2014-11793. Security Zone; Portland Rose Festival on Willamette River

AGENCY:

Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION:

Notice of enforcement of regulation.

SUMMARY:

The Coast Guard will enforce the Portland Rose Festival Security Zone from 11:00 a.m. on June 4, 2014 until 11:00 a.m. on June 9, 2014. This action is necessary to ensure the security of vessels participating in the 2014 Portland Rose Festival on the Willamette River during the Portland Rose festival. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter or remain in the security zone without permission from the Sector Columbia River Captain of the Port.

DATES:

The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1312 will be enforced from 11:00 a.m. on June 4, 2014 until 11:00 a.m. on June 9, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

If you have questions on this notice, call or email LTJG Ian McPhillips, Waterways Management Division, MSU Portland, Oregon, Coast Guard; telephone [phone], email [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Coast Guard will enforce the security zone for the Portland Rose Festival detailed in 33 CFR 165.1312 from 11:00 a.m. on June 4, 2014 until 11:00 a.m. on June 9, 2014.

Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1312 and 33 CFR 165 Subpart D, no person or vessel may enter or remain in the security zone, consisting of all waters of the Willamette River, from surface to bottom, encompassed by the Hawthorne and Steel Bridges, without permission from the Sector Columbia River Captain of the Port. Persons or vessels wishing to enter the security zone may request permission to do so from the on scene Captain of the Port representative via VHF Channel 16 or 13. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or local enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.

This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.1312 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners.

Dated: April 29, 2014.

B.C. Jones,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Columbia River.