Document ID: USCG-2022-0592-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Special Local Regulation; Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat Races; Back River, Poquoson, VA
Posted Date: 2022-07-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14770]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-USCG-2022-0592]

Special Local Regulation; Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat 
Races; Back River, Poquoson, VA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a special local regulation for 
the Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat Races on the Back River, VA, on 
September 18, 2022, to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during this event. Coast Guard regulations for marine events 
within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for 
this event in Poquoson, VA. During the enforcement periods, the 
operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with 
directions from the Patrol Commander or local law enforcement vessel 
approved by the Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the 
location identified for the Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat Races in 
table 3 to paragraph (i)(3) to Sec.  100.501 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. 
on September 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email LCDR Ashley Holm, Chief, 
Waterways Management Division, Sector Virginia, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone 757-668-5580; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulation in 33 CFR 100.501 for the Poquoson Seafood Festival 
Workboat Races from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on September 18, 2022. This 
action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events within 
the Fifth Coast Guard District, Sec.  100.501, specifies the location 
of the regulated area for the Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat Races 
which encompasses portions of the Back River. 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 local law 
enforcement vessel approved by the COTP.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: July 6, 2022.
Jennifer A. Stockwell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Virginia.
[FR Doc. 2022-14770 Filed 7-11-22; 8:45 am]
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