TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SUBCHAPTER G - REGATTAS AND MARINE PARADES

PART 100 - SAFETY OF LIFE ON NAVIGABLE WATERS

100.512 - American Diabetes Association Reach the Beach Triathlon, Choptank River, Cambridge, Maryland.

  (a) Definitions(1) Regulated area. The waters of the Choptank River between the Choptank River Bridge and a line drawn from the northern shore, at latitude 3835'37" North, longitude 7603'08" West, to the southwestern shore, at latitude 3835'31" North, longitude 7604'52" West.

  (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, Group 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 on board a vessel displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

  (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, will publish a notice in the Federal Register and the Fifth Coast Guard District Local Notice to Mariners announcing the times and date this section is in effect.

[CGD 0589 08, 54 FR 23474, June 1, 1989]