[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46374-46375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22255]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD 05-01-056]


Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Hampton River, 
Hampton, VA

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 during the Hampton Bay Days Festival to be held 
September 7-9, 2001, on the waters of 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 noon eastern time 
on September 7, 2001 to 6 p.m. eastern time on September 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief Petty Officer J. Saffold, Marine 
Events Coordinator, Commander, Coast Guard Group Hampton Roads, 4000 
Coast Guard Blvd., Portsmouth, VA 23703-2199, (757) 483-8521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hampton Bay Days, Inc. will sponsor the 
Hampton Bay Days Festival on September 7-9, 2001 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. A fleet of spectator vessels is expected to gather 
nearby to view the festival events. In

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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.
    In addition to this notice, the maritime community will be provided 
extensive advance notification via the Local Notice to Mariners, marine 
information broadcasts, and area newspapers, so mariners can adjust 
their plans accordingly.

    Dated: August 24, 2001.
Thad W. Allen,
Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 01-22255 Filed 9-4-01; 8:45 am]
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