Document ID: USCG-2017-0508-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulations; EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta, Pittsburgh, PA
Posted Date: 2017-07-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35093-35094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15924]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0508]

Special Local Regulations; EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta, 
Pittsburgh, PA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a special local regulation for 
navigable waters of the Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela Rivers during 
the EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta. This regulation is needed to 
provide for the safety of life during the marine event. During the 
enforcement period, entry into this regulated area is prohibited to all 
vessels not registered with the sponsor as participants or official 
patrol vessels, unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the 
Port Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh (COTP) or a designated 
representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.801, Table 1, Sector Ohio Valley, 
line 20, will be enforced each day from August 4, 2017 through August 
6, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email MST1 Jennifer Haggins, Marine 
Safety Unit

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Pittsburgh, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 412-221-0807, email 
Jennifer.L.Haggins@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a special local 
regulation for the annual EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta listed in 
33 CFR 100.801, Table 1, line 20, from August 4, 2017 through August 6, 
2017. Entry into the regulated area is prohibited unless authorized by 
the Captain of the Port Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh (COTP) or a 
designated representative. Persons or vessels desiring to enter into or 
pass through the area must request permission from the COTP or a 
designated representative. If permission is granted, all persons and 
vessels shall comply with the instructions of the COTP or designated 
representative.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
100.801 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with 
advance notification of this enforcement period via Local Notice to 
Mariners and updates via Marine Information Broadcasts.

    Dated: July 20, 2017.
L. McClain, Jr.,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Marine Safety Unit 
Pittsburgh.
[FR Doc. 2017-15924 Filed 7-27-17; 8:45 am]
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