[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23119-23120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9377]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0248]


Annual Marine Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District, Dauphin 
Island Race; Mobile Bay; Mobile, AL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce Special Local Regulations for the 
Dauphin Island Race in the Mobile Bay, Mobile, AL from 9 a.m. until 5 
p.m. on April 28, 2012. This action is necessary for the safeguard of 
participants and spectators, including all crews, vessels, and persons 
on navigable waters during the Dauphin Island Race. During the 
enforcement period, entry into, transiting or anchoring in the 
regulated area is prohibited to all vessels not registered with the 
sponsor as participants or official patrol vessels, unless specifically 
authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) Mobile or the designated 
Coast Guard Patrol Commander.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.801 will be enforced from 9 a.m. 
until 5 p.m. on April 28, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email LT Lenell J. Carson, Coast Guard Sector 
Mobile, Waterways Division; telephone 251-441-5940 or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Special 
Local Regulations for the annual Dauphin Island Race event listed in 33 
CFR 100.801 (Table 1, VII. Sector Mobile, 150) on April 28, 
2012 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.801, all persons and vessels not 
registered with the sponsor as participants or official patrol vessels 
are considered spectators. The ``official patrol vessels'' consist of 
any Coast Guard, state or local law enforcement and sponsor provided 
vessels assigned or approved by the Commander, Eighth Coast Guard 
District, to patrol the event. Spectator vessels desiring to transit 
the regulated area may do so only with prior approval of the Patrol 
Commander and when so directed by that officer and will be operated at 
slowest safe speed in a manner which will not endanger participants in 
the event or any other

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craft. No spectator shall anchor, block, loiter, or impede the through 
transit of participants or official patrol vessels in the regulated 
area during the effective dates and times, unless cleared for entry by 
or through an official patrol vessel. The Patrol Commander may forbid 
and control the movement of all vessels in the regulated area. When 
hailed or signaled by an official patrol vessel, a vessel shall come to 
an immediate stop and comply with the directions given. Failure to do 
so may result in expulsion from the area, citation for failure to 
comply, or both. Any spectator vessel may anchor outside the regulated 
area, but may not anchor in, block, or loiter in a navigable channel. 
The Patrol Commander may terminate the event or the operation of any 
vessel at any time it is deemed necessary for the protection of life or 
property. The Patrol Commander will terminate enforcement of the 
special regulations at the conclusion of the event.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.35, 33 U.S.C. 
1233, and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with 
advance notification of this enforcement period via Local Notice to 
Mariners and Marine Information Broadcasts.
    If the Captain of the Port Mobile or Patrol Commander determines 
that the regulated area need not be enforced for the full duration 
stated in this notice of enforcement, he or she may use a Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter the regulated 
area.

    Dated: March 27, 2012.
D.J. Rose,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Mobile.
[FR Doc. 2012-9377 Filed 4-17-12; 8:45 am]
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