[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13628-13629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6643]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD05-03-029]
RIN 1625-AA08


Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Severn River, 
College Creek, and Weems Creek, Annapolis, Maryland

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of implementation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is implementing the special local regulations 
for the 24th Annual Safety at Sea Seminar, a marine event to be held 
March 29, 2003, on the waters of the Severn River at Annapolis, 
Maryland. These special local regulations are necessary to control 
vessel traffic due to the confined nature of the waterway and expected 
vessel congestion during the event. The effect will be to restrict 
general navigation in the regulated area for the safety of spectators 
and vessels transiting the event area.

DATES: 33 CFR 100.518 is effective from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 
29, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.L. Houck, Marine Information 
Specialist, Commander, Coast Guard Activities Baltimore, 2401 Hawkins 
Point Road, Baltimore, MD 21226-1971, (410) 576-2674.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Squadron will 
sponsor the 24th Annual Safety at Sea Seminar on the waters of the 
Severn River, near the entrance to College Creek at Annapolis, 
Maryland. Waterborne activities will include exposure suit and life 
raft demonstrations, a pyrotechnics live-fire exercise, and a 
helicopter rescue. In order to ensure the safety of participants, 
spectators and transiting vessels, 33 CFR 100.518 will be in effect for 
the duration of the event. Under provisions of 33 CFR 100.518, vessels 
may not enter the regulated area without permission from the Coast 
Guard Patrol Commander. Spectator vessels may anchor outside the 
regulated area but may not block a navigable channel. Because these 
restrictions will only be

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in effect for a limited period, they should not result in a significant 
disruption of maritime traffic.

    Dated: February 26, 2003.
John C. Acton,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, Fifth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 03-6643 Filed 3-19-03; 8:45 am]
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