Document ID: USCG-2023-0338-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulation; Marine Events; Annual Bayview Mackinac Race, Lake Huron, MI
Posted Date: 2023-04-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24480-24481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08453]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0338]
RIN 1625-AA08

Special Local Regulation; Marine Events; Annual Bayview Mackinac 
Race, Lake Huron, MI

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations for 
the annual Bayview Yacht Club Port Huron to Mackinac Race. This special 
local regulation is necessary to safely control vessel movements in the 
vicinity of the race and provide for the safety of the general boating 
public and commercial shipping. During this enforcement

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period, no person or vessel may enter the regulated area without the 
permission of the Coast Guard Patrol Commander (PATCOM).

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 100.902 will be enforced from 10 a.m. 
through 3 p.m. on July 15, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Tracy Girard, Waterway Management 
Division, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit, 110 Mt. Elliott Street, 
Detroit, MI at (313) 568-9564 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulation in 33 CFR 100.902 for the Annual Bayview Mackinac Race 
from 10 a.m. through 3 p.m. on July 15, 2023. This notice of 
enforcement is necessary to safely control vessel movements in the 
vicinity of the race and provide for the safety of the general boating 
public and commercial shipping. This notice of enforcement applies to 
all U.S. navigable waters of the Black River, St. Clair River, and 
lower Lake Huron, bound by a line starting at latitude 042[deg]58'47'' 
N, longitude 082[deg]26'0'' W; then easterly to latitude 
042[deg]58'24'' N, longitude 082[deg]24'47'' W; then northward along 
the International Boundary to latitude 043[deg]02'48'' N, longitude 
082[deg]23'47'' W; then westerly to the shoreline at approximate 
location latitude 043[deg]02'48'' N, longitude 082[deg]26'48'' W; then 
southward along the U.S. shoreline to latitude 042[deg]58'54'' N, 
longitude 082[deg]26'01'' W; then back to the beginning [DATUM: NAD 
83].
    In order to ensure the safety of spectators and participating 
vessels, the Coast Guard will patrol the race area under the direction 
of a designated Coast Guard Patrol Commander (PATCOM). Vessels desiring 
to transit the regulated area may do so only with prior approval of the 
PATCOM and when so directed by that officer. The PATCOM may be 
contacted on Channel 16 (156.8 MHZ) by the call sign ``Coast Guard 
Patrol Commander.'' Vessels permitted to transit the regulated area 
will operate at no wake speed and in a manner which will not endanger 
participants in the event or any other craft. The rules contained above 
shall not apply to participants in the event or vessels of the patrol 
operating in the performance of their assigned duties.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under the authority of 33 CFR 
100.902 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). If the District Commander, Captain of the 
Port or PATCOM 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: April 17 2023.
Brad W. Kelly,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Detroit.
[FR Doc. 2023-08453 Filed 4-20-23; 8:45 am]
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