[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17246-17247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9654]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD07-96-023]
RIN 2115-AE46


Special Local Regulations; City of Lake Worth, FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Temporary final rule.

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SUMMARY: Temporary special local regulations are being adopted for the 
Lake Worth Sunfest 96. The event will be held on May 1st and 2nd, 1996 
from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT (Eastern Daylight Time), on May 3rd, 1996 
from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT, on May 4th and 5th, 1996 from 9 a.m. to 10 
p.m. EDT on the Intracoastal Waterway, Lake Worth, Florida. These 
regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waters during the event.

EFFECTIVE DATES: This section is effective between 5:30 p.m. and 10:30 
p.m. EDT on May 1st, and 2nd, 1996 between 11:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. 
EDT on May 3rd 1996; and between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. EDT, on May 
4th and 5th 1996.

ADDRESSES: Unless otherwise indicated, documents referred to in this 
preamble are available for copying and inspection at U.S. Coast Guard 
Group Miami, 100 MacArthur Causeway, Miami Beach, FL 33139, between 8 
a.m. and 3 p.m. EDT, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
QMC T. Kjerulff, Operations Center Supervisor, U.S. Coast Guard Group 
Miami at (305) 535-4448.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553, a notice of 
proposed rulemaking was not published for these regulations. Following 
normal rulemaking procedures would have been impracticable. The 
information necessary to hold the event was not received until January 
29, 1996 and there was not sufficient time remaining to published 
proposed rules in advance of the event or to provide for a delayed 
effective date.

Discussion of Regulations

    These temporary special local regulations are being adopted for the 
Lake Worth Sunfest 96. The event will be held on May 1st and 2nd, 1996 
from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., on May 3rd, 1996 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m., on 
May 4th and 5th, 1996 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the intracoastal 
waterway, Lake Worth, Florida. There will be approximately 20 racers in 
ski boats, jet skis, and canoes, ranging in size from 12 to 17 feet, 
participating in the Lake Worth Sunfest 96. Due to concentration of 
participant and spectator vessels, these regulations are necessary to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during the event. 
The event will take place in the Lake Worth Intracoastal Waterway 
between the Royal Palm Bridge and the Flagler Memorial Bridge. There 
will be a no wake zone between these two bridges.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This rule is not a significant regulatory action under section 3(f) 
of Executive Order 12866 and does not require an assessment of 
potential costs

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and benefits under section 6(a)(f) of that order. It has not been 
reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under that order. It is 
not significant under the regulatory policies and procedures of the 
Department of Transportation (DOT) (44 FR 11040; February 26, 1979). 
The Coast Guard expects the economic impact of this proposal to be so 
minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation under paragraph 10e of the 
regulatory policies and procedures of DOT is unnecessary. The regulated 
area encompasses less than \3/4\ nautical mile on the Intracostal 
Waterway between Flagler and Memorial bridges. Vessels entering the 
regulated area will only be required to proceed at no wake speed for 5 
hours on May 1st and 2nd 1996, 11 hours on May 3rd 1996 and 14 hours on 
May 4th and 5th 1996.
    Since the impact of this proposal is expected to be minimal, the 
Coast Guard certifies that, if adopted, it will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Collection of Information

    These regulations contain no collection of information requirements 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Federalism

    The Coast Guard has analyzed this rule in accordance with the 
principles and criteria contained in Executive Order 12612 and has 
determined that this regulation does not have sufficient federalism 
implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

Environmental Assessment

    The Coast Guard has considered the environmental impact of this 
action consistent with Section 2.B.2. of Commandant Instruction 
M16475.1B. In accordance with that section, this action has been 
environmentally assessed (EA completed), and the Coast Guard has 
determined that it will not significantly affect the quality of the 
human environment. An environmental assessment and finding of no 
significant impact have been prepared and are available for inspection 
and copying at the address listed under ADDRESSES. As a condition to 
the permit, the applicant is required to educate the operators of 
spectator craft and parade participants regarding the possible presence 
of manatees and the appropriate precautions to take if the animals are 
sighted.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100

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

Temporary Final Regulations

    In consideration of the foregoing, Part 100 of Title 33, Code of 
Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:

PART 100--[AMENDED]

    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 Sec. 100.T07-023 is added as follows:


Sec. 100.T07-023   Special Local Regulations; Intracoastal Waterway at 
Lake Worth, FL.

    (a) Definitions. (1) Regulated area. A regulated area is 
established in the Lake Worth Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) between the 
Royal Palm Bridge and the Flagler Memorial Bridge, for the Width of the 
ICW.
    (2) Coastal Guard Patrol Commander. The Coast Guard Patrol 
Commander is a commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast 
Guard who has been designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Group 
Miami, Florida.
    (b) Special Local Regulations. (1) The regulated area is a no wake 
zone. All transiting vessels shall operate a speed so as to not cause a 
wake or at five (5) knots, whichever is slower.
    (2) All vessels shall immediately follow any specific instructions 
given by event patrol craft and exercise extreme caution while 
operating in or near the regulated area. A succession of not fewer than 
5 short whistle or horn blasts from a patrol vessel will be the signal 
for any nonparticipating vessel to stop immediately. The display of an 
orange distress smoke signal from a patrol vessel will be the signal 
for any and all vessels to stop immediately.
    (3) After the termination of the Sunfest 96 event for each 
respective day and the regulated area, all vessels may resume normal 
operations.
    (c) Effective Dates. These regulations are effective on May 1st and 
2nd 1996 at 5:30 p.m. EDT and terminate at 10:30 p.m.; on May 3rd 1996 
at 11:30 a.m. and terminate at 10:30 p.m.; and on May 4th and 5th 1996 
at 8:30 a.m. and terminate at 10:30 p.m.. These times are effective 
unless the regulated area is sooner terminated by the Patrol Commander.

    Dated: March 21, 1996.
Roger T. Rufe, Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 96-9654 Filed 4-18-96; 8:45 am]
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