Document ID: USCG-2017-0972-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; Key West World Championship, Atlantic Ocean, Key West, FL
Posted Date: 2017-11-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51765-51766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24291]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0972]

Special Local Regulations; Key West World Championship, Atlantic 
Ocean, Key West, FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Key West World Championship 
Special Local Regulation from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on November 8, 
10, and 12, 2017. This action is necessary to ensure safety of life on 
navigable waters of the United States and to protect race participants, 
participant vessels, spectators, and the general public from the 
hazards associated with high-speed boat races. During the enforcement 
period, and in accordance with previously issued special local 
regulations, no person or vessel may enter, transit through, anchor in, 
or remain within the regulated area without permission from the Captain 
of the Port Key West or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.701 will be enforced for the 
location listed in item (c)(9) in the Table to 33 CFR 100.701 from 9:30 
a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on November 8, 10, and 12, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Scott Ledee, Sector Key West 
Waterways Management Department, Coast Guard; telephone (305) 292-8768, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 8, 10, and 12, 2017, Super Boat 
International Productions, Inc. is hosting the Key West World 
Championship, a series of high-speed boat races. The Coast Guard will 
enforce the special local regulation for the annual Key West World 
Championship Super Boat Race in 33 CFR 100.701,

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table item (c)(9) from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on November 8, 10, 11, 
and 12, 2017.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.701, no unauthorized person or 
vessel may enter, transit through, anchor within, or remain in the 
established regulated areas unless permission to enter has been granted 
by the Captain of the Port Key West or designated representative. This 
action is to provide enforcement action of regulated area that will 
encompass portions of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean located 
southwest of Key West, Florida. The Coast Guard may be assisted by 
other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing 
this regulation.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
100.701 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). The Coast Guard will provide notice of the 
regulated area by Local Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners, and on-scene designated representatives. If the Captain of 
the Port Key West determines that the regulated area need not be 
enforced for the full duration stated in this publication, he or she 
may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: November 2, 2017.
Jeffrey A. Janszen,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Key West.
[FR Doc. 2017-24291 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
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