[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61629-61630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30291]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD07-97-054]
RIN 2115-AE46


Special Local Regulations: City of Pompano Annual Christmas Boat 
Parade, Pompano Beach, Florida

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Temporary final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing temporary special local 
regulations for the City of Pompano Annual Christmas Boat Parade. This 
event will be held Sunday, December 14, 1997, between 5 p.m. and 10 
p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). There will be approximately 150 
participants and 75 spectator craft. The resulting congestion of 
navigable channels creates an extra or unusual hazard in the navigable 
waters. These regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of 
life of navigable waters during the event.

DATES: These regulations become effective on December 14, 1997, from 5 
p.m. to 10 p.m. EST.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LTJG J. Delgado, Coast Guard Group Miami, FL at (305) 535-4409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose

    The City of Pompano Annual Christmas Boat Parade is a nighttime 
parade of approximately 150 pleasure and fishing boats ranging in 
length from 23 feet to 125 feet decorated with holiday lights. There 
will be approximately 75 spectator craft. The parade will form in the 
staging area at Lake Santa Barbara then proceed north up the 
Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) to the Hillsboro Boulevard Bridge where the 
parade will disband.
    The regulated area will include the Intracoastal Waterway from 
Pompano Beach daybeacon 74 LLNR 47230 to State Road 810 Bridge (ICW 
mile marker 1050). While the parade is transiting, these regulations 
will prohibit nonparticipating vessels from approaching within 500 feet 
ahead of the lead vessel in the parade to 500 feet astern of the last 
participating vessel in the parade to within 50 feet on either side of 
the parade unless authorized by the patrol commander. After the passage 
of the parade participants, all vessels will be allowed to resume 
normal operations.
    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553, a notice of proposed rulemaking 
was not published for this regulation and good cause exists for making 
it effective in less than 30 days after Federal Register publication. 
Publishing an NPRM and delaying its effective date would be contrary to 
national safety interests since immediate action is needed to minimize 
potential danger to the public, as the Coast Guard was only given 
notice of the date of the parade less than five weeks before the event.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This proposal is not a significant regulatory action under Section 
3(f) of the Executive Order 12866 and does not require an assessment of 
the potential costs and benefits under Section 6(a)(3) of that Order. 
It has been exempted from review 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 
proposed rule to be so minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation under 
paragraph 10e of the regulatory policies and procedures of DOT is 
unnecessary. Entry into the regulated area is prohibited for only five 
hours on the day of the event.

Small Entities

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the 
Coast Guard must consider whether this rule will have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. ``Small 
entities'' include small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that 
are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their 
fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 
50,000.
    Therefore, the Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C 605(b) that this 
rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities as the regulations would only be in effect for 
approximately five hours in a limited area of the intracoastal 
waterway.

Collection of Information

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

Federalism

    This action has been analyzed in accordance with the principles and 
criteria contained in Executive Order 12612, and it has been determined 
that the rulemaking 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 
proposal consistent with Section 2.B.2 of Commandant Instruction 
M16475.1B. In accordance with that section, this proposed action has 
been environmentally assessed (EA completed), and the Coast Guard has 
concluded that it will not significantly affect the quality of the 
human environment. An Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No 
Significant Impact have been prepared and are available in the docket 
for inspection or copying.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100

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

    Temporary Regulations: In consideration of the foregoing, the Coast 
Guard amends part 100 of Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
follows:

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PART 100--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Part 100 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233 through 1236; 49 CFR 1.46 and 33 CFR 
100.35.

    2. A new temporary section 100.35T-07-054 is added to read as 
follows:


Sec. 100.35T-07-054  City of Pompano Annual Christmas Boat Parade, 
Pompano Beach Florida

    (a) Regulated Area. The regulated area is established surrounding 
the parade participants as they transit the parade route. 
Nonparticipant vessels will be prohibited from entering an area 
encompassing 50 feet on either side of the north-south axis of the 
parade. The axis extends from 500 feet ahead of the lead vessel in the 
parade to 500 feet astern of the last participating vessel in the 
parade as the parade transit north in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) 
from Lake Santa Barbara, the staging area of the parade, to the 
Hillsboro Boulevard Bridge, where the parade will disband. The 
regulated area will include the Intracoastal Waterway from Pompano 
Beach daybeacon 74 LLNR 47230 to State Road 810 bridge (ICW mile marker 
1050).
    (b) Special Local Regulations.
    (1) While the parade is transiting, nonparticipating vessels are 
prohibited from approaching within 500 feet ahead of the lead vessel in 
the parade to 500 feet astern of the last participating vessel in the 
parade to within 50 feet on either side of the parade unless authorized 
by the Patrol Commander. Anchoring in the viewing area is prohibited 
unless authorized by the Patrol Commander. Entry or anchoring in the 
staging area is prohibited, unless authorized by the Patrol Commander. 
After the passage of the parade participants, all vessels may resume 
normal operations.
    (2) A succession of not fewer than five 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.
    (c) Dates. These regulations become effective on December 14, 1997, 
from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST.

    Dated: November 6, 1997.
Norman T. Saunders,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 97-30291 Filed 11-18-97; 8:45 am]
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