[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 103 (Friday, May 30, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 22860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09777]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2025-0375]


Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast 
Guard District--Cape May, NJ

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 Around the Island Paddle on June 22, 2025. This action is necessary 
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. During the 
enforcement period, 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. Non-participants must request 
permission to enter the regulated area.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the 
special local regulation listed in Table 1 to Paragraph (i)(1) of Sec.  
100.501 for the Around the Island Paddle from 7:30 a.m. through 3 p.m. 
on June 22, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Emmanuel E. 
Melendez, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management 
Division, telephone 206-815-6688, option 3, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special 
local regulation in Table 1 to Paragraph (i)(1) in 33 CFR 100.501 for 
the regulated area of the Around the Island Paddle from 7:30 a.m. 
through 3 p.m. on June 22, 2025. 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 
``Around the Island Paddle'' which encompasses portions of Cape May 
Harbor, Atlantic Ocean, and Delaware Bay in Cape May, NJ. During the 
enforcement period, as reflected in Sec.  100.100(g), 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. Non-participants are only allowed inside the 
regulated area to pass through or enter and remain within a designated 
spectator area. A non-participant must contact the Event Patrol 
Commander or an official patrol vessel to request permission to either 
enter the Spectator Area or pass through the regulated area.
    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: May 14, 2025.
Kate F. Higgins-Bloom,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2025-09777 Filed 5-29-25; 8:45 am]
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