
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32863-32864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13302]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0327]


Regattas and Marine Parades in the COTP Lake Michigan Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulation on 
the Black River for the Harborfest Dragon Boat Race in South Haven, 
Michigan. This regulated area will be enforced from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. 
on June 21 and June 22, 2014. This action is necessary and intended to 
ensure safety of life and property on navigable waters immediately 
prior to, during, and immediately after the Dragon Boat race. During 
the aforementioned period, the Coast Guard will enforce restrictions 
upon, and control movement of, vessels in a portion of the Captain of 
the Port Lake Michigan Zone.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.903 will be enforced from 6 a.m. 
until 7 p.m. on June 21 and June 22, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, call or email MST1 Joseph McCollum, Prevention Department, 
Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI at (414) 747-7148, 
email joseph.p.mccollum@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulation listed in 33 CFR 100.903, Harborfest Dragon Boat Race; 
South Haven, MI. This special local regulation will be established on 
the Black River in South Haven, MI within the following coordinates 
starting at 42[deg]24'13.6'' N, 086[deg]16'41'' W; then southeast 
42[deg]24'12.6'' N, 086[deg]16'40'' W; then northeast to 
42[deg]24'19.2'' N, 086[deg]16'26.5'' W; then northwest to 
42[deg]24'20.22'' N, 086[deg]16'27.4'' W; then back to point of origin 
(NAD 83). This special local regulation will be enforced from 6 a.m. 
until 7 p.m. on June 21 and June 22, 2014.
    Vessels desiring to transit the regulated area may do so only with 
prior approval of the Patrol Commander and when so directed by that 
officer. Vessels will be operated at a no wake speed to reduce the wake 
to a minimum, and in a manner which will not endanger participants in 
the event or any other craft. The rules contained in the above

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two sentences shall not apply to participants in the event or vessels 
of the patrol operating in the performance of their assigned duties. 
The Patrol Commander may direct the anchoring, mooring, or movement of 
any boat or vessel within the regatta area.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.903, 
Harborfest Dragon Boat Race; South Haven, MI, and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In 
addition to this publication in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard 
will provide the maritime community with advance notification of this 
event via Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. The 
Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, or his or her on-scene 
representative may be contacted via Channel 16, VHF-FM.

    Dated: May 27, 2014.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2014-13302 Filed 6-6-14; 8:45 am]
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