Document ID: USCG-2023-0136-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; Seventh Coast Guard District, Blessing of the Fleet—St. Augustine
Posted Date: 2023-03-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 15274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05110]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0136]

Special Local Regulations; Seventh Coast Guard District, Blessing 
of the Fleet--St. Augustine

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for the 
Blessing of the Fleet--St. Augustine on April 2, 2023, to provide for 
the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our 
regulation for marine events within the Seventh Coast Guard District 
identifies the regulated area for this event in St. Augustine, FL. 
During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the 
regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or 
any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.701, Table 1 to Sec.  100.701, 
paragraph (c), Item 8, will be enforced from noon until 3 p.m., on 
April 2, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email MST1 Anthony Deangelo, 
Sector Jacksonville, Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone 904-714-7631, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.701, Table 1 to Sec.  100.701, paragraph (c), 
Item 8, for the Blessing of the Fleet--St. Augustine regulated from 
noon until 3 p.m., on April 2, 2023. This action is being taken to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during the event. 
Our regulation for recurring marine events within the Seventh Coast 
Guard District, Sec.  100.701, Table 1 to Sec.  100.701, paragraph (c), 
Item 8, specifies the location of the regulated area for the Blessing 
of the Fleet--St. Augustine which encompasses portions of the Matanzas 
River at the St. Augustine Municipal Marina. During the enforcement 
periods, as reflected in in Sec.  100.701, if you are the operator of a 
vessel in the regulated area you must comply with directions from the 
Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard 
ensign.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners, marine information 
broadcasts, local radio stations and area newspapers.

    Dated: March 8, 2023.
J.D. Espino-Young,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Jacksonville.
[FR Doc. 2023-05110 Filed 3-10-23; 8:45 am]
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