Document ID: USCG-2022-0645-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulation; Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA
Posted Date: 2022-08-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49522-49523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17285]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0645]

Special Local Regulation; Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, 
Budd Inlet, WA

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 
Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd, Inlet, WA, from 11 a.m. until 
4 p.m. on September 3, 2022. This action is necessary to limit vessel 
movement within the specified race area immediately prior to, during, 
and immediately after racing activity in order to ensure the safety of 
participants, spectators, and the maritime public. During the 
enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area 
must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official 
Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1309 will be enforced from 11 a.m. 
until 4 p.m. on September 3, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Peter McAndrew, Sector 
Puget Sound Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 
206-217-6051, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations for the Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA 
regulated area detailed in 33 CFR 100.1309(a), which encompasses 
approximately 2 nautical miles of the navigable waters in Budd Inlet 
south of Big Tykle Cove to west of Priest Point.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.1309, the regulated area shall 
be closed immediately prior to, during, and immediately after the event 
to all persons and vessels not participating in the event and 
authorized by the event sponsor. This action is necessary to ensure the 
safety of participants, spectators, and the maritime public. During the 
enforcement periods, if you are the operator of a vessel in the 
regulated area you must comply with directions from the Patrol 
Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign. All 
persons or vessels who desire to enter the race area while it is 
enforced must obtain permission from the on-scene patrol craft on VHF-
FM channel 13.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide notification of this enforcement period 
via the Local Notice to Mariners. If the Captain of the Port determines 
that the regulated area need not be enforced for the full duration 
stated in this notice, he may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to

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grant general permission to enter the regulated area.

    Dated: August 5, 2022.
P.M. Hilbert,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2022-17285 Filed 8-10-22; 8:45 am]
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