[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 70653-70661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33849]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD 08-98-018]
RIN 2115-AE46


Special Local Regulations; Eighth Coast Guard District Annual 
Marine Events

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is revising Table 1, its list of annual marine 
events that occur within the Eighth Coast Guard District. This action 
is being taken to ensure the safety of life and property during each 
event, while avoiding the necessity of publishing a separate temporary 
regulation each year for each event. Table 1 reflects the approximate 
dates and locations of each annual recurring marine event.

DATES: This final rule will become effective February 22, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Project Attorney, Lieutenant Commander Jim Wilson at Commander (dl), 
Eighth Coast Guard District, 501 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 
70130-3396, (504) 589-6188.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulatory History

    A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was published on Tuesday, 
June 16, 1998, (63 FR 32774) in the Federal Register proposing to 
revise Table 1 to 33 CFR 100.801, the list of annual marine events that 
occur within the Eighth Coast Guard District. That proposal also noted 
the revision would include the territories previously encompassed by 
the Second Coast Guard District as a result of the Eighth Coast Guard 
District's absorption of the Second Coast Guard District. The Coast 
Guard received no comments on the proposed rulemaking. A public hearing 
was not requested and one was not held.

Background and Purpose

    This rulemaking updates the existing list of anticipated annual 
marine events in the Eighth Coast Guard District. This revision also 
reflects the Eighth Coast Guard District's absorption of the 
territories previously encompassed by the Second Coast Guard District. 
It does so by deleting 33 CFR Sec. 100.201, the list of annual marine 
events in the old Second Coast Guard District, and by expanding 33 CFR 
Sec. 100.801 to include both territories.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This rule is not a significant regulator action under section 3(f) 
of Executive Order 12866 and did not require an assessment of potential 
costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3) 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 rule to be so 
minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation under paragraph 10e of the 
regulatory policies and procedures of DOT was unnecessary. The economic 
impact is not significant because this rule serves only to update an 
already existing list of marine events and does not change the process 
for reviewing such occurrences.

Small Entities

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the 
Coast Guard considered 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, operated, and not dominant in their fields, 
and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000.
    The segment of the listed waterways regulated is the minimum 
necessary to assure the safety of life and property on or adjacent to 
navigable waters. These regulations are relatively brief in duration 
and will only affect marine traffic. Therefore, the Coast Guard 
certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Collection of Information

    No information is collected under this rule. This rule complies 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)

Federalism Implications

    The Coast Guard has analyzed this rule under the principles and 
criteria contained in Executive Order 12612 and has determined that 
this rule does not have sufficient federalism implications

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to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

Environment

    The Coast Guard is revising its list of recurring marine events. 
The listing itself will not affect the environment. When an event 
application is received, the Coast Guard will conduct an environmental 
analysis for the event. Under figure 2-1 paragraph (34)(h) of Coast 
Guard Commandant Instruction M16475.1C, this revision is categorically 
excluded from further environmental documentation.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100

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

Final Regulations

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Coast Guard is amending Part 
100 of Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, 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.


Sec. 100.201  [Removed]

    2. Remove Sec. 100.201.
    3. Sec. 100.801 is amended by revising Table 1 to read as follows:


Sec. 100.801  Annual Marine Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District.

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                        Table 1 of Sec.  100.801
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Group Upper Mississippi River:
    Fair St. Louis
        Sponsor: Fair St. Louis Committee
        Date: 3 Days--1st Week in July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 179.2-180.0, St.
         Louis, MO
    Fourth of July River Front Blast
        Sponsor: Alton Exposition Commission
        Date: 1 Day--1st Week in July
        Regulated Area: River Front Park, Upper Mississippi River miles
         202.5-203.5, Alton, IL
    Busch Beer Drag Boat Classic
        Sponsor: St. Louis Drag Boat Association
        Date: 2 Days--1st or 2nd Week of September
        Regulated Area: Kaskaskia River miles 28.0-29.0, New Athens, IL
    The Great Steamboat Race
        Sponsor: Delta Queen Steamboat Company
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 173.6-179.2, St.
         Louis, MO
    Riverfest Power Boat Grand Prix
        Sponsor: Twin City Power Boat Association
        Date: 1 Day--2nd Saturday in June
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 980.0-981.0,
         Little Falls, MN
    Oak Ridge Sprints--Rowing Race
        Sponsor: Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Rowing Association
        Date: 3 Days--3rd Weekend in July
        Regulated Area: Clinch River miles 49.8-51.1, Anderson County,
         TN
    W.A.M.S.O. Ball Fireworks
        Sponsor: St. Paul Parks and Recreation
        Date: 1 Day--1st or 2nd Saturday in June
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 839.1-839.7, St.
         Paul, MN
    Winona Downtown Arts & River Festival
        Sponsor: Winona Downtown Cooperative
        Date: 2 Days--2nd or 3rd Weekend in June
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 725.0-726.0,
         Winona, MN
    La Crosse Riverfest
        Sponsor: Riverfest Inc.
        Date: 5 Days--Last Week of June or 1st Week of July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 698.0-699.0, La
         Crosse, WI
    Steamboat Days
        Sponsor: Winona Area Jaycees
        Date: 3 Days--1st Weekend in July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 725.0-726.0,
         Winona, MN
    Independence Day Celebration
        Sponsor: Marquette American Legion
        Date: 2 Days--1st Week in July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 634.5-634.7,
         Marquette, IA
    City of Redwing 4th of July Fireworks
        Sponsor: City of Redwing
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 790.0-791.0, Red
         Wing, MN
    City of Minneapolis 4th of July Fireworks
        Sponsor: City of Minneapolis
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 854.7-855.8,
         Minneapolis, MN
    Celebrate the Bridge Regatta
        Sponsor: Minneapolis Rowing Club
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Saturday in July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 849.8-850.4,
         Minneapolis, MN

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    Hastings Rivertown Days
        Sponsor: Hastings Chamber of Commerce
        Date: 3 Days--3rd Weekend in July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 813.0-815.2,
         Hastings, MN
    Lumberjack Days Festival
        Sponsor: St. Croix Events and/or City of Stillwater
        Date: 4 Days--3rd or 4th Weekend in July
        Regulated Area: Lower St. Croix River miles 22.9-23.5,
         Stillwater, MN
    Minneapolis Aquatennial
        Sponsor: Minneapolis Aquatennial Association
        Date: 9 Days--3rd Weekend through 4th Weekend in July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 854.7-856.2,
         Minneapolis, MN
    Big Splash Festival
        Sponsor: City of Prairie du Chien and Lentzkow Racing
        Date: 4 Days--3rd Weekend of July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 634.5-636.0,
         Prairie du Chien, WI
    River City Days
        Sponsor: Red Wing Chamber of Commerce
        Date: 2 Days--1st or 2nd Weekend in August
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 790.0-792.0, Red
         Wing, MN
    RiverFeast
        Sponsor: Capital City Partnership d.b.a. RiverFeast
        Date: 1 Day--3rd or 4th Saturday in July
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 839.0-839.8, St.
         Paul, MN
    Riverboat Days
        Sponsor: City of Yankton, Twin City Power Boat Association, WNAX
         Radio
        Date: 3 Days--3rd Weekend in August
        Regulated Area: Missouri River miles 805.0-806.0, Yankton, SD
    Labor Day Celebration
        Sponsor: City of McGregor Chamber of Commerce
        Date: 4 Days--Last Weekend in August
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 633.0-634.0,
         McGregor, IA
    Minnesota Orchestra on the Mississippi Fireworks Show
        Sponsor: City of St. Paul Parks and Recreation
        Date: 1 Day--1st or 2nd Saturday in September
        Regulated Area: Upper Mississippi River miles 839.1-839.7, St.
         Paul, MN
Group Ohio Valley:
    TRRA Scholastic Spring
        Sponsor: Three Rivers Rowing Association, Pittsburgh, PA
        Date: 1 Day--1st Sunday in May
        Regulated Area: Allegheny River miles 2.0-4.0, Pittsburgh, PA
    Albert Gallatin Regatta
        Sponsor: Point Marion (Pennsylvania) Rotary Club
        Date: 2 Days--Saturday & Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend
        Regulated Area: Monongahela River miles 89.9-90.8, Point Marion,
         PA
    Blessing of The Fleet
        Sponsor: Pittsburgh Safe Boating Committee
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Sunday in June
        Regulated Area: Allegheny River miles 0.0-0.2, Pittsburgh, PA
    Saint Brendan Cup Rowing Race
        Sponsor: Pittsburgh Irish Rowing Club
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Saturday in June
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 7.0-9.0, Pittsburgh, PA
    Lottie McAlice Rowing Race
        Sponsor: Three Rivers Rowing Association, Pittsburgh, PA
        Date: 2 Days--Saturday & Sunday Near July 15
        Regulated Area: Allegheny River miles 2.0-3.0, Pittsburgh, PA
    Oakmont Regatta
        Sponsor: Oakmont Yacht Club, Oakmont, PA
        Date: 2 Days--Last Saturday and Sunday in July
        Regulated Area: Allegheny River miles 11.8-12.3, Oakmont, PA
    City of Pittsburgh Light Up Night Fireworks
        Sponsor: Citiparks
        Date: 1 Day-1st Friday in November
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 0.0-0.2, Pittsburgh, PA
    City of Pittsburgh July 4th Celebration
        Sponsor: Citiparks
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 0.0-0.2, Pittsburgh, PA
    EZ Challenge Speedboat Race
        Sponsor: APR Events Group, New Martinsville, WV
        Date: 2 Days--Saturday & Sunday on or about 4th of July
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 77.0-78.0, Brooke County, WV
    Steubenville (Ohio) Regatta Rumble On The River
        Sponsor: Steubenville Regatta And Racing Association, Inc.

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        Date: 3 Days--Friday, Saturday & Sunday nearest August 15
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 65.0-67.0, Jefferson County, OH
    Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta
        Sponsor: Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta, Inc.
        Date: 7 Days--End of July or beginning of August
        Regulated Area: One mile around point at confluence of Allegheny
         River miles 0.0-0.1, Monongahela River miles 0.0-0.1, and Ohio
         River miles 0.0-0.1, Pittsburgh, PA
    Armstrong County (Pennsylvania) Regatta
        Sponsor: Three Rivers Outboard Racing Association
        Date: 2 Days--Saturday & Sunday nearest August 15
        Regulated Area: Allegheny River miles 43.8-45.7, Armstrong
         County, PA
    Beaver County Riverfest
        Sponsor: Beaver County Chamber of Commerce, Beaver, PA
        Date: 3 Days--Friday, Saturday & Sunday nearest August 15
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 25.1-25.8, Beaver River miles
         0.1-0.3, Beaver County, PA
    Head of The Ohio
        Sponsor: Pittsburgh Mercy Foundation
        Date: 1 Day--1st Saturday in October
        Regulated Area: Allegheny River miles 0.0-3.3, Pittsburgh, PA
    River Heritage Days Regatta And Powerboat Races
        Sponsor: River Heritage Days Committee
        Date: 2 Days--Saturday & Sunday--2nd or 3rd Weekend in June
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 127.6-128.5, New Martinsville,
         WV
    Point Pleasant Sternwheel Regatta
        Sponsor: City of Point Pleasant
        Date: 3 Days--Last Weekend in June
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 260.0-261.0, Kanawha River
         miles 0.0-0.5, Point Pleasant, WV
    St. Albans Riverfest
        Sponsor: St. Albans Riverfest, Inc.
        Date: 2 Days--1st Weekend in July
        Regulated Area: Kanawha River miles 46.0-47.0, St. Albans, WV
    Summer Motion Festival Tri-State Fireworks
        Sponsor: Tri-State Fair and Regatta Committee
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 322.4-322.6, Ashland, KY
    Parkersburg Homecoming Festival
        Sponsor: Parkersburg Homecoming Festival
        Date: 2 Days--3rd Weekend in August
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 184.0-185.0, Parkersburg, WV
    Charleston Sternwheel Regatta
        Sponsor: Charleston Festival Commission
        Date: 4 Days--The 2 Weekends before Labor Day
        Regulated Area: Kanawha River miles 57.0-59.0, Charleston, WV
    Ohio River Sternwheel Festival
        Sponsor: Ohio River Sternwheel Festival Commission
        Date: 2 Days--1st or 2nd Weekend in September
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 170.0-180.0, Marietta, OH
    Thunder Over Louisville
        Sponsor: Thunder Over Louisville
        Date: 1 Day--3rd Saturday in April
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 602.0-605.00, Louisville, KY
    Kentucky Derby Festival Great Steamboat Race
        Sponsor: Kentucky Derby Festival/Belle of Louisville Operating
         Board
        Date: 1 Day--Last Week in April or First Week in May
        Regulated Area: Ohio River 597.0-604.0, Louisville, KY
    Thunder On The Ohio
        Sponsor: Evansville Freedom Festival
        Date: 3 Days--Last Weekend in June
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 792.0-793.0, Evansville, KY
    Augusta Sternwheel Days
        Sponsor: City of Augusta/Sternwheel Days Committee
        Date: 1 Day--Last Saturday in June
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 426.0-429.0, Augusta, KY
    Indiana Governor's Cap
        Sponsor: Madison Regatta Inc.
        Date: 3 Days--1st Weekend in July
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 557.0-558.0, Madison, KY
    Kentucky Drag Boat Association Inc.: Drag Boat Races
        Sponsor: Kentucky Drag Boat Association Inc.
        Date: 3 Days--End of August
        Regulated Area: Green River miles 70.0-71.5, Livermore, KY
    WEBN/Toyota Fireworks
        Sponsor: WEBN
        Date: 1 Day--Sunday before Labor Day

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        Regulated Area: Ohio River 469.2-470.5, Cincinnati, OH
    Ducks On The Ohio
        Sponsor: Goodwill Industries, Inc.
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Weekend in September
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 792.0-793.0, Evansville, KY
    Head of Licking Regatta
        Sponsor: Kendle, Cincinnati Rowing Club, City of Newport
        Date: 1 Day--Last Saturday in September
        Regulated Area: Licking River miles 0.0-3.5, Newport, KY
    Fleur De Lis Regatta
        Sponsor: City of Louisville, KY
        Date: 2 Days--Last Weekend in September
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 602.0-604.0, Louisville, KY,
    Eskimo Escapades--Water Ski Race
        Sponsor: Skiers of Knoxville, TN
        Date: 1 Day--2nd Saturday in January
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 648.0-649.0, Knoxville, TN
    Tom White Invitational--Rowing
        Sponsor: Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Rowing Association
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Saturday in March
        Regulated Area: Clinch River miles 49.8-51.1, Anderson County,
         TN
    Oak Ridge Scholastics--Rowing Shells
        Sponsor: Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Rowing Association
        Date: 1 Day--4th Saturday in April
        Regulated Area: Clinch River miles 49.8-50.8, Anderson County,
         TN
    Blessing of the Fleet--Parade of Boats
        Sponsor: Jonathan Aurora Action Committee, Aurora, KY
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Weekend in May
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 42.0-43.0, Aurora, KY
    Annual Boat Review--Marine Parade
        Sponsor: Chattanooga Marine Trade Association
        Date: 1 Day--1st Saturday in May
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 471.0-478.0, Hamilton
         County, TN
    Festival On The Lake--Rowing Race
        Sponsor: Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Rowing Association
        Date: 2 Days--4th Weekend in June
        Regulated Area: Clinch River miles 50.3-50.8, Anderson Country,
         TN
    Riverbend Festival--Concerts and Fireworks
        Sponsor: Friends of the Festival, Chattanooga, TN
        Date: 4 Days--1st & 2nd Weekend in June
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 463.4-464.5, Chattanooga,
         TN
    Annual Superman Celebration--Fireworks
        Sponsor: Metro Chamber, Metropolis, IL
        Date: 1 Day--2nd Saturday in June
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 942.0-943.0, Metropolis, IL
    Chattanooga Dam Triathlon--Lake Swim
        Sponsor: Chattanooga Track Club
        Date: 1 Day--4th Sunday in June
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 471.0-471.5, Chattanooga,
         TN
    Fitness System's Lock Triathlon--Lake Swim
        Sponsor: Greater Knoxville Triathlon Club
        Date: 1 Day--4th Weekend in July
        Regulated Area: Clinch River Miles 22.0-23.0, Loudon County, TN
    Paducah Summer Festival--Fireworks
        Sponsor: Paducah Promotions
        Date: 1 Day--4th Weekend In July
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 934.0-935.0, Paducah, KY
    Independence Day Celebration--Fireworks
        Sponsor: Paducah Parks Department
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 935.5-936.0, Paducah, KY
    Rocketman Triathlon--Lake Swim
        Sponsor: Spring City Triathlon, Huntsville, AL
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Saturday in July
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 324.0-324.5, Madison
         County, TN
    Independence Day Celebration--Boat Parade and Fireworks
        Sponsor: Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation, Nashville,
         TN
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Cumberland River miles 190.0-191.0, Nashville,
         TN
    4th of July Celebration--Fireworks
        Sponsor: Players Riverboat Casino, Metropolis, IL
        Date: 1 Day--3rd or 4th of July
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 943.0-944.0, Metropolis, IL
    My 102 Booms Day--Fireworks
        Sponsor: WMYU Radio, Knoxville, TN

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        Date: 1 Day--1st Weekend in September
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 645.0-649.0, Knoxville, TN
    Fall Color Cruise--Marine Parade
        Sponsor: Alhambra Shrine, Chattanooga, TN
        Date: 2 Day--3rd and 4th Saturdays in October
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 425.0-471.0, Chattanooga,
         TN
    Chattanooga Head Race--Rowing Race
        Sponsor: Look Out Rowing Club
        Date: 1 Day--2nd Saturday in October
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 464.0-467.0, Chattanooga,
         TN
    Head of Tennessee Regatta
        Sponsor: Knoxville Rowing Association
        Date: 1 Day--2nd Saturday in October
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 641.5-645.0, Knoxville, TN
    Christmas on the River--Marine Parade
        Sponsor: Chattanooga Downtown Partnership
        Date: 1 Day--Last Weekend in November or 1st Weekend in December
        Regulated Area: Tennessee River miles 464.0-469.0, Chattanooga,
         TN
    Cross River Swim Paducah Summerfest
        Sponsor: Paducah Tourist & Convention Commission
        Date: 1 Day--3rd Saturday in July
        Regulated Area: Ohio River miles 934.5-936, Paducah, KY
    UT Coaches Regatta--Rowing Race
        Sponsor: Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Rowing Association
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Saturday in May
        Regulated Area: Clinch River miles 49.8-51.1, Anderson County,
         TN
    Southeast Intercollegiate Rowing Championships--Rowing Race
        Sponsor: Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Rowing Association
        Date: 2 Days--3rd Weekend in April
        Regulated Area: Clinch River miles 49.8-51.1, Anderson County,
         TN
    NCAA Regional Championships--Rowing Race
        Sponsor: Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Rowing Association
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Saturday in May
        Regulated Area: Clinch River miles 49.8-51.1, Anderson County,
         TN
    Oak Ridge Sprints--Rowing Race
        Sponsor: Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Rowing Association
        Date: 3 Days--3rd Weekend in July
        Regulated Area: Clinch River miles 49.8-51.1, Anderson County,
         TN
Group Lower Mississippi River:
    Memphis in May Canoe & Kayak Race
        Sponsor: Outdoors, Inc.
        Date: 1 Day--1st or 2nd Saturday in May
        Regulated Area: Lower Mississippi River miles 735.5-738.5,
         Memphis, TN
    Duckin' Down the River Rubber Duck Race
        Sponsor: Young Women's Community Guild
        Date: 1 Day--1st or 2nd Saturday in May
        Regulated Area: Arkansas River miles 308.2-308.6, Fort Smith, AR
    Memphis in May Sunset Symphony Fireworks Display
        Sponsor: Memphis in May International Festival, Inc.
        Date: 1 Day--Saturday before Memorial Day
        Regulated Area: Lower Mississippi River miles 735.0-736.0,
         Memphis, TN
    Riverfest, Little Rock Arkansas
        Sponsor: Riverfest, Inc.
        Date: 1 Day--Sunday before Memorial Day
        Regulated Area: Arkansas River miles 118.8-119.5, Main Street
         Bridge, Little Rock, AR
    Riverfest Fireworks Display
        Sponsor: Old Fort Riverfest Committee
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Saturday in June
        Regulated Area: Arkansas River miles 297.0-298.0, Fort Smith, AR
    Star Spangled Celebration
        Sponsor: WMC Stations
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Lower Mississippi River miles 735.5-736.5, Mud
         Island, Memphis, TN
    Pops on the River Fireworks Display
        Sponsor: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Arkansas River miles 118.8-119.5, Main Street
         Bridge, Little Rock, AR
    Meat on the River Barbecue Cook-Off Fireworks Display
        Sponsor: Meat on the Mississippi
        Date: 1 Day--1st Friday or Saturday in August
        Regulated Area: Lower Mississippi River miles 847.0-849.0,
         Caruthersville, MO
    Budweiser/Jesse Brent Memorial Boat Racing Association
        Sponsor: Budweiser/Jesse Brent Memorial Boat Racing Association
        Date: 1 Day--Sunday before Labor Day

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        Regulated Area: Lake Ferguson, Lower Mississippi River miles
         522.0-537.0, Greenville, MS
    Arkansas National Drag Boat Association
        Sponsor: Mid-South Drag Boat Association
        Date: 2 Days--Saturday and Sunday before Labor Day
        Regulated Area: Lake Langhofer, Arkansas River miles 71.0-71.5,
         Pine Bluff, AR
Group Mobile:
    Air Sea Rescue
        Sponsor: Gulf Coast Shows
        Date: 1st or 2nd Weekend in February
        Regulated Area: Mobile River \1/2\ mile up river and \1/2\ mile
         down river from the Mobile Convention Center, Mobile, AL
    Annual Labor Day Fireworks
        Sponsor: City of Destin, FL
        Date: Day of or Day before Labor Day
        Regulated Area: Destin Pass Between and Including Buoys 8 & 9,
         Destin, FL
    Bass Tournament Weight-In
        Sponsor: Gulf Coast Shows
        Date: 2 Days--3rd or 4th Weekend in February
        Regulated Area: Mobile River \1/2\ mile upriver and \1/2\ mile
         down river from the Mobile Convention Center, Mobile, AL
    Blessing of the Fleet--Biloxi, MS
        Sponsor: St. Michael's Catholic Church
        Date: 1 Day--1st or 2nd Sunday in May
        Regulated Area: Entire Biloxi Channel, Biloxi, MS
    Blessing of the Fleet--Bayou La Batre, AL
        Sponsor: St. Margaret Church
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Sunday in May
        Regulated Area: Entire Bayou La Batre, Bayou La Batre, AL
    Flag Day Parade
        Sponsor: Warrior River Boating Association
        Date: 1 Day--July 5th
        Regulated Area: Warrior River Bankhead Lake River miles 368.4-
         386.4, Cottondale AL
    Independence Day Fireworks, Destin, FL
        Sponsor: City of Destin
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Destin Eastpass between and including Buoys 8 &
         9, Destin, FL
    Independence Day Fireworks, Gulf Shores, AL
        Sponsor: City of Gulf Shores
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: 500 yard radius around fireworks platform
         adjacent to Main Pavilion at Gulf Shore Public Beach, Gulf
         Shores, AL
    Independence Day Fireworks, Panama City, FL
        Sponsor: US Navy MWR NSWCCSS CP21
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: 500 yard radius around fireworks platform
         adjacent to Hathaway Bridge in St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, FL
    Water Ski Demonstrations
        Sponsor: Gulf Coast Shows
        Date: 2 Days--3rd or 4th Weekend in February
        Regulated Area: Mobile River \1/2\ mile upriver and \1/2\ mile
         down river from the Mobile Convention Center, Mobile, AL
    Independence Day Fireworks, Niceville & Valparaiso, FL
        Sponsor: Niceville-Valparaiso Bay Chamber of Commerce
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Entire Boggy Bayou, Valparaiso, FL
    Christmas Afloat, Tuscaloosa, AL
        Sponsor: Christmas Afloat, Inc.
        Date: 1 Day--2nd or 3rd Weekend in December
        Regulated Area: Warrior River miles 338.0-341.0, Tuscaloosa
         County, AL
Group New Orleans:
    The Blessing of the Fleet and Fireworks Display, Morgan City, LA
        Sponsor: LA Shrimp and Petroleum Festival and Fair Assoc., Inc.
        Date: 1 Day--Sunday of Labor Day Weekend
        Regulated Area: Berwick Bay From Junction of the Lower
         Atchafalaya River at Morgan City, LA to Berwick Locks Buoy 1
         (LLNR 18445)
    July Fourth Fireworks Display
        Sponsor: City of Morgan City, LA
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Between mile Markers
         95 and 97 and North to Railroad Bridge, Morgan City, LA
    Blessing of The Fleet
        Sponsor: Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church, Golden
         Meadow, LA
        Date: 1 Day--2nd Saturday in May
        Regulated Area: Bayou Lafourche in Downtown Golden Meadow, LA,
         area
    Annual Patterson Pirogue Race, Patterson, LA
        Sponsor: Rotary Club of Patterson
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Lower Atchafalaya River--Jennings Bridge to 1
         mile South of Jennings Bridge, Patterson, LA
    USS KIDD Star Spangled Celebration, Baton Rouge, LA
        Sponsor: USS KIDD and Nautical Center

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        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Lower Mississippi River miles 229.4-229.6, Baton
         Rouge, LA
    Uncle Sam Jam Fireworks, Alexandria, LA
        Sponsor: Champion Broadcasting of Alexandria
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Red River, Alexandria, LA
    Monroe Jaycees Fireworks, Monroe, LA
        Sponsor: Monroe Jaycees
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Ouachita River at the Parish Court House,
         Monroe, LA
    Boomtown Casino Fireworks, Harvey, LA
        Sponsor: Boomtown Casino
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Harvey Canal, Harvey, LA
    Kenner Fireworks, Kenner, LA
        Sponsor: City of Kenner
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: 500 yard radius around fireworks platform in
         Lake Pontchartrain at Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA
    Bally's Casino Fireworks, New Orleans, LA
        Sponsor: Bally's Casino
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: 500 yard radius around fireworks platform in
         Lake Pontchartrain, \1/4\ miles North of Bally's Casino, New
         Orleans, LA
    Riverfront Marketing Fireworks, New Orleans, LA
        Sponsor: Riverfront Marketing Group
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: 500 yard radius around fireworks platform
         adjacent to Woldenburg Park in Mississippi River, New Orleans,
         LA
    Riverfront Marketing Fireworks, New Orleans, LA
        Sponsor: Jax Brewery
        Date: 1 Day--December 31
        Regulated Area: 500 yard radius around fireworks platform in
         Mississippi River adjacent to Woldenburg Park, New Orleans, LA
    Riverfront Marketing Fireworks, New Orleans, LA
        Sponsor: Riverfront Marketing Group
        Date: 1 Day--Lundi Gras Day
        Regulated Area: 500 yard radius around fireworks platform in
         Mississippi River adjacent to Algiers Point, New Orleans, LA
    Annual Hogdown Fireworks, Mandeville, LA
        Sponsor: Mr. R.C. Lunn
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: 500 yard radius around fireworks platform
         adjacent to intersection of Tangipahoa River and Lake
         Pontchartrain, Mandeville, LA
Group Galveston:
    Neches River Festival, Beaumont, TX
        Sponsor: Neches River Festival, Inc.
        Date: 2 Days--3rd Weekend in April
        Regulated Area: Neches River from Collier's Ferry Landing to
         Lawson's Crossing at the end of Pine St., Beaumont, TX
    Contraband Days Fireworks Display, Lake Charles, LA
        Sponsor: Contraband Days Festivities, Inc.
        Date: 1 Day--1st Saturday of May
        Regulated Area: 500 foot radius from the fireworks barge in Lake
         Charles anchored at approximate position 30 deg.13'54''N 093
         deg.13'42''W, Lake Charles, LA
    Neches River 4th of July Celebration, Beaumont, TX
        Sponsor: City of Beaumont
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: River Front Park, Beaumont, TX--All waters of
         the Neches River, bank to bank, from the Trinity Industries Dry
         Dock to the northeast corner of the Port of Beaumont's dock No.
         5
    Christmas on the Neches River, Port Neches Park
        Sponsor: Port Neches Chamber of Commerce
        Date: 1 Day--1st Saturday in December
        Regulated Area: Waters adjacent to Neches River Front Park, Port
         Neches, TX
    Clear Lake Fireworks Display, Clear Lake, Houston, TX
        Sponsor: Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Rectangle extending 500 feet East, 500 feet
         West; 1000 feet North, and 1000 feet South around fireworks
         barge at Light #19 on Clear Lake, Houston, TX
    Sylvan Beach Fireworks Display, Sylvan Beach, Houston, TX
        Sponsor: City of LaPorte
        Date: 1 Day--Last of June or Early July
        Regulated Area: Rectangle Extending 250 feet East, 250 feet
         West; 1000 feet North, and 1000 feet South, around fireworks
         barge at Sylvan Beach, Houston, TX
Group Corpus Christi:
    Bayfest Fireworks Display
        Sponsor: Bayfest, Inc.
        Date: 2 Days--3rd Friday & Saturday in September
        Regulated Area: Bayfront, All Waters inside Corpus Christi
         Marina Levee, Corpus Christi Bay, TX
    Great Tugboat Challenge
        Sponsor: Bayfest, Inc.

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        Date: 2 Days--3rd Friday & Saturday in September
        Regulated Area: Bayfront, All Waters inside Corpus Christi
         Marina Levee, Corpus Christi Bay, TX
    Buccaneer Days Fireworks Display
        Sponsor: Buccaneer Commission, Inc.
        Date: 1 Day--Last Friday in April or First Friday in May
        Regulated Area: Bayfront, All Waters inside Corpus Christi
         Marina Levee, Corpus Christi Bay, TX
    Corpus Christi 4th of July Fireworks Display
        Sponsor: City of Corpus Christi
        Date: 1 Day--4th of July
        Regulated Area: Bayfront, All Waters inside Corpus Christi
         Marina Levee, Corpus Christi Bay, TX
    Harbor Lights
        Sponsor: City of Corpus Christi
        Date: 1 Day--1st Saturday in December
        Regulated Area: Bayfront, All Waters inside Corpus Christi
         Marina Levee, Corpus Christi Bay, TX
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    Dated: December 7, 1998.
Paul J. Pluta,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 98-33849 Filed 12-21-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-15-M