Document ID: USCG-2022-0279-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone—Lake Erie Open Water Swim
Posted Date: 2022-04-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 23445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08428]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. 0279]

Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo 
Zone--Lake Erie Open Water Swim

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Lake Erie 
Open Water Swim. Our regulation for annual events in the Captain of the 
Port Buffalo Zone identifies the regulated area for this event in 
Cleveland, OH. This action is necessary and intended for the safety of 
life and property on navigable waters during the 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.

DATES: The regulations listed in 33 CFR 165.939 will be enforced for 
the Lake Erie Open Water Swim safety zone as listed in item b.12 in the 
Table to Sec.  165.939 from 6:45 a.m. through 11:15 a.m. on July 9, 
2022.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.939 item b.12 in Table 1 for the Lake Erie Open 
Water Swim from 6:45 a.m. through 11:15 a.m. on July 9, 2022. This 
action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during this event. Our regulation for annual events in the 
Captain of the Port Buffalo zone, Sec.  165.939, specifies the location 
of the safety zone for the Lake Erie Open Water Swim as all U.S. waters 
of Lake Erie, south of a line drawn between positions 41[deg]29'30'' N, 
081[deg]44'21'' W and 41[deg]29'21'' N, 081[deg]45'04'' W to the shore. 
During the enforcement period, as reflected in Sec.  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.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this enforcement 
period via the 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, 
they may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission 
to enter the respective safety zone.

    Dated: April 11, 2022.
L.M. Littlejohn,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Buffalo.
[FR Doc. 2022-08428 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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