[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 174 (Thursday, September 7, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22847]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD 05-00-039]


Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Hampton Bay Days 
Festival, Hampton River, Hampton, Virginia

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of implementation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is implementing the special local regulations 
at 33 CFR 100.508 for the Hampton Bay Days Festival to be held 
September 8-10, 2000 on the Hampton River at Hampton, Virginia. These 
special local regulations are necessary to control vessel traffic due 
to the confined nature of the waterway and expected vessel congestion 
during the festival events. The effect will be to restrict general 
navigation in the regulated area for the safety of event participants, 
spectators and vessels transiting the event area.

EFFECTIVE DATES: 33 CFR 100.508 is effective from 12 p.m. on September 
8, 2000 to 6 p.m. on September 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief Petty Officer A. Walther, Marine 
Events Coordinator, Commander, Coast Guard Group Hampton Roads, 4000 
Coast Guard Blvd., Portsmouth, VA 23703-2199, (757) 483-8567.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hampton Bay Days, Inc. will sponsor the 
Hampton Bay Days Festival on September 8-10, 2000 on the Hampton River, 
Hampton, Virginia. The festival will include water ski demonstrations, 
personal watercraft and wake board competitions, paddle boat races, 
classic boat displays, fireworks displays and a helicopter rescue 
demonstration. In order to ensure the safety of participants, 
spectators and transiting vessels, 33 CFR 100.508 will be in effect for 
the duration of the festival activities. Under provisions of 33 CFR 
100.508, vessels may not enter the regulated area without permission 
from the Coast Guard Patrol Commander, except that vessels may enter 
and anchor in the special spectator anchorage areas if they proceed at 
slow, no wake speed. The Coast Guard Patrol Commander will allow 
vessels to transit the regulated area between festival events. Because 
these restrictions will be in effect for a limited period, they should 
not result in a significant disruption of maritime traffic.

    Dated: August 21, 2000.
T.C. Paar,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, Fifth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 00-22847 Filed 9-6-00; 8:45 am]
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