
[Federal Register: April 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 79)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 21824-21825]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG 2008-0200]

 
Special Local Regulation; Blessing of the Fleet, Corinthian Yacht 
Club, San Francisco Bay, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Blessing of the Fleet special 
local regulation from 8 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. on April 27, 2008. This 
action is necessary to control vessel traffic and to ensure the safety 
of event participants and spectators. During the enforcement period, no 
spectator shall anchor, block, loiter, nor impede the through transit 
of participants or official patrol vessels, in the regulated areas 
during all applicable effective dates and times, unless cleared to do 
so by or through an official patrol vessel.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1103 will be enforced from 8 a.m. 
to 11:59 a.m. on April 27, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Junior Grade Sheral 
Richardson, Waterways Management Branch, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San 
Francisco, at (415) 399-7436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Guard 
finds that good cause exists for giving notice of the enforcement date 
less than 30 days before the enforcement period goes into effect. 
Delaying notice of the enforcement date would be contrary to the public 
interest, since immediate action is needed to ensure the safety of the 
event participants, support vessels, spectator craft and other vessels 
transiting the event area. However advance notification of this 
recurring event is being given to users of San Francisco Bay via 
broadcast notice to mariners and yacht club newsletters.
    The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulation for the 
annual Blessing of the Fleet in 33 CFR 100.1103 on April 29, 2008, from 
8 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. The special local regulation includes Raccoon 
Straits and can be defined by a line drawn from Bluff Point the 
southeastern side of Tiburon Peninsula to Point Campbell on the 
northern edge of Angel Island, and a line drawn from Peninsula Point on 
the southern edge of Tiburon Peninsula to Point Stuart on the western 
edge of Angel Island.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.1103, no spectator shall anchor, 
block, loiter, nor impede the through transit of participants or 
official patrol vessels, in the regulated areas during all applicable 
effective dates and times, unless cleared to do so by or through an 
official patrol vessel. Additionally, when hailed and/or signaled by an 
official patrol vessel, any spectator located within a regulated area 
during all applicable effective dates and times shall come to an 
immediate stop. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this special 
local regulation.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.1103 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). Even though this event is published in the Federal 
Register, if the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area 
need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, he or 
she may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission 
to enter the regulated area.


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    Dated: April 4, 2008.
P.M. Gugg,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector San Francisco.
[FR Doc. E8-8733 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]

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