[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-6519]


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[Federal Register: March 22, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD0794-009]

 

Special Local Regulations, City of Augusta, GA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Temporary final rule.

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SUMMARY: Special local regulations are being adopted for the Augusta 
Port Authority Invitational Rowing Regatta. The event will be held on 
the Savannah River at Augusta, Georgia. The regulations are needed to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during the event.

EFFECTIVE DATES: These regulations become effective from 6:30 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m. EST on March 24-27, 1994, each day.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR E.P. Boyle, Coast Guard Group 
Charleston, at (803) 724-7619.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553, a notice of 
proposed rulemaking has not been published for these regulations and 
good cause exists for making them effective in less than 30 days from 
the date of publication. Following normal rulemaking procedures would 
have been impracticable. The updated information to hold the event was 
not received until January 24, 1994, and there was not sufficient time 
remaining to publish proposed rules in advance of the event or to 
provide for a delayed effective date.

DRAFTING INFORMATION: The drafters of these regulations are LTJG J.M. 
SICARD, Assistant Operations Officer, Coast Guard Group Charleston, 
project officer, and LT J.M. LOSEGO, project attorney, Seventh Coast 
Guard District Legal Office.

DISCUSSION OF REGULATIONS: There will be 1,000 participants racing 4 
and 8 man racing shells on a fixed course. The event will take place on 
that portion of the Savannah River at Augusta, Georgia between U.S. 
Highway 1/78/278 Bridge, at mile marker 199.45, and mile marker 197. 
These regulations are required to provide for the safety of life and 
property on the navigable waters during the running of the Invitational 
Rowing Regatta.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT: The Coast Guard has considered the 
environmental impact of this proposal consistent with section 2.B.2.08 
of Commandant Instruction M16475.1B, and this proposal has been 
determined to be categorically excluded. Specifically, the Coast Guard 
has consulted with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the 
Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Marine Fisheries Service 
regarding the environmental impact of this event, and it was determined 
that the event does not jeopardize the continued existence of protected 
species.

FEDERALISM: This action has been analyzed in accordance with the 
principles and criteria contained in Executive Order 12612, and it has 
been determined that this rulemaking does not have sufficient 
federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism 
Assessment.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100

    Marine Safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Waterways.

Regulations

    In consideration of the foregoing, part 100 of title 33, Code of 
Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:
    1. The authority citation for Part 100 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233, 49 CFR 1.46 and 33 CFR 100.35.

    2. A temporary section 100.35 T07-009 is added to read as follows:


Sec. 100.35 T07-009  Special Local Regulations, City of Augusta, 
Georgia.

    (a) Regulated area. A regulated area is established on that portion 
of the Savannah River at Augusta, Georgia between U.S. Highway 1/78/278 
Bridge, at mile marker 199.45, and mile marker 197. The regulated area 
encompasses the width of the Savannah River between these two points.
    (b) Special local regulations. (1) Entry into the regulated area by 
other than event participants is prohibited, unless authorized by the 
Patrol Commander. After termination of the Augusta Invitational Regatta 
on March 27, 1994, all vessels may resume normal operation.
    (2) Four temporary overhead cables will be used to delineate the 
course's racing lanes, and floats will be used on the surface of the 
river to mark lane separations.
    (c) Effective dates: These regulations become effective from 6:30 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST on March 24-27, 1994, each day.

    Dated: February 22, 1994.
W.P. Leahy,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 94-6519 Filed 3-21-94; 8:45 am]
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