Document ID: USCG-2023-0511-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulation; Swim the Loop and Motts Channel Sprint; Wrightsville Beach, NC
Posted Date: 2023-09-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65320-65321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20566]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0511

Special Local Regulation; Swim the Loop and Motts Channel Sprint; 
Wrightsville Beach, NC

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 
``Swim the Loop and Motts Channel Sprint'' on October 15, 2023, to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this 
event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard 
District identifies the regulated area for this event, which lies in 
the vicinity of Wrightsville Beach, NC. During the enforcement period, 
the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with 
directions from the Patrol Commander or any official authorized by the 
Captain of the Port (COTP), Sector North Carolina.

DATES: The regulation identified in the ``Event'' column of Table 4 to 
33 CFR 100.501(i)(4) as covering the Swim the Loop and Motts Channel 
Sprint will be enforced from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. on October 15, 2023.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Chief Petty Officer Elvin 
Rodriguez, Waterways Division, U.S. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina, 
Wilmington, NC; telephone 910-772-2239, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.501(i)(4) for the Swim the Loop and Motts 
Channel Sprint regulated area from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on October 15, 
2023. As indicated in a footnote to Table 4 of Sec.  100.501(i)(4), the 
enforcement dates and times for each of the listed events in this table 
are subject to change, and the October date differs from dates provided 
in the table. We are making this special local regulation subject to 
enforcement at the stated time to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during the day of the event. Table 4 to Sec.  
100.501(i)(4) specifies the location of the regulated area for this 
event as comprising the navigable waters surrounding Harbor Island, NC, 
including the Intracoastal Waterway, Lees Cut, Banks Channel and Motts 
Channel. During the enforcement period, as reflected in Sec.  
100.501(i)(4), the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must 
comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or from any official 
representative of the COTP, Sector North Carolina.
    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 Safety 
Information Bulletin, and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

Timothy J. List,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector North Carolina.
[FR Doc. 2023-20566 Filed 9-21-23; 8:45 am]
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