[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61629-61630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30291]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 100
[CGD07-97-054]
RIN 2115-AE46
Special Local Regulations: City of Pompano Annual Christmas Boat
Parade, Pompano Beach, Florida
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Temporary final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing temporary special local
regulations for the City of Pompano Annual Christmas Boat Parade. This
event will be held Sunday, December 14, 1997, between 5 p.m. and 10
p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). There will be approximately 150
participants and 75 spectator craft. The resulting congestion of
navigable channels creates an extra or unusual hazard in the navigable
waters. These regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of
life of navigable waters during the event.
DATES: These regulations become effective on December 14, 1997, from 5
p.m. to 10 p.m. EST.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LTJG J. Delgado, Coast Guard Group Miami, FL at (305) 535-4409.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
The City of Pompano Annual Christmas Boat Parade is a nighttime
parade of approximately 150 pleasure and fishing boats ranging in
length from 23 feet to 125 feet decorated with holiday lights. There
will be approximately 75 spectator craft. The parade will form in the
staging area at Lake Santa Barbara then proceed north up the
Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) to the Hillsboro Boulevard Bridge where the
parade will disband.
The regulated area will include the Intracoastal Waterway from
Pompano Beach daybeacon 74 LLNR 47230 to State Road 810 Bridge (ICW
mile marker 1050). While the parade is transiting, these regulations
will prohibit nonparticipating vessels from approaching within 500 feet
ahead of the lead vessel in the parade to 500 feet astern of the last
participating vessel in the parade to within 50 feet on either side of
the parade unless authorized by the patrol commander. After the passage
of the parade participants, all vessels will be allowed to resume
normal operations.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553, a notice of proposed rulemaking
was not published for this regulation and good cause exists for making
it effective in less than 30 days after Federal Register publication.
Publishing an NPRM and delaying its effective date would be contrary to
national safety interests since immediate action is needed to minimize
potential danger to the public, as the Coast Guard was only given
notice of the date of the parade less than five weeks before the event.
Regulatory Evaluation
This proposal is not a significant regulatory action under Section
3(f) of the Executive Order 12866 and does not require an assessment of
the potential costs and benefits under Section 6(a)(3) of that Order.
It has been exempted from review by the Office of Management and Budget
under that Order. It is not significant under the regulatory policies
and procedures of the Department of Transportation (DOT) (44 FR 11040;
February 26, 1979). The Coast Guard expects the economic impact of this
proposed rule to be so minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation under
paragraph 10e of the regulatory policies and procedures of DOT is
unnecessary. Entry into the regulated area is prohibited for only five
hours on the day of the event.
Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the
Coast Guard must consider whether this rule will have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. ``Small
entities'' include small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that
are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their
fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than
50,000.
Therefore, the Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C 605(b) that this
rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities as the regulations would only be in effect for
approximately five hours in a limited area of the intracoastal
waterway.
Collection of Information
These proposed regulations contain no collection of information
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.).
Federalism
This action has been analyzed in accordance with the principles and
criteria contained in Executive Order 12612, and it has been determined
that the rulemaking does not have sufficient Federalism implications to
warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
Environmental Assessment
The Coast Guard has considered the environmental impact of this
proposal consistent with Section 2.B.2 of Commandant Instruction
M16475.1B. In accordance with that section, this proposed action has
been environmentally assessed (EA completed), and the Coast Guard has
concluded that it will not significantly affect the quality of the
human environment. An Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No
Significant Impact have been prepared and are available in the docket
for inspection or copying.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100
Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Waterways.
Temporary Regulations: In consideration of the foregoing, the Coast
Guard amends part 100 of Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, as
follows:
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PART 100--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for Part 100 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233 through 1236; 49 CFR 1.46 and 33 CFR
100.35.
2. A new temporary section 100.35T-07-054 is added to read as
follows:
Sec. 100.35T-07-054 City of Pompano Annual Christmas Boat Parade,
Pompano Beach Florida
(a) Regulated Area. The regulated area is established surrounding
the parade participants as they transit the parade route.
Nonparticipant vessels will be prohibited from entering an area
encompassing 50 feet on either side of the north-south axis of the
parade. The axis extends from 500 feet ahead of the lead vessel in the
parade to 500 feet astern of the last participating vessel in the
parade as the parade transit north in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW)
from Lake Santa Barbara, the staging area of the parade, to the
Hillsboro Boulevard Bridge, where the parade will disband. The
regulated area will include the Intracoastal Waterway from Pompano
Beach daybeacon 74 LLNR 47230 to State Road 810 bridge (ICW mile marker
1050).
(b) Special Local Regulations.
(1) While the parade is transiting, nonparticipating vessels are
prohibited from approaching within 500 feet ahead of the lead vessel in
the parade to 500 feet astern of the last participating vessel in the
parade to within 50 feet on either side of the parade unless authorized
by the Patrol Commander. Anchoring in the viewing area is prohibited
unless authorized by the Patrol Commander. Entry or anchoring in the
staging area is prohibited, unless authorized by the Patrol Commander.
After the passage of the parade participants, all vessels may resume
normal operations.
(2) A succession of not fewer than five short whistle or horn
blasts from a patrol vessel will be the signal for any nonparticipating
vessel to stop immediately. The display of an orange distress smoke
signal from a patrol vessel will be the signal for any and all vessels
to stop immediately.
(c) Dates. These regulations become effective on December 14, 1997,
from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST.
Dated: November 6, 1997.
Norman T. Saunders,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 97-30291 Filed 11-18-97; 8:45 am]
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