Document ID: USCG-2023-0768-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; Clearwater Offshore Nationals/Race World Offshore; Gulf of Mexico; Clearwater, FL
Posted Date: 2023-09-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64381-64382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20223]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0768]

Special Local Regulations; Clearwater Offshore Nationals/Race 
World Offshore; Gulf of Mexico; Clearwater, FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for the 
Clearwater offshore Nationals/Race World Offshore on September 24, 
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 
Clearwater, FL. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any 
vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the 
Patrol Commander or any designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.703 will be enforced from 11:30 
a.m. until 4 p.m., on September 24, 2023, for the location identified 
in Item 6 in table 1 to Sec.  100.703.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Marine Science Technician 
First Class Mara Brown, Sector St. Petersburg Prevention Department, 
Coast Guard; telephone (813) 228-2191, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulations in 33 CFR 100.703, table 1 to Sec.  100.703, Item No. 
6, for the Clearwater Offshore Nationals/Race World Offshore regulated 
area from 11:30 a.m. until 4 p.m., on September 24, 2023. This action 
is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during this event. Our regulation for recurring marine events, Sector 
St. Petersburg, Sec.  100.703, table 1 to Sec.  100.703, Item No. 6, 
specifies the location of the regulated area for the Clearwater 
Offshore Nationals/Race World Offshore which encompasses portions of 
the Gulf of Mexico near Clearwater, FL. During the enforcement periods, 
as reflected in Sec.  100.703(c), if you are the operator of a vessel 
in the regulated area you must comply with directions from the Patrol 
Commander or any designated representative.
    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, or both.

    Dated: September 13, 2023.
Michael P. Kahle,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port St. Petersburg.
[FR Doc. 2023-20223 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]
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