[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 34128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09182]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2024-0347]


Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast 
Guard District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for 
certain waters of the Choptank River. This action is necessary to 
provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters located at 
Cambridge, MD, during a high-speed power boat demonstration event on 
May 18, 2024, and May 19, 2024. This regulation prohibits persons and 
vessels from entering the regulated area unless authorized by the 
Captain of the Port, Sector Maryland-National Capital Region or the 
Coast Guard Event Patrol Commander.

DATES: The regulations for the Cambridge Classic Powerboat Race, in 
Table 2 to paragraph (i))(2) to 33 CFR 100.501, will be enforced from 
10 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., each day from May 18, 2024, through May 19, 
2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email MST2 Hollie Givens, U.S. 
Coast Guard Sector Maryland--National Capital Region; telephone 410-
576-2596, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations in Table 2 to paragraph (i)(2) of 33 CFR 100.501 for the 
Cambridge Classic Powerboat Race regulated area from 10 a.m. to 6:30 
p.m. on May 18 and for the same hours on May 19, 2024. This action is 
being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during this 2-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 Cambridge Classic Powerboat Race which 
encompasses portions of the Choptank River and its branches. During the 
enforcement periods, as reflected in Sec.  100.501(c), 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.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners over VHF-FM marine band radio.

    Dated: April 24, 2024.
David E. O'Connell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Maryland-
National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2024-09182 Filed 4-29-24; 8:45 am]
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