§ 100.511 - Approaches to Annapolis Harbor, Spa Creek, and Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland.

(a) Definitions—(1) Regulated area. The approaches to Annapolis Harbor, the waters of Spa Creek, and the Severn River, shore to shore, bounded on the south by a line drawn from Carr Point, at latitude 38°58′58.0″ North, longitude 76°27′40.0″ West, thence to Horn Point Warning Light (LLNR 17935), at 38°58′24.0″ North, longitude 76°28′10.0″ West, thence to Horn Point, at 38°58′20.0″ North, longitude 76°28′27.0″ West, and bounded on the north by the State Route 450 Bridge.

(2) Coast Guard Patrol Commander. The Coast Guard Patrol Commander is a commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard who has been designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Activities Baltimore.

(b) Special local regulations—(1) Except for persons or vessels authorized by the Coast Guard Patrol Commander, no person or vessel may enter or remain in the regulated area.

(2) The operator of any vessel in the immediate vicinity of this area shall:

(i) Stop the vessel immediately upon being directed to do so by any commissioned, warrant, or petty officer on board a vessel displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

(ii) Proceed as directed by any commissioned, warrant, or petty officer.

(3) Any spectator vessel may anchor outside of the regulated area specified in paragraph (a) of this section but may not block a navigable channel.

(c) Effective period. The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, publishes a notice in the Federal Register and the Fifth Coast Guard District Local Notice to Mariners that announces the times and dates that the section is in effect.