[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-2215]


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[Federal Register: February 1, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD 05-94-001]

 

Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Crawford Bay Crew 
Classic, Southern Branch, Elizabeth River, Portsmouth, VA

agency: Coast Guard, DOT.

action: Notice of implementation.

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summary: This notice implements special local regulations for the 
Crawford Bay Crew Classic, an annual event to be held on the Southern 
Branch of the Elizabeth River at Portsmouth, Virginia. The event will 
take place from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m., on March 25, 1994, and from 6 
a.m. until 6 p.m. on March 26, 1994. The event consists of rowing 
vessels from different colleges competing in an intercollegiate crew 
competition on a course on the Elizabeth River, between Jordan Bridge 
and Portside. These special local regulations are necessary to control 
vessel traffic in the immediate vicinity of this event. The effect will 
be to restrict general navigation in the regulated area for the safety 
of spectators and participants.

effective dates: This regulation is effective from 11 a.m. until 6:30 
p.m., on March 25, 1994, and from 5 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., on March 26, 
1994.

for further information contact: Stephen L. Phillips, Chief, Boating 
Affairs Branch, Fifth Coast Guard District, 431 Crawford Street, 
Portsmouth, Virginia 23704-5004 (804) 398-6204.
    Drafting Information: The drafters of this notice are QM2 Gregory 
C. Garrison, project officer, Boating Affairs Branch, Boating Safety 
Division, Fifth Coast Guard District, and LT Monica L. Lombardi, 
project attorney, Fifth Coast Guard District Legal Staff.
    Discussion of Regulation: Ports Events, Inc. submitted an 
application requesting a permit to hold the Crawford Bay Crew Classic. 
The regulations in 33 CFR 100.523 will regulate the area surrounding 
the Crawford Bay Crew Classic on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth 
River. Crew racing shells will be racing in heats starting in the 
vicinity of the Jordan Bridge and will finish in the vicinity of 
Portside, Portsmouth. This regulation is necessary to control spectator 
craft and to provide for the safety of life and property on navigable 
waters during the event. Marine traffic will be allowed to transit the 
regulated area between races. Since the main shipping channel will not 
be closed for extended periods of time, commercial traffic should not 
be severely disrupted.

    Dated: January 14, 1994.
W.T. Leland,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 94-2215 Filed 1-31-94; 8:45 am]
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