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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 51 / Thursday, March 18, 2021 / Proposed Rules
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List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100
Marine safety, Navigation water, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Waterways.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard is proposing to amend 33 CFR part 100 as follows:
PART 100SAFETY OF LIFE ON
NAVIGABLE WATERS
1. The authority citation for part 100
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70041; 33 CFR 1.05
1.

2. Add 100.T050103 to read as follows:

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100.T050103 Maryland Freedom Swim, Choptank River, Between Trappe and Cambridge, MD.

a Regulated area. The regulations in this section apply to the following area:
All navigable waters of the Choptank River, from shoreline to shoreline, within an area bounded on the east by a line drawn from latitude 383514.2
N, longitude 0760233.0 W, thence south to latitude 383408.3 N, longitude 0760336.2 W, and bounded on the west by a line drawn from latitude 383532.7 N, longitude 0760258.3 W, thence south to latitude 383424.7 N, longitude 0760401.3
W, located at Cambridge, MD. These coordinates are based on datum NAD
1983.
b Definitions. As used in this section Captain of the Port COTP MarylandNational Capital Region means the Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region or any Coast Guard commissioned, warrant or petty officer who has been authorized by the COTP to act on his behalf.
Coast Guard Patrol Commander PATCOM means a commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the U.S.
Coast Guard who has been designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region.
Official Patrol means any vessel assigned or approved by Commander, Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region with a commissioned, warrant, or petty officer on board and displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
Participant means all persons and vessels registered with the event sponsor as participating in the Maryland Freedom Swim or otherwise designated by the event sponsor as having a function tied to the event.

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c Regulations. 1 Except for vessels already at berth, all non-participants are prohibited from entering, transiting through, anchoring in, or remaining within the regulated area described in paragraph a of this section unless authorized by the COTP MarylandNational Capital Region or PATCOM.
2 To seek permission to enter, contact the COTP Maryland-National Capital Region at telephone number 4105762693 or on Marine Band Radio, VHFFM channel 16 156.8
MHz or the PATCOM on Marine Band Radio, VHFFM channel 16 156.8
MHz. Those in the regulated area must comply with all lawful orders or directions given to them by the COTP
Maryland-National Capital Region or PATCOM.
3 The COTP Maryland-National Capital Region will provide notice of the regulated area through advanced notice via Fifth Coast Guard District Local Notice to Mariners, broadcast notice to mariners, and on-scene official patrols.
d Enforcement officials. The Coast Guard may be assisted with marine event patrol and enforcement of the regulated area by other Federal, State, and local agencies.
e Enforcement period. This section will be enforced from 6 a.m. to 10:30
a.m. on May 16, 2021.
Dated: March 12, 2021.
Joseph B. Loring, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Maryland-National Capital Region.
FR Doc. 202105594 Filed 31721; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 911004P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 100
Docket Number USCG20210137
RIN 1625AA08

Special Local Regulation; North Atlantic Ocean, Ocean City, MD
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of proposed rulemaking.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Coast Guard is proposing to establish special local regulations for certain waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters located at Ocean City, MD, during a high-speed power boat racing event on May 2, 2021. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from being in the regulated area unless authorized by the
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Captain of the Port Maryland-National Capital Region or Coast Guard Event Patrol Commander. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before April 2, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG
20210137 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https
www.regulations.gov. See the Public Participation and Request for Comments portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further instructions on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this proposed rulemaking, call or email MST2 Shaun Landante, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region;
telephone 4105762570, email D05DG-SectorMD-NCR-MarineEvents@
uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Table of Abbreviations CFR Code of Federal Regulations COTP Captain of the Port DHS Department of Homeland Security FR Federal Register NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking PATCOM Patrol Commander Section U.S.C. United States Code
II. Background, Purpose, and Legal Basis OPA Racing LLC of Brick Township, NJ, has notified the Coast Guard that it will be conducting the Ocean City Offshore Grand Prix from 12 p.m. to 5
p.m. on May 2, 2021. The high-speed power boat event consists of approximately 40 participating offshore race boats of various classes, 21 to 50
feet in length, operating along a designated, marked racetrack-type course located in the North Atlantic Ocean, at Ocean City, MD. Hazards from the high-speed power boat racing event include participants operating near a designated navigation channel, as well as injury to persons and damage to property that involve vessel mishaps during high-speed power boat races conducted on navigable waters located near the shoreline. The Captain of the Port COTP Maryland-National Capital Region has determined that potential hazards associated with the high-speed power boat races would be a safety concern for anyone intending to operate within certain waters of the North Atlantic Ocean at Ocean City, MD, operating in or near the event area. The Coast Guard is requesting that interested
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