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Special Local Regulations for Marine
Events; Wrightsville Channel,
Wrightsville Beach, NC
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to
establish Temporary special local
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Public Participation and Request for
Comments
We encourage you to participate in
this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. All
comments received will be posted,
without change, to https://
www.regulations.gov and will include
any personal information you have
provided. We have an agreement with
the Department of Transportation to use
the Docket Management Facility.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
ACTION:
regulations for the swim portions of
‘‘Beach 2 Battleship Full and Half Iron
Distance Triathlon’’, to be held on the
waters of Banks Channel, adjacent to
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
These special local regulations are
necessary to provide for the safety of life
on navigable waters during the event.
This action is intended to restrict vessel
traffic in Wrightsville Channel during
the swimming portion of this event.
DATES: Comments and related material
must reach the Coast Guard on or before
September 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Coast Guard docket
number USCG–2008–0738 to the Docket
Management Facility at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid
duplication, please use only one of the
following methods:
(1) Online: https://
www.regulations.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility
(M–30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail
address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The telephone number
is 202–366–9329.
(4) Fax: 202–493–2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this proposed
rule, call Christopher D. Humphrey,
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina,
Atlantic Beach, NC, (252) 247–4571. If
you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call
Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone 202–366–
9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
If you submit a comment, please
include the docket number for this
rulemaking (USCG–2008–0738),
indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment
applies, and give the reason for each
comment. We recommend that you
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include your name and a mailing
address, an e-mail address, or a phone
number in the body of your document
so that we can contact you if we have
questions regarding your submission.
You may submit your comments and
material by electronic means, mail, fax,
or delivery to the Docket Management
Facility at the address under ADDRESSES;
but please submit your comments and
material by only one means. If you
submit them by mail or delivery, submit
them in an unbound format, no larger
than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you
submit them by mail and would like to
know that they reached the Facility,
please enclose a stamped, self-addressed
postcard or envelope. We will consider
all comments and material received
during the comment period. We may
change this proposed rule in view of
them.
Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to
https://www.regulations.gov at any time.
Enter the docket number for this
rulemaking (USCG–2008–0738) in the
Search box, and click ‘‘Go >>.’’ You may
also visit either the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12–140 on the
ground floor of the Department of
Transportation West Building, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays; or U.S. Coast Guard Sector
North Carolina, 2301 East Fort Macon
Rd., Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
28512 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
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of our dockets by the name of the
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behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review a Privacy
Act system of records notice regarding
our public dockets in the January 17,
2008, issue of the Federal Register (73
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Background and Purpose
On November 1, 2008, the
Wilmington YMCA will sponsor the
‘‘Beach 2 Battleship Full and Half Iron
Distance Triathlon’’ on the waters of
Banks Channel including the waters of
Wrightsville Channel adjacent to
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The
swim portion of the event will consist
of two groups of 500 swimmers entering
Banks Channel southwest of the Coast
Guard Station and swimming northeast
along Wrightsville Channel and Motts
Channel to Seapath Marina. A fleet of
spectator vessels are expected to gather
near the event site to view the
competition. To provide for the safety of
the participants, spectators and other
transiting vessels, the Coast Guard will
temporarily restrict vessel traffic in the
event area during this event.
Discussion of Proposed Rule
The Coast Guard proposes the
establishment of special local
regulations on specified waters of Banks
Channel. The regulation would be
enforced from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on
November 1, 2008. The effects of the
regulation would be to restrict general
navigation in the regulated area during
the event. Except for persons or vessels
authorized by the Coast Guard Patrol
Commander, no persons or vessels may
enter or remain in the regulated area.
Non-participating vessels will be
allowed to transit between swim events,
when the Coast Guard Patrol
Commander determines it is safe to do
so. These regulations are needed to
control vessel traffic during the event to
enhance the safety of participants,
spectators and transiting vessels.
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Regulatory Analyses
We developed this proposed rule after
considering numerous statutes and
executive orders related to rulemaking.
Below we summarize our analyses
based on 13 of these statutes or
executive orders.
Regulatory Planning and Review
This proposed rule is not a significant
regulatory action under section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory
Planning and Review, and does not
require an assessment of potential costs
and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that
Order. The Office of Management and
Budget has not reviewed it under that
Order.
Although this regulation prevents
traffic from transiting a portion of
Wrightsville Channel and Motts
Channel during the event, the effect of
this regulation will not be significant
due to the limited duration that the
regulated area will be in effect.
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Extensive advance notification will be
made to the maritime community via
marine information broadcast, area
newspapers, local radio and television
stations so mariners can adjust their
plans accordingly. Additionally, the
regulated area has been narrowly
tailored to impose the least impact on
general navigation yet provide the level
of safety deemed necessary. Vessel
traffic will be able to transit the
regulated area between races, when the
Coast Guard Patrol Commander deems it
is safe to do so.
Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(5 U.S.C. 601–612), we have considered
whether this proposed rule would have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises
small businesses, not-for-profit
organizations that are independently
owned and operated and are not
dominant in their fields, and
governmental jurisdictions with
populations of less than 50,000.
The Coast Guard certifies under 5
U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposed rule
would not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. The rule will affect the
following entities, some of which may
be small entities: The owners or
operators of vessels intending to transit
this section of Wrightsville Channel,
Motts Channel and Banks Channel from
6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on November 1, 2008.
This proposed rule would not have a
significant economic impact on
substantial number of small entities for
the following reasons. Although the
regulated area will apply to the
Wrightsville Channel, traffic may be
allowed to pass through the regulated
area with the permission of the Coast
Guard Patrol Commander. In the case
where the Patrol Commander authorizes
passage through the regulated area,
vessels shall proceed at the minimum
speed necessary to maintain a safe
course that minimizes wake near the
swim course. The Patrol Commander
will allow non-participating vessels to
transit the event area once all swimmers
are safely clear of navigation channels
and vessel traffic areas. Before the
enforcement period, we will issue
maritime advisories so mariners can
adjust their plans accordingly.
If you think that your business,
organization, or governmental
jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity
and that this rule would have a
significant economic impact on it,
please submit a comment (see
ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it
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qualifies and how and to what degree
this rule would economically affect it.
Assistance for Small Entities
Under section 213(a) of the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121),
we want to assist small entities in
understanding this proposed rule so that
they can better evaluate its effects on
them and participate in the rulemaking.
If the rule would affect your small
business, organization, or governmental
jurisdiction and you have questions
concerning its provisions or options for
compliance, please contact Coast Guard
Sector North Carolina listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at the
beginning of this rule. The Coast Guard
will not retaliate against small entities
that question or complain about this
proposed rule or any policy or action of
the Coast Guard.
Collection of Information
This proposed rule would call for no
new collection of information under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501–3520).
Federalism
A rule has implications for federalism
under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct
effect on State or local governments and
would either preempt State law or
impose a substantial direct cost of
compliance on them. We have analyzed
this proposed rule under that Order and
have determined that it does not have
implications for federalism.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their discretionary regulatory actions. In
particular, the Act addresses actions
that may result in the expenditure by a
State, local, or tribal government, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector of
$100,000,000 or more in any one year.
Though this proposed rule would not
result in such an expenditure, we do
discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere
in this preamble.
Taking of Private Property
This proposed rule would not effect a
taking of private property or otherwise
have taking implications under
Executive Order 12630, Governmental
Actions and Interference with
Constitutionally Protected Property
Rights.
Civil Justice Reform
This proposed rule meets applicable
standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of
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not consider the use of voluntary
consensus standards.
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice
Reform, to minimize litigation,
eliminate ambiguity, and reduce
burden.
Environment
Protection of Children
We have analyzed this proposed rule
under Executive Order 13045,
Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks. This rule is not an economically
significant rule and would not create an
environmental risk to health or risk to
safety that might disproportionately
affect children.
Indian Tribal Governments
This proposed rule does not have
tribal implications under Executive
Order 13175, Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments, because it would not have
a substantial direct effect on one or
more Indian tribes, on the relationship
between the Federal Government and
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities between the
Federal Government and Indian tribes.
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Energy Effects
We have analyzed this proposed rule
under Executive Order 13211, Actions
Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use. We have
determined that it is not a ‘‘significant
energy action’’ under that order because
it is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’
under Executive Order 12866 and is not
likely to have a significant adverse effect
on the supply, distribution, or use of
energy. The Administrator of the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs
has not designated it as a significant
energy action. Therefore, it does not
require a Statement of Energy Effects
under Executive Order 13211.
Technical Standards
The National Technology Transfer
and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15
U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use
voluntary consensus standards in their
regulatory activities unless the agency
provides Congress, through the Office of
Management and Budget, with an
explanation of why using these
standards would be inconsistent with
applicable law or otherwise impractical.
Voluntary consensus standards are
technical standards (e.g., specifications
of materials, performance, design, or
operation; test methods; sampling
procedures; and related management
systems practices) that are developed or
adopted by voluntary consensus
standards bodies.
This proposed rule does not use
technical standards. Therefore, we did
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We have analyzed this proposed rule
under Department of Homeland
Security Management Directive 5100.1
and Commandant Instruction
M16475.lD, which guide the Coast
Guard in complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and
have made a preliminary determination
under the Instruction that this action is
not likely to have a significant effect on
the human environment. An
environmental analysis checklist
supporting this preliminary
determination is available in the docket
where indicated under ADDRESSES.
We seek any comments or information
that may lead to the discovery of a
significant environmental impact from
this proposed rule.
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 proposes to
amend 33 CFR part 100 as follows:
PART 100—REGATTAS AND MARINE
PARADES
1. The authority citation for part 100
continues to read as follows:
(c) 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
regulated area must:
(i) Stop the vessel immediately when
directed to do so by any Official Patrol
and then proceed only as directed.
(ii) All persons and vessels shall
comply with the instructions of the
Official Patrol.
(iii) The operator of a vessel in the
regulated area shall stop the vessel
immediately when instructed to do so
by the Official Patrol and then proceed
as directed.
(iv) When authorized to transit the
regulated area, all vessels shall proceed
at the minimum speed necessary to
maintain a safe course that minimizes
wake near the swim course.
(d) Enforcement Period. This section
will be enforced from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.
on November 1, 2008.
Dated: July 28, 2008.
Fred M. Rosa, Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander,
Fifth Coast Guard District.
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Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233.
2. Add a temporary § 100.35–T05–
0738 to read as follows:
33 CFR Part 165
§ 100.35–T05–0738 Wrightsville Channel,
Wrightsville Beach, NC.
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(a) Regulated area. The regulated area
is established for the waters of Banks
Channel, adjacent to Wrightsville Beach,
NC, from the southern tip of
Wrightsville Beach approximate
position latitude 34°11′15″ N, longitude
077°48′51″ W, thence northeast to
Seapath Marina, Wrightsville Beach,
NC. approximate position latitude
34°12′45″ N, longitude 077°48′27″ W.
All coordinates reference Datum NAD
1983.
(b) Definitions. (1) Coast Guard Patrol
Commander means a commissioned,
warrant, or petty officer of the Coast
Guard who have been designated by the
Commander, Coast Guard Sector North
Carolina.
(2) Official Patrol means any person
or vessel assigned or approved by
Commander, Coast Guard Sector North
Carolina with a commissioned, warrant,
or petty officer on board and displaying
a Coast Guard ensign.
Safety Zone; Captain of the Port Zone
Jacksonville; Offshore Cape
Canaveral, FL
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Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes
establishment of four safety zones to
protect infrastructure and marine traffic
from the hazards associated with
recurring space vehicle launches from
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
(CCAFS). The safety zones extend from
the shoreline to points approximately 12
nautical miles offshore and will only be
activated and enforced during prelaunch hours and terminate
approximately 15 minutes after a
successful launch. This action is
necessary to protect marine traffic from
the hazards associated with the
launching of space vehicles; expedite
notification to the public of such
launches and also reduce the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 100
[Docket No. USCG-2008-0738]
RIN 1625-AA08
Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Wrightsville
Channel, Wrightsville Beach, NC
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to establish Temporary special local
regulations for the swim portions of ``Beach 2 Battleship Full and Half
Iron Distance Triathlon'', to be held on the waters of Banks Channel,
adjacent to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. These special local
regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of life on
navigable waters during the event. This action is intended to restrict
vessel traffic in Wrightsville Channel during the swimming portion of
this event.
DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Coast Guard on or
before September 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number USCG-2008-0738 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one
of the following methods:
(1) Online: https://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
(4) Fax: 202-493-2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this proposed
rule, call Christopher D. Humphrey, Coast Guard Sector North Carolina,
Atlantic Beach, NC, (252) 247-4571. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted,
without change, to https://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with the
Department of Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility.
Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking (USCG-2008-0738), indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each
comment. We recommend that you include your name and a mailing address,
an e-mail address, or a phone number in the body of your document so
that we can contact you if we have questions regarding your submission.
You may submit your comments and material by electronic means, mail,
fax, or delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address under
ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and material by only one
means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an
unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period. We may change this
proposed rule in view of them.
Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov at
any time. Enter the docket number for this rulemaking (USCG-2008-0738)
in the Search box, and click ``Go >>.'' You may also visit either the
Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays; or U.S. Coast Guard Sector North
Carolina, 2301 East Fort Macon Rd., Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
28512 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments received into
any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment
(or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act system of
records notice regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008,
issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
Public Meeting
We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a
request for one to the Docket Management Facility at the address under
ADDRESSES explaining why one would be beneficial. If we determine that
one would aid this rulemaking, we will hold one at a time and place
announced by a later notice in the Federal Register.
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Background and Purpose
On November 1, 2008, the Wilmington YMCA will sponsor the ``Beach 2
Battleship Full and Half Iron Distance Triathlon'' on the waters of
Banks Channel including the waters of Wrightsville Channel adjacent to
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The swim portion of the event will
consist of two groups of 500 swimmers entering Banks Channel southwest
of the Coast Guard Station and swimming northeast along Wrightsville
Channel and Motts Channel to Seapath Marina. A fleet of spectator
vessels are expected to gather near the event site to view the
competition. To provide for the safety of the participants, spectators
and other transiting vessels, the Coast Guard will temporarily restrict
vessel traffic in the event area during this event.
Discussion of Proposed Rule
The Coast Guard proposes the establishment of special local
regulations on specified waters of Banks Channel. The regulation would
be enforced from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on November 1, 2008. The effects of
the regulation would be to restrict general navigation in the regulated
area during the event. Except for persons or vessels authorized by the
Coast Guard Patrol Commander, no persons or vessels may enter or remain
in the regulated area. Non-participating vessels will be allowed to
transit between swim events, when the Coast Guard Patrol Commander
determines it is safe to do so. These regulations are needed to control
vessel traffic during the event to enhance the safety of participants,
spectators and transiting vessels.
Regulatory Analyses
We developed this proposed rule after considering numerous statutes
and executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our
analyses based on 13 of these statutes or executive orders.
Regulatory Planning and Review
This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review,
and does not require an assessment of potential costs and benefits
under section 6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office of Management and
Budget has not reviewed it under that Order.
Although this regulation prevents traffic from transiting a portion
of Wrightsville Channel and Motts Channel during the event, the effect
of this regulation will not be significant due to the limited duration
that the regulated area will be in effect. Extensive advance
notification will be made to the maritime community via marine
information broadcast, area newspapers, local radio and television
stations so mariners can adjust their plans accordingly. Additionally,
the regulated area has been narrowly tailored to impose the least
impact on general navigation yet provide the level of safety deemed
necessary. Vessel traffic will be able to transit the regulated area
between races, when the Coast Guard Patrol Commander deems it is safe
to do so.
Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), we have
considered whether this proposed rule would have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities. The term ``small
entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations
that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their
fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than
50,000.
The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposed
rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. The rule will affect the following entities,
some of which may be small entities: The owners or operators of vessels
intending to transit this section of Wrightsville Channel, Motts
Channel and Banks Channel from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on November 1, 2008.
This proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact on
substantial number of small entities for the following reasons.
Although the regulated area will apply to the Wrightsville Channel,
traffic may be allowed to pass through the regulated area with the
permission of the Coast Guard Patrol Commander. In the case where the
Patrol Commander authorizes passage through the regulated area, vessels
shall proceed at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course
that minimizes wake near the swim course. The Patrol Commander will
allow non-participating vessels to transit the event area once all
swimmers are safely clear of navigation channels and vessel traffic
areas. Before the enforcement period, we will issue maritime advisories
so mariners can adjust their plans accordingly.
If you think that your business, organization, or governmental
jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity and that this rule would have
a significant economic impact on it, please submit a comment (see
ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it qualifies and how and to what
degree this rule would economically affect it.
Assistance for Small Entities
Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we want to assist small
entities in understanding this proposed rule so that they can better
evaluate its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking. If the
rule would affect your small business, organization, or governmental
jurisdiction and you have questions concerning its provisions or
options for compliance, please contact Coast Guard Sector North
Carolina listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at the beginning
of this rule. The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small entities
that question or complain about this proposed rule or any policy or
action of the Coast Guard.
Collection of Information
This proposed rule would call for no new collection of information
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).
Federalism
A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on State or local
governments and would either preempt State law or impose a substantial
direct cost of compliance on them. We have analyzed this proposed rule
under that Order and have determined that it does not have implications
for federalism.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538)
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or tribal government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 or more in any
one year. Though this proposed rule would not result in such an
expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere in this
preamble.
Taking of Private Property
This proposed rule would not effect a taking of private property or
otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630,
Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected
Property Rights.
Civil Justice Reform
This proposed rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and
3(b)(2) of
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Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize litigation,
eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.
Protection of Children
We have analyzed this proposed rule under Executive Order 13045,
Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks. This rule is not an economically significant rule and would not
create an environmental risk to health or risk to safety that might
disproportionately affect children.
Indian Tribal Governments
This proposed rule does not have tribal implications under
Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments, because it would not have a substantial direct effect on
one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.
Energy Effects
We have analyzed this proposed rule under Executive Order 13211,
Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use. We have determined that it is not a ``significant
energy action'' under that order because it is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866 and is not likely to
have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use
of energy. The Administrator of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs has not designated it as a significant energy
action. Therefore, it does not require a Statement of Energy Effects
under Executive Order 13211.
Technical Standards
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15
U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards
in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress,
through the Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why
using these standards would be inconsistent with applicable law or
otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical
standards (e.g., specifications of materials, performance, design, or
operation; test methods; sampling procedures; and related management
systems practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus
standards bodies.
This proposed rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we
did not consider the use of voluntary consensus standards.
Environment
We have analyzed this proposed rule under Department of Homeland
Security Management Directive 5100.1 and Commandant Instruction
M16475.lD, which guide the Coast Guard in complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and
have made a preliminary determination under the Instruction that this
action is not likely to have a significant effect on the human
environment. An environmental analysis checklist supporting this
preliminary determination is available in the docket where indicated
under ADDRESSES.
We seek any comments or information that may lead to the discovery
of a significant environmental impact from this proposed rule.
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 proposes
to amend 33 CFR part 100 as follows:
PART 100--REGATTAS AND MARINE PARADES
1. The authority citation for part 100 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233.
2. Add a temporary Sec. 100.35-T05-0738 to read as follows:
Sec. 100.35-T05-0738 Wrightsville Channel, Wrightsville Beach, NC.
(a) Regulated area. The regulated area is established for the
waters of Banks Channel, adjacent to Wrightsville Beach, NC, from the
southern tip of Wrightsville Beach approximate position latitude
34[deg]11'15'' N, longitude 077[deg]48'51'' W, thence northeast to
Seapath Marina, Wrightsville Beach, NC. approximate position latitude
34[deg]12'45'' N, longitude 077[deg]48'27'' W. All coordinates
reference Datum NAD 1983.
(b) Definitions. (1) Coast Guard Patrol Commander means a
commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard who have
been designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector North Carolina.
(2) Official Patrol means any person or vessel assigned or approved
by Commander, Coast Guard Sector North Carolina with a commissioned,
warrant, or petty officer on board and displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
(c) 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 regulated area must:
(i) Stop the vessel immediately when directed to do so by any
Official Patrol and then proceed only as directed.
(ii) All persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of
the Official Patrol.
(iii) The operator of a vessel in the regulated area shall stop the
vessel immediately when instructed to do so by the Official Patrol and
then proceed as directed.
(iv) When authorized to transit the regulated area, all vessels
shall proceed at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course
that minimizes wake near the swim course.
(d) Enforcement Period. This section will be enforced from 6 a.m.
to 11 a.m. on November 1, 2008.
Dated: July 28, 2008.
Fred M. Rosa, Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. E8-19001 Filed 8-15-08; 8:45 am]
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