[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 50 (Monday, March 15, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 12073-12074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5794]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD05-04-012]
RIN 1625-AA08


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

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of implementation of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is implementing the special local regulations 
for the 25th Annual Safety at Sea Seminar, a marine event to be held 
March 27, 2004, 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 will be enforced from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 
March 27, 2004.

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 25th 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 enforced 
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 enforced for a limited period, they should 
not result in

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a significant disruption of maritime traffic.

    Dated: March 4, 2004.
Sally Brice-O'Hara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 04-5794 Filed 3-12-04; 8:45 am]
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