Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/06/22/E9-14552/regattas-and-marine-parades-great-lakes-annual-marine-events
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A Proposed Rule by the Coast Guard on 06/22/2009
Comments and related materials must reach the Coast Guard on or before July 22, 2009.
74 FR 29436
29436-29439 (4 pages)
USCG-2009-0400
E9-14552
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E9-14552 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E9-14552
You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket number USCG-2009-0400 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one of the following methods:
LCDR Christopher Friese, Prevention Dept. Chief, Sector Sault Sainte Marie, 337 Water St., Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783; 906-635-3220.
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this rulemaking (USCG-2009-0400), indicate the specific section of this document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. We recommend that you include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body of your document to ensure that you can be identified as the submitter. This also allows us to contact you in the event further information is needed or if there are questions. For example, if we cannot read your submission due to technical difficulties and you cannot be contacted; your submission may not be considered. You may submit your comments and material by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and material by only one means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 81/2 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and material received during the comment period. We may change this proposed rule in view of them.
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time, click on “Search for Dockets,” and enter the docket number for this rulemaking (USCG-2008-XXXX) in the Docket ID box, and click enter. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
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We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a request for a meeting by writing to Commander, Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie at the address under ADDRESSES explaining why one would be beneficial. If we determine that one would aid this rulemaking, we will hold one at a time and place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register.
This proposed rule will add several regattas and marine parades not previously listed in 33 CFR Part 100. The specific events to be added are Copperhead Regatta, Houghton, MI, Spirit of the Lake Regatta, Superior, WI, Point to LaPoint Swim, LaPoint, WI, Duluth Rowing International Regatta, and Grand Marais Splash In, Grand Marais, MI.
The Captain of the Port will cause notice of enforcement of the special local regulations established by this section to be made by all appropriate means to the affected segments of the public. Such means of notification will include, but is not limited to, Broadcast Notice to Mariners and Local Notice to Mariners. The Captain of the Port will issue a Broadcast Notice to Mariners notifying the public when enforcement of the special local regulations is terminated.
This proposed rule would affect the following entities, some of which might be small entities: The owners or operators of vessels intending to transit or anchor in the areas designated as special local regulations in this rule during the dates and times the special local regulations are being enforced.
Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we want to assist small entities in understanding this proposed rule so that they can better evaluate its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking. If the proposed rule would affect your small business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction and you have questions concerning its provisions or options for compliance, please contact LCDR Christopher Friese, Prevention Dept. Chief, Sector Sault Sainte Marie, 337 Water St., Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783; 906-635-3220. The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small entities that question or complain about this proposed rule or any policy or action of the Coast Guard.
This proposed rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize litigation, Start Printed Page 29438eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.
We have analyzed this proposed rule under Commandant Instruction M16475.lD and Department of Homeland Security Management Directive 023-01, which guide the Coast Guard in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have made a preliminary determination that this action is not likely to have a significant effect on the human environment. An environmental analysis checklist supporting this preliminary determination is available in the docket where indicated under ADDRESSES. We seek any comments or information that may lead to the discovery of a significant environmental impact from this proposed rule.
Copperhead Regatta, Houghton, MI.
(a) Regulated Area. A regulated area is established to encompass all waters west of the boundary line created by points 47°06′48″ N, 088°30′04″ W and 47°06′34″ N, 088°30′48″ W to the Houghton area lift Bridge (NAD 1983).
(c) Effective date: The last Saturday in September. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually, and published through Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
3. Add § 100.922 to read as follows:
§ 100.922
Spirit of the Lake Regatta, Superior, WI.
(a) Regulated Area. A regulated area is established to encompass all waters within the Superior Front Channel bounded by a line starting at 46°42.47′ N, 092°02.42′ W then running northeast to position 46°42.52′ N, 092°02.36′ W then running northwest to position 46°44.30′ N, 092°04.75′ W then running southwest to position 46°44.26′ N, 092°05.03′ W then running southeast back to the starting point (NAD 1983).
(c) Effective Date. This event occurs the second weekend in September. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually, and published through Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
4. Add § 100.923 to read as follows:
§ 100.923
Pointe to LaPointe Swim, LaPointe, WI.
(a) Regulated Area. A regulated area is established to include all waters of Lake Superior extending 50 yards on both sides of a line starting at position 46°48.50′ N, 090°48.41′ W then running southeast to position 46°47.12′ N, 090°47.19′ W (NAD 1983).
(c) Effective Date. This event occurs the second weekend in August. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually and published through Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
5. Add § 100.924 to read as follows:
§ 100.924
Duluth Rowing International Regatta.
(a) Regulated Area. A regulated area is established to include all waters adjacent to Park Point in Duluth-Superior Harbor within the following boundaries beginning at latitude 46°45′19.3″ N, longitude 92°04′43″ W; thence to latitude 46°45′11.7″ N, longitude 92°05′01″ W; thence to latitude 46°44′21.2″ N, longitude 92°04′15.7″ W; thence to latitude Start Printed Page 2943946°44′29.4″ N, longitude 92°03′57.5″ W; thence to the point of beginning (NAD 1983). This area is also the Special Anchorage Area for Duluth-Superior Harbor as designated in 33 CFR § 110.77a.
(c) Effective Date. This event occurs the second weekend in July. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually and published through Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
6. Add § 100.925 to read as follows:
§ 100.925
Grand Marais Splash In, Grand Marais, MI.
(a) Regulated Area. A regulated area is established to include all waters of Lake Superior within a 1500-foot radius of position 46°40.37′ N, 085°58.74′ W (NAD 1983).
(c) Effective Date. This event occurs the third week in June. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually and published through Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
[FR Doc. E9-14552 Filed 6-19-09; 8:45 am]