[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17554]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0598]


Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast 
Guard District--Atlantic City, NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulation for 
the Thunder Over the Boardwalk Air Show August 14, 15, and 16, 2023, to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this 
event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard 
District identifies the regulated area for this event in Atlantic City, 
NJ. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the 
regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or 
any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the 
Thunder Over the Boardwalk Air Show event listed in table 1 to 
paragraph (i)(1) to Sec.  100.501 from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. on August 
14-16, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during this event.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Christopher 
Payne, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management 
Division, telephone 215-271-4889, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 for the Thunder Over the Boardwalk 
Airshow regulated area from 12 p.m. through 3 p.m. on August 14, 2023, 
and from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. August 15 and 16, 2023. This action is 
being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during this 3-day event. Our regulation for marine events within the 
Fifth Coast Guard District, Sec.  100.501, specifies the location of 
the regulated area for the Thunder Over the Boardwalk Airshow, which 
encompasses waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to Atlantic 
City, New Jersey, bounded by a line drawn between the following points: 
From a point along the shoreline at latitude 39[deg]21'31'' N, 
longitude 074[deg]25'04'' W, thence southeasterly to latitude 
39[deg]21'08'' N, longitude 074[deg]24'48'' W, thence southwesterly to 
latitude 39[deg]20'16'' N, longitude 074[deg]27'17'' W, thence 
northwesterly to a point along the shoreline at latitude 39[deg]20'44'' 
N, longitude 074[deg]27'31'' W, thence northeasterly along the 
shoreline to latitude 39[deg]21'31'' N, longitude 074[deg]25'04'' W.
    During the enforcement periods, as reflected in Sec.  100.501(g), 
the Coast Guard will announce details concerning the event in the Local 
Notices to Mariners and by Broadcast Notice to Mariners over VHF-FM 
marine band radio. If you are the operator of a vessel in the regulated 
area you must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any 
Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

    Dated: August 10, 2023.
Kate F. Higgins-Bloom,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2023-17554 Filed 8-15-23; 8:45 am]
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