[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 72721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20090]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2024-0805]


Special Local Regulation; Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat 
Races; Back River, Poquoson, VA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a special local regulation for 
the Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat Races on the Back River, VA, on 
September 15, 2024, to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during this event. Coast Guard regulations for marine events 
within the Fifth Coast Guard District identify the regulated area for 
this event in Poquoson, VA. During the enforcement period, the operator 
of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from 
the Patrol Commander or local law enforcement vessel approved by the 
Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the 
location identified for the Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat Races in 
table 3 to paragraph (i)(3) to Sec.  100.501 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. 
on September 15, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email LCDR Justin Strassfield, 
Chief, Waterways Management Division, Sector Virginia, U.S. Coast 
Guard; telephone 757-668-5580; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulation in 33 CFR 100.501 for the Poquoson Seafood Festival 
Workboat Races from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on September 15, 2024. This action 
is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth 
Coast Guard District, Sec.  100.501, specifies the location of the 
regulated area for the Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat Races, which 
encompasses portions of the Back River. Although Sec.  100.501 
indicates the event will take place the last Sunday in September or the 
first or second Sunday in October, a footnote in the regulation 
indicates that the dates are subject to change and that notice of any 
change in dates will be provided in the Federal Register. During the 
enforcement period, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area 
must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or from any local 
law enforcement vessel approved by the COTP.
    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.

    Dated: August 29, 2024.
Peggy M. Britton,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Virginia.
[FR Doc. 2024-20090 Filed 9-5-24; 8:45 am]
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