§ 100.35T05-0276 - Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Potomac River, National Harbor Access Channel, MD.

§ 100.35T05-0276 Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Potomac River, National Harbor Access Channel, MD.

(a) Regulated area. The following location is a regulated area: All waters of the Potomac River, within lines connecting the following positions: From 38°47′35″ N, longitude 077°02′22″ W, thence to latitude 38°47′12″ N, longitude 077°00′57″ W, and from latitude 38°47′24″ N, longitude 077°03′03″ W to latitude 38°46′54″ N, longitude 077°01′09″ W. All coordinates reference Datum NAD 1983.

(b) Definitions.

(1) Coast Guard Patrol Commander means a commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the U. S. Coast Guard who has been designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector Baltimore.

(2) Official Patrol means any vessel assigned or approved by Commander, Coast Guard Sector Baltimore with a commissioned, warrant, or petty officer on board and displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

(c) Special local regulations.

(1) The Coast Guard Patrol Commander may forbid and control the movement of all vessels and persons in the regulated area. When hailed or signaled by an official patrol vessel, a vessel or person in the regulated area shall immediately comply with the directions given. Failure to do so may result in expulsion from the area, citation for failure to comply, or both.

(2) Persons desiring to transit the regulated area must first obtain authorization from the Captain of the Port Baltimore or his designated representative. To seek permission to transit the area, the Captain of the Port Baltimore and his designated representatives can be contacted at telephone number 410-576-2693 or on Marine Band Radio, VHF-FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz). All Coast Guard vessels enforcing this regulated area can be contacted on marine band radio VHF-FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz).

(3) The Coast Guard will publish a notice in the Fifth Coast Guard District Local Notice to Mariners and issue a marine information broadcast on VHF-FM marine band radio announcing specific event date and times.

(d) Enforcement period. This section will be enforced from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. on July 8, 2012.

[USCG-2012-0276, 77 FR 39632, July 5, 2012]