[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21982-21983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10923]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD 05-95-015]
RIN 2115-AE46


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 document implements 33 CFR 100.507 for the Great 
Chesapeake Bay Swim Event to be held on June 11, 1995. 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 DATE: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.507 are effective from 
6:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., on June 11, 1995.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The drafters of this notice are QM2 Gregory 
C. Garrison, project officer, Boating Affairs Branch, Boating Safety 
Division, Fifth Coast Guard District, and LCDR C.A. Abel, project 
attorney, Fifth Coast Guard District Legal Staff.
    Discussion: Mr. Charles Nabit, a representative of the March of 
Dimes, submitted an application to hold the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim 
Event on June 11, 1995. Approximately 600 swimmers will start from 
Sandy Point State Park and swim between the [[Page 21983]] 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 and effective from 6:30 
a.m. until 1 p.m., on June 11, 1995. 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 14, 1995.
W.J. Ecker,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 95-10923 Filed 5-3-95; 8:45 am]
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