[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR100.509]

[Page 270]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
          CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 100--SAFETY OF LIFE ON NAVIGABLE WATERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 100.509  Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    (a) Definitions:
    (1) Regulated Area: The waters of the Delaware River from shore to 
shore, bounded to the south by the Walt Whitman Bridge and bounded to 
the north by the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
    (2) The 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 Group 
Philadelphia.
    (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 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 these regulations but may not block a 
navigable channel.
    (c) Effective Period: This section is effective annually for the 
duration of each marine event listed in Table 1, or as otherwise 
specified in the Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners and a Federal 
Register notice. The Coast Guard Patrol Commander will announce by 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners the specific time periods during which the 
regulations will be enforced.

                         Table 1 of Sec. 100.509

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[CGD 05-88-35, 54 FR 29677, Aug. 8, 1988, as amended by CGD 05-98-002, 
63 FR 42580, Aug. 10, 1998]