

                                  Table
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Swim Across America Safety Zone 33 CFR    Location: Participants
 165.160 (3.1).                           will swim between Glenn Cove
                                          and Larchmont, New York and an
                                          area of Hempstead Harbor
                                          between Glen Cove and the
                                          vicinity of Umbrella Point.
                                          This Safety Zone includes all
                                          waters within a 100-yard
                                          radius of each participating
                                          swimmer.
                                          Date: July 28, 2018.
                                          Time: 5:30 a.m.-12:00
                                          p.m.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.160, vessels may not enter the 
safety zone unless given permission from the COTP or a designated 
representative. Spectator vessels may transit outside the safety zones 
but may not anchor, block, loiter in, or impede the transit of other 
vessels. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or 
local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.160(a) and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced 
notification of enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners 
and marine information broadcasts.
    If the COTP determines that a safety zone need not be enforced for 
the full duration stated in this document, a Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners may be used to grant general permission to enter the safety 
zone.

    Dated: June 28, 2018.
J.P. Tama,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port New York.
[FR Doc. 2018-15441 Filed 7-18-18; 8:45 am]
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