[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 92 (Friday, May 13, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11710]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD 05-94-012]

 

Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; The Great Chesapeake 
Bay Swim Event, Chesapeake Bay, MD

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of implementation.

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SUMMARY: This notice implements special local regulations for the Great 
Chesapeake Bay Swim Event to be held on June 12, 1994. These special 
local regulations are needed to provide for the safety of participants 
and spectators on the navigable waters during this event. The effect 
will be to restrict general navigation in the regulated area for the 
safety of participants in the swim, and their attending personnel.

EFFECTIVE DATES: This regulation is effective from 6:30 a.m. until 1 
p.m., on June 12, 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, or Commander, Coast Guard Group Baltimore (410) 576-8516.

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 John B. Gately, project 
attorney, Fifth Coast Guard District Legal Staff.

Discussion:

    Mr. Charles Nabit, a representative of the March of Dimes, 
submitted an application on November 23, 1993 to hold the Great 
Chesapeake Bay Swim Event on June 12, 1994. Approximately 600 swimmers 
will start from Sandy Point State Park and swim between the William P. 
Lane Jr. Memorial Twin Bridges to the Eastern Shore. This is the type 
of event contemplated by these regulations and the safety of the 
participants depends upon control of vessel traffic, therefore the 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.507 are implemented. During the swim itself, 
all vessel traffic will have to be stopped. However, vessel traffic 
will be permitted to transit the regulated area as the swim progresses. 
As a result, commercial traffic should not be severely disrupted.

    Dated: April 9, 1994.
W. T. Leland,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 94-11710 Filed 5-12-94; 8:45 am]
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