[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: 33CFR100.519]

[Page 274]
 
                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. 100.519  Assateague Channel, Chincoteague, Virginia.

    (a) Definitions: (1) Regulated area. The waters of Assateague 
Channel from shoreline to shoreline, bounded to the east by a line drawn 
from latitude 37 deg.55'01" North, longitude 75 deg.22'40" West, to 
latitude 37 deg.54'50" North, longitude 75 deg.22'46" West, and to the 
west by a line drawn from latitude 37 deg.54'54.0" North, longitude 
75 deg.23'00" West, to latitude 37 deg.54'49" North, longitude 
75 deg.22'49" 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, Coast Guard Group Eastern Shore.
    (b) Special local regulations. (1) Except for participants 
registered with the event sponsor and vessels authorized by the Coast 
Guard Patrol Commander, no person or vessel may enter or remain in the 
regulated area without the permission of the Patrol Commander.
    (2) The operator of any vessel in the immediate vicinity of this 
area shall:
    (i) Stop the vessel immediately when 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) The Coast Guard Patrol Commander may allow vessels to transit 
the regulated area up until the ponies are ready to enter the water.
    (4) Vessel operators are advised to remain clear of the advisory 
area during the effective periods of this regulation.
    (c) Effective periods. This regulation 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. 100.519

                     Chincoteague Power Boat Regatta

Sponsor: Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce
Date: Third Saturday and Sunday in June

                            Pony Penning Swim

Sponsor: Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department
Date: Last Wednesday in July and the following Friday

[CGD 05-92-81, 58 FR 16357, Mar. 26, 1993, as amended by CGD 05-97-012, 
62 FR 42067, Aug. 5, 1997]