[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06831]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0225]


Special Local Regulations Northern California and Lake Tahoe Area 
Annual Marine Events; Blessing of the Fleet, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations for 
the annual Blessing of the Fleet Boat Parade on April 30, 2023, to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways in the San 
Francisco Bay during this event. Our regulation for marine events in 
Northern California identifies the regulated area for this event in San 
Francisco, CA. During the enforcement period, unauthorized persons or 
vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or 
loitering or anchoring in the regulated area, unless authorized by the 
designated Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or other Federal, State, or local 
law enforcement agencies on scene to assist the Coast Guard in 
enforcing the regulated area.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1103 will be enforced for the 
location listed in Table 1 to Sec.  100.1103, Item number 1 from 10 
a.m. to noon on April 30, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call, or email MST1 Shannon Curtaz-Milian, 
Sector San Francisco Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 
(415) 399-7440, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulations in 33 CFR 100.1103, Table 1 to Sec.  100.1103, Item 
number 1 for the Blessing of the Fleet regulated area from 10 a.m. to 
noon on April 30, 2023. This action is being taken to provide for the 
safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation 
for marine events within Northern California, Sec.  100.1103, specifies 
the location of the regulated area for the Blessing of the Fleet Boat 
Parade which encompasses portions of the San Francisco Bay. During the 
enforcement period, the regulated area will be in effect in the 
navigable waters, from surface to bottom, defined by a line drawn from 
Bluff Point on the southeastern side of the Tiburon Peninsula to Point 
Campbell on the northern edge of Angel Island, and a line drawn from 
Peninsula Point to the southern edge of the Tiburon Peninsula to Point 
Stuart on the western edge of Angel Island.
    During the enforcement period, under the provisions of 33 CFR 
100.1103(b), if you are the operator of a vessel in the regulated area 
you must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or 
any other Official Patrol, defined as a Federal, State, or local law 
enforcement agency on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the 
regulated area. During the enforcement period, if you are the operator 
of a vessel that participates in the marine event within the regulated 
area, you must follow the parade route established by the marine event 
sponsor, and comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or other 
Official Patrol. The PATCOM or Official Patrol may, upon request, allow 
the transit of commercial vessels through regulated areas when it is 
safe to do so.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via Local Notice to Mariners. If the Captain of the 
Port determines that the regulated area need not be enforced for the 
full duration stated in this notice, a Broadcast Notice to Mariners or 
other marine broadcast may be used to grant general permission to enter 
the regulated area.

    Dated: March 22, 2023.
Taylor Q. Lam,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2023-06831 Filed 4-3-23; 8:45 am]
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