SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulation in Table 1 to Paragraph (i)(1) in 33 CFR 100.501 for the regulated area of the Around the Island Paddle from 8 a.m. through 1 p.m. on June 25, 2023. 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, § 100.501, specifies the location of the regulated area for the “Around the Island Paddle” which encompasses portions of Cape May Harbor, Atlantic Ocean, and Delaware Bay in Cape May, NJ. During the enforcement period, as reflected in § 100.100(g), if you are the operator of a vessel in the regulated area, you must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign. Non-participants are only allowed inside the regulated area to pass through or enter and remain within a designated spectator area. A non-participant must contact the Event Patrol Commander or an official patrol vessel to request permission to either enter the Spectator Area or pass through the regulated area.

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.