[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 45606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18845]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2011-1126]
Security Zones; Seattle's Seafair Fleet Week Moving Vessels,
Puget Sound, WA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce Seattle's Seafair Fleet Week
Moving Vessels Security Zones from 12:00 p.m. on July 28, 2015 through
6:00 p.m. on August 3, 2015. These security zones are necessary to help
ensure the security of the vessels from sabotage or other subversive
acts during Seafair Fleet Week Parade of Ships. The Designated
participating vessels are: The HMCS BRANDON (MM 710), the HMCS
WHITEHORSE (MM 705), HMCS VANCOUVER (FFH 331), and the USCGC MIDGETT
(WHEC 726). During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may
enter or remain in the security zones without the permission of the
Captain of the Port, Puget Sound or their Designated Representative.
The COTP has granted general permission for vessels to enter the outer
400 yards of the security zones as long as those vessels within the
outer 400 yards of the security zones operate at the minimum speed
necessary to maintain course unless required to maintain speed by the
navigation rules.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1333 will be enforced without
actual notice from July 31, 2015 through 6 p.m. on August 3, 2015,
unless canceled sooner by the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound or their
Designated Representative. These regulations will be enforced with
actual notice from noon on July 28, 2015 until July 31, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call or email LTJG Johnny Zeng, Sector Puget Sound Waterways
Management, Coast Guard; telephone (206) 217-6323,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the security
zones for Seattle's Seafair Fleet Week Moving Vessels in 33 CFR
165.1333 from 12:00 p.m. on July 28, 2015 through 6:00 p.m. on August
3, 2015.
In accordance with the general regulations in 33 CFR part 165,
subpart D, no person or vessel may enter or remain in the security
zones without the permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP), Puget
Sound or their Designated Representative. For the purposes of this
rule, the following areas are security zones: All navigable waters
within 500 yards of the HMCS BRANDON (MM 710), the HMCS WHITEHORSE (MM
705), HMCS VANCOUVER (FFH 331), and the USCGC MIDGETT (WHEC 726) while
each such vessel is in the Sector Puget Sound COTP Zone.
The COTP has granted general permission for vessels to enter the
outer 400 yards of the security zones as long as those vessels within
the outer 400 yards of the security zones operate at the minimum speed
necessary to maintain course unless required to maintain speed by the
navigation rules. The COTP may be assisted by other federal, state or
local agencies with the enforcement of the security zones.
All vessel operators who desire to enter the inner 100 yards of the
security zones or transit the outer 400 yards at greater than minimum
speed necessary to maintain course must obtain permission from the COTP
or a Designated Representative by contacting the on-scene Coast Guard
patrol craft on VHF 13 or Ch 16. Requests must include the reason why
movement within this area is necessary. Vessel operators granted
permission to enter the security zones will be escorted by the on-scene
Coast Guard patrol craft until they are outside of the security zones.
This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.1333 and 5
U.S.C 552(a). In addition to this notice, the Coast Guard will provide
the maritime community with advanced notification of the security zones
via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine information broadcasts on
the day of the event.
Dated: July 17, 2015.
T.A. Griffitts,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port, Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2015-18845 Filed 7-30-15; 8:45 am]
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