Rule2023-16042
Security Zones; Seattle's Seafair Fleet Week Moving Vessels, Puget Sound, WA
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Published
July 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce Seattle's Seafair Fleet Week Moving Vessels security zones from August 1 through August 7, 2023, to ensure the security of the vessels from sabotage or other subversive acts during Seafair Fleet Week Parade of Ships. Our regulation for marine events within the Thirteenth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in Seattle, WA. 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 (COTP), Puget Sound or his 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48731-48732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16042]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2023-0605]
Security Zones; Seattle's Seafair Fleet Week Moving Vessels,
Puget Sound, WA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce Seattle's Seafair Fleet Week
Moving Vessels security zones from August 1 through August 7, 2023, to
ensure the security of the vessels from sabotage or other subversive
acts during Seafair Fleet Week Parade of Ships. Our regulation for
marine events within the Thirteenth Coast Guard District identifies the
regulated area for this event in Seattle, WA. 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 (COTP), Puget Sound
or his 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 for the
security zones identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below for the dates and times specified.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notification of enforcement, call or email MST1 Steve Barnett, Sector
Puget Sound Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone
206-217-6051, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8cdfe9eff8e3fedcf9ebe9f8dfe3f9e2e8dbdbc1ccf9ffefeba2e1e5e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="792a1c1a0d160b290c1e1c0d2a160c171d2e2e34390c0a1a1e57141015">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the security
zones for Seattle's Seafair Fleet Week Moving Vessels in 33 CFR
165.1333 for the regulated areas in the Elliott Bay from 11:30 a.m. on
August 1, 2023, through 5 p.m. on August 7, 2023. This action is being
taken to ensure the security of the vessels from sabotage or other
subversive acts during this event. Our regulation for marine events
within the Thirteenth Coast Guard District, Sec. 165.1333, specifies
the location of the regulated area in the Puget Sound around the
participating vessels designated in this notice.
During the enforcement period, as reflected in Sec. 165.1333, no
person or vessel may enter or remain in the security zones without the
permission of the COTP or a designated representative. The COTP may be
assisted by other federal, state or local agencies with the enforcement
of the security zones. For 2023, the following areas are Sec. 165.1333
security zones: all navigable waters within 500 yards of USS JOHN S.
McCAIN (CG-56), USCGC HENRY BLAKE (WLM-563), USCGC ROBERT WARD (WPC-
1130), USCGC WAHOO (WPB-87345), HMCS YELLOWKNIFE (MM-706), HMCS
EDMONTON (MM-703), HMCS NANAIMO (MM-702), 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. All vessel operators who desire to enter the inner
100 yards of the security zones or transit the outer 400 yards at
greater
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than minimum speed necessary to maintain course must obtain permission
from the COTP or a designated representative by contacting the on-scene
patrol craft on VHF Ch 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
patrol craft until they are outside of the security zones.
In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register,
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 before the start of the event. In the
event that there are changes to the participating vessels, due to
operational requirements, the Coast Guard will provide actual notice
for any additional designated participating vessels not covered in this
notice.
Members of the public may contact Sector Puget Sound COTP at 206-
217-6002 for an up-to-date list of designated participating vessels.
If the COTP determines that the security zones need not be enforced
for the full duration stated in this notice of enforcement, a Broadcast
Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to enter all
portions of the regulated areas.
Dated: July 24, 2023.
M.A. McDonnell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sector Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2023-16042 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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