83 FR 44828 - Special Local Regulation; Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 171 (September 4, 2018)
Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 171 (September 4, 2018)
| Page Range | 44828-44828 | |
| FR Document | 2018-19081 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 44828] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-19081] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 100 [Docket No. USCG-2018-0798] Special Local Regulation; Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce Special Local Regulations for the Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA, from 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. on September 2, 2018. This action is necessary to limit vessel movement within the specified race area immediately prior to, during, and immediately after racing activity in order to ensure the safety of participants, spectators and the maritime public. Entry into, transit through, mooring, or anchoring within the specified race area is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Puget Sound or Designated Representatives. DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1309 will be enforced from 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. on September 2, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this notice of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Zachary Spence, Sector Puget Sound Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 206-217-6051, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce Special Local Regulations for Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA in 33 CFR 100.1309 on September 2, 2018, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. The boundaries of the race area, as specified in 33 CFR 100.1309(a), enclose approximately 2 nautical miles of the navigable waters in Budd Inlet south of Big Tykle Cove to west of Priest Point. Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.1309, the regulated area shall be closed immediately prior to, during, and immediately after the event to all persons and vessels not participating in the event and authorized by the event sponsor. This action is necessary to ensure the safety of participants, spectators, and the maritime public. Entry into, transit through, mooring or anchoring within the specified race area is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Puget Sound or Designated Representatives. All persons or vessels who desire to enter the race area while it is enforced must obtain permission from the on-scene patrol craft on VHF channel 13. In addition to this published document, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with advance notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners. If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, she may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter the regulated area. Dated: August 28, 2018. Linda A. Sturgis, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Puget Sound. [FR Doc. 2018-19081 Filed 8-31-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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Dated: August 24, 2018. the event and authorized by the event available in the docket, go to http://
Richard E. Ashooh, sponsor. This action is necessary to www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2018–
Assistant Secretary for Export ensure the safety of participants, 0598 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click
Administration. spectators, and the maritime public. ‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket
[FR Doc. 2018–18766 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] Entry into, transit through, mooring or Folder on the line associated with this
BILLING CODE 3510–33–P anchoring within the specified race area rule.
is prohibited unless authorized by the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
Captain of the Port Puget Sound or
you have questions about this rule, call
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND Designated Representatives. All persons
or email Lieutenant Justin Heck, Sector
SECURITY or vessels who desire to enter the race
Charleston Office of Waterways
area while it is enforced must obtain
Management, Coast Guard; telephone
Coast Guard permission from the on-scene patrol
(843) 740–3184, email Justin.C.Heck@
craft on VHF channel 13.
uscg.mil.
33 CFR Part 100 In addition to this published
document, the Coast Guard will provide SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[Docket No. USCG–2018–0798]
the maritime community with advance
notification of this enforcement period I. Table of Abbreviations
Special Local Regulation; Olympia
Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd via the Local Notice to Mariners. If the CFR Code of Federal Regulations
Inlet, WA Captain of the Port determines that the DHS Department of Homeland Security
regulated area need not be enforced for FR Federal Register
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. the full duration stated in this notice, NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
ACTION: Notice of enforcement of she may use a Broadcast Notice to § Section
regulation. U.S.C. United States Code
Mariners to grant general permission to
enter the regulated area. II. Background Information and
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce
Dated: August 28, 2018. Regulatory History
Special Local Regulations for the
Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Linda A. Sturgis, On April 9, 2018, Kathleen Wilson
Budd Inlet, WA, from 11 a.m. through Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the notified the Coast Guard that she will be
4 p.m. on September 2, 2018. This Port Puget Sound. sponsoring the Swim Around
action is necessary to limit vessel [FR Doc. 2018–19081 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] Charleston on September 16, 2018
movement within the specified race area BILLING CODE 9110–04–P which will impact waters of the Wando
immediately prior to, during, and River, Cooper River, Charleston Harbor,
immediately after racing activity in and Ashley River, in Charleston, South
order to ensure the safety of DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND Carolina. In response, on June 26, 2018,
participants, spectators and the SECURITY the Coast Guard published a notice of
maritime public. Entry into, transit proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled
through, mooring, or anchoring within Coast Guard
Safety Zone, Swim Around Charleston;
the specified race area is prohibited Charleston, SC (83 FR 29719). There we
unless authorized by the Captain of the 33 CFR Part 165
stated why we issued the NPRM, and
Port Puget Sound or Designated [Docket Number USCG–2018–0598] invited comments on our proposed
Representatives. regulatory action related to this event.
RIN 1625–AA00
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR During the comment period that ended
100.1309 will be enforced from 11 a.m. Safety Zone, Swim Around Charleston; July 26, 2018, we received one
through 4 p.m. on September 2, 2018. Charleston, SC comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast
you have questions about this notice of AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. Guard finds that good cause exists for
enforcement, call or email Petty Officer ACTION: Temporary final rule. making this rule effective less than 30
Zachary Spence, Sector Puget Sound days after publication in the Federal
Waterways Management Division, U.S. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is Register. Delaying the effective date of
Coast Guard; telephone 206–217–6051, establishing a temporary moving safety this rule would be impracticable
email SectorPugetSoundWWM@ zone during the Swim Around because immediate action is needed to
uscg.mil. Charleston, a swimming race occurring respond to the potential safety hazards
on the Wando River, the Cooper River, associated with the event.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Charleston Harbor, and the Ashley
Guard will enforce Special Local River, in Charleston, South Carolina. III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule
Regulations for Olympia Harbor Days The temporary moving safety zone is
Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA in 33 necessary to protect swimmers, The Coast Guard is issuing this rule
CFR 100.1309 on September 2, 2018, participant vessels, spectators, and the under authority in 33 U.S.C. 1231. The
from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. general public during the event. Persons Captain of the Port (COTP) Charleston
The boundaries of the race area, as and vessels will be prohibited from has determined that potential hazards
specified in 33 CFR 100.1309(a), enclose entering the safety zone unless associated with the large number of
approximately 2 nautical miles of the authorized by the Captain of the Port participants and spectators during the
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with RULES
navigable waters in Budd Inlet south of Charleston or a designated swim will be a safety concern. The
Big Tykle Cove to west of Priest Point. representative. purpose of the rule is to ensure the
Under the provisions of 33 CFR safety of participants, spectators, the
100.1309, the regulated area shall be DATES: This rule is effective from 7:45 general public, vessels and the
closed immediately prior to, during, and a.m. until 2 p.m. on September 16, 2018. navigable waters in the safety zone
immediately after the event to all ADDRESSES: To view documents before, during and after the scheduled
persons and vessels not participating in mentioned in this preamble as being event.
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Rules and Regulations | |
| Action | Notice of enforcement of regulation. | |
| Dates | The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1309 will be enforced from 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. on September 2, 2018. | |
| Contact | If you have questions about this notice of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Zachary Spence, Sector Puget Sound Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 206-217-6051, email [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 44828 |
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