[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-15693]


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[Federal Register: June 29, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD 05-94-038]

 

Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Night in Venice Boat 
Parade, Ship Channel and Great Egg Waterway, Ocean City, NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of implementation.

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SUMMARY: This notice implements special local regulations for the Night 
in Venice Boat Parade, an annual event to be held on July 23, 1994 in 
the Ship Channel and on the Great Egg Waterway, Ocean City, New Jersey. 
These special local regulations are needed to provide for the safety of 
the participants and spectators on navigable waters during this event. 
The effect will be to restrict general navigation in the regulated 
area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.504 are effective from 
4:30 p.m. to 11:45 p.m., July 23, 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 Cape May (609) 884-6981.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 Regulations

    The City of Ocean City, New Jersey, has submitted an application to 
hold the Night in Venice Boat Parade. The event will consist of 
approximately 125 vessels less than 65 feet in length. The parade will 
start at Ship Channel Buoy 4 (LLNR 1160), cruise down the channel 
through Great Egg Waterway to Daybeacon 28 (LLNR 33865), and return to 
Great Egg Waterway Buoy 2 (LLNR 33800). Since these regulations were 
specifically established to enhance the safety of the participants in 
and spectators of the Night In Venice Boat Parade, the regulations in 
33 CFR 100.504 are hereby implemented. Commercial traffic should not be 
severely disrupted at any given time, since commercial vessels will be 
permitted to transit the regulated area as the parade progresses.

    Dated: June 16, 1994.
J.E. Schwartz,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, 
Acting.
[FR Doc. 94-15693 Filed 6-28-94; 8:45 am]
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