Document ID: USCG-2015-0066-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Enforcement for Special Local Regulations: RiverFest; Port Neches, TX (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2015-03-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07319]

[[Page 16980]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0066]

Notice of Enforcement for Special Local Regulations; RiverFest; 
Port Neches, TX

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 
RiverFest Power Boat races on the Neches River in Port Neches, TX from 
2 p.m. on May 1, 2015, through 6 p.m. on May 3, 2015. This action is 
necessary to provide for the safety of the participants, crew, 
spectators, participating vessels, non-participating vessels and other 
users of the waterway. During the enforcement periods no person or 
vessel may enter the zone established by the Special Local Regulation 
without permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP) Port Arthur or his 
designated on-scene Patrol Commander.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.801 will be enforced from 2 p.m. 
to 6 p.m. on May 1, 2015; and from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 2 and 3, 
2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email Mr. Scott Whalen, U.S. Coast Guard Marine 
Safety Unit Port Arthur, TX; telephone 409-719-5086, email 
scott.k.whalen@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Coast Guard will enforce Special Local Regulation for the 
annual boat races in 33 CFR 100.801(60) on May 1, 2015, from 2 p.m. to 
6 p.m. and on May 2 and 3, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.801, a vessel may not enter the 
regulated area, unless it receives permission from the Captain of the 
Port or his designated on-scene Patrol Commander. Spectator vessels may 
safely transit outside the regulated area but may not anchor, block, 
loiter, or impede participants or official patrol vessels. The Coast 
Guard may be assisted by other federal, state or local law enforcement 
agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.801 and 33 
U.S.C. 1233. In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with notification of 
this enforcement period via Local Notice to Mariners, Safety Marine 
Information Broadcasts, and Marine Safety Information Bulletins.
    If the Captain of the Port or his designated on-scene Patrol 
Commander determines that the regulated area need not be enforced for 
the full duration stated in this notice, he or she may use a Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter the regulated 
area.

    Dated: March 12, 2015.
R. S. Ogrydziak,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Port Arthur.
[FR Doc. 2015-07319 Filed 3-30-15; 8:45 am]
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