Document ID: USCG-2014-0686-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations: Annual Marine Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District, Sabine River, Orange, TX (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2014-08-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51101-51102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20329]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0686]

Annual Marine Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District, Sabine 
River; Orange, TX

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce Special Local Regulations for the 
Southern Professional Outboard Racing Tour (S.P.O.R.T.) boat races to 
be held on the Sabine River in Orange, TX from 3 p.m. on September 19, 
2014, through 6 p.m. on September 21, 2014. This action is necessary to 
provide for the safety of the participants, crew, spectators, 
participating vessels, non-participating vessels and other users of the 
waterway. During the enforcement period, the Coast Guard Patrol 
Commander will enforce restrictions upon, and control the movement of, 
vessels in the zone established by the Special Local Regulation.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 100.801 will be enforced from 3 p.m. to 
6 p.m. on September 19, 2014; and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on September 20 
and 21, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email Mr. Scott Whalen, U.S. Coast Guard Marine 
Safety Unit Port Arthur, TX; telephone 409-719-5086, email 
scott.k.whalen@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce Special Local 
Regulation for the annual S.P.O.R.T. boat races in 33 CFR 100.801 
(Table 3, Line 5) on September 19, 2014, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on 
September 20 and 21, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    This Special Local Regulation encompasses all waters of the Sabine 
River south of latitude 30[deg]05'33'' N and waters north of latitude 
30[deg]05'45'' N North American Datum (NAD 83).
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.801, a vessel may not enter the

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regulated area, unless it receives permission from the on-scene Patrol 
Commander. Spectator vessels may safely transit outside the regulated 
area but may not anchor, block, loiter, or impede participants or 
official patrol vessels. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other 
federal, state or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this 
regulation.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.801 and 33 
U.S.C. 1233. In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with notification of 
this enforcement period via Local Notice to Mariners, Marine 
Information Broadcasts, and Marine Safety Information Bulletins.
    If the Captain of the Port or his designated on-scene Patrol 
Commander 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: July 30, 2014.
R.S. Ogrydziak,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Port Arthur.
[FR Doc. 2014-20329 Filed 8-26-14; 8:45 am]
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