Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/07/18/E8-16397/regattas-and-marine-parades-great-lakes-annual-marine-events
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A Rule by the Coast Guard on 07/18/2008
This rule is effective July 18, 2008.
73 FR 41261
41261-41264 (4 pages)
E8-16397
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E8-16397 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E8-16397
Comments and material received from the public, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, are part of docket USCG-2008-0220 and are available online at www.regulations.gov. This material is also available for inspection or copying at two locations: The Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays and the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Detroit, 110 Mt. Elliot Ave., Detroit, MI 48207 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
If you have questions on this rule, call CDR Joseph Snowden, Prevention, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit at (313) 568-9580. If you have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826.
On April 25, 2008, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled Regattas and Marine Parades; Great Lakes Annual Marine Events, in the Federal Register (73 FR 22303). We received 0 letters commenting on the proposed rule. No public meeting was requested, and none was held.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Guard finds that good cause exists for making this rule effective less than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. Delaying this rule would be contrary to the public interest of ensuring the safety and security of the spectators and participants during this event and immediate action is necessary to prevent possible loss of life or property.
This rule will remove the specific entries from table 1 found in 33 CFR 100.901, Great Lakes annual marine events that apply to regattas and marine parades in the Captain of the Port Detroit zone and list each regatta or marine parade as a subpart. This rule will also add several regattas and marine parades not previously listed in 33 CFR Part 100 and remove several events that no longer occur annually or are not regattas or marine parades.
No comments were received and no changes were made to this rule.
The Coast Guard's use of these special local regulations will be periodic in nature, of short duration, and designed to minimize the impact on navigable waters. These special local regulations will only be enforced immediately before and during the time the marine events are occurring. Furthermore, these special local regulations have been designed to allow vessels to transit Start Printed Page 41262unrestricted through portions of the waterways not affected by the special local regulations. The Coast Guard expects insignificant adverse impact to mariners from the activation of these special local regulations.
This 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 paragraphs (4) through (13) during the dates and times the special local regulations are being enforced.
These special local regulations would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities for the following reasons: The special local regulations in this rule would be in effect for short periods of time, and only once per year; and the special local regulations have been designed to allow traffic to pass safely around the zone whenever possible and vessels will be allowed to pass through the zones with the permission of the Captain of the Port.
We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use. We have determined that it is not a “significant energy action” under that order because it is not a “significant regulatory action” under Executive Order 12866 and is not likely to have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of energy. The Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has not designated it as a significant energy action. Therefore, it does not require a Statement of Energy Effects under Executive Order 13211. We did not receive any comments for this section.
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress, through the Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why using these standards would be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical standards (e.g., specifications of materials, performance, design, or operation; test methods; sampling procedures; and related management systems practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies. Start Printed Page 41263
This rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we did not consider the use of voluntary consensus standards. We did not receive any comments for this section.
We have analyzed this rule under Commandant Instruction M16475.lD and Department of Homeland Security Management Directive 5100.1, which guide the Coast Guard in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have concluded that there are no factors in this case that would limit the use of a categorical exclusion under section 2.B.2 of the Instruction. Therefore, this rule is categorically excluded, under figure 2-1, paragraph (35)(h) of the Instruction, from further environmental documentation. This event establishes a regulated area for marine events, therefore paragraph (35)(h) of the Instruction applies.
2. Amend § 100.901 by removing the entry “Group Detroit, MI” from Table 1 and adding paragraph (f) to read as follows:
(f) Patrol Commander means a Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or petty officer who has been designated by the Captain of the Port to monitor a regatta area, permit entry into the regatta area, give legally enforceable orders to persons or vessels within the regatta area, and take other actions authorized by the Captain of the Port.
4. Remove and reserve § 100.902.
5. Add § 100.911 to read as follows:
(c) Enforcement Period: Two days during the second week in August. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually.
6. Add § 100.912 to read as follows:
Detroit Bell Isle Grand Prix, Detroit, MI.
(a) Regulated Area. A regulated area is established to include all waters of the Detroit River near Belle Isle, bounded by a line extending from a point of land on the southern shore of Belle Isle located at position 42°20′00″ N; 082°59′45″ W, to 50 yards offshore at position 42°19′57″; 082°59′ 43″, and continuing at a distance of 50 yards around the western end of Belle Isle to the Belle Isle Bridge, maintaining a constant distance of 50 yards from the shoreline and terminating at position 42°20′28″; 082°59′43″ on the northern side of Belle Isle, adjacent to a point on land at position 42°20′24″ N; 082°59′48″ W (NAD 83). This area wraps around the downstream end of Belle Isle.
(c) Enforcement Period: The last weekend in August. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually.
7. Add § 100.913 to read as follows:
(a) Regulated Area. A regulated area is established to include all waters of St. Clair River's North Channel, Algonac, Michigan, bounded by a north/south line beginning at a point of land adjacent to Allen Boats, Algonac, MI (position 42°37′05″ N, 082°33′34″ W) extending to a point of land on Harsens Island (position 42°36′49″ N, 082°33′34″ W) extending east along the shoreline of Harsens Island to north/south line beginning at position 42°37′16″ N, 082°31′11″ W (approx. 500 ft west of the Russell Island buoy) extending north to a point at position 42°37′28″ N, 082°31′11″ W (approx. 300 ft offshore from the Russell Boat Club), then west along the shoreline of Algonac, MI stopping at the point of origin. (NAD 83).
(c) Enforcement Period: The first weekend in August. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually.
8. Add § 100.914 to read as follows:
(c) Enforcement Period: The third week in July. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually.
9. Add § 100.915 to read as follows:
(a) Regulated Area. A regulated area is established to include all waters of the St. Clair River, St. Clair, Michigan, bounded by latitude 42°52′00″ N to the north; latitude 42°49′00″ N to the south; the shoreline of the St. Clair River on Start Printed Page 41264the west; and the international boundary line on the east (NAD 83).
(c) Enforcement Period: The last week in July. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually.
10. Add § 100.916 to read as follows:
(c) Enforcement Period: The third week in August. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually.
11. Add § 100.917 to read as follows:
(c) Enforcement Period: The third week in October. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually.
12. Add § 100.918 to read as follows:
(c) Enforcement Period: The first or second week in June. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually.
13. Add § 100.919 to read as follows:
(c) Enforcement Period: The third or fourth week in June. The exact dates and times for this event will be determined annually.
14. Add § 100.920 to read as follows:
(d) Vessel operators desiring to enter or operate within the regulated area shall contact the Coast Guard Patrol Commander to obtain permission to do so. Vessel operators given permission to enter or operate in the regulated area must comply with all directions given to them by the Coast Guard Patrol Commander.
[FR Doc. E8-16397 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]