Document ID: USCG-2023-0689-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone
Posted Date: 2023-08-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 57882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18268]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-USCG-0689]

Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo 
Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone that encompasses 
certain navigable waters on Lake Erie, for the Head of the Cuyahoga, in 
Cleveland, Ohio. This action is necessary and intended for the safety 
of life and property on navigable waters during this event. During the 
enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the respective safety 
zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port Buffalo or a 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulation listed in 33 CFR 165.939, Table 165.939 (d)(3) 
will be enforced from 5 a.m. through 5 p.m. on September 16, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT Jared Stevens, Waterways 
Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Cleveland; 
telephone 216-937-0124, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a Safety Zone; 
for the Annual Event in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone, listed in 
33 CFR 165.939, Table 165.939(d)(3) for the Head of the Cuyahoga in 
Cleveland, Ohio. All U.S. waters of the Cuyahoga River, between a line 
drawn perpendicular to the river banks from position 41[deg]29'55'' N, 
081[deg]42'23'' W (NAD 83) just past the Detroit-Superior Viaduct 
bridge at MM 1.42 of the Cuyahoga River south to a line drawn 
perpendicular to the river banks at position 41[deg]28'32'' N, 
081[deg]40'16'' W (NAD 83) just south of the Interstate 490 bridge at 
MM 4.79 of the Cuyahoga River.
    Pursuant to 33 CFR 165.23, entry into, transiting, or anchoring 
within the safety zone during an enforcement period is prohibited 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Buffalo or a designated 
representative. Those seeking permission to enter the safety zone may 
request permission from the Captain of Port Buffalo via channel 16, 
VHF-FM. Vessels and persons granted permission to enter the safety zone 
shall obey the directions of the Captain of the Port Buffalo or a 
designated representative. While within a safety zone, all vessels 
shall operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.939 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement 
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime 
community with advance notification of this enforcement period via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. If the 
Captain of the Port Buffalo determines that the safety zone need not be 
enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, he may use a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter the 
respective safety zone.

    Dated: August 17, 2023.
M.I. Kuperman,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Buffalo.
[FR Doc. 2023-18268 Filed 8-23-23; 8:45 am]
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