[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: 33CFR100.523]

[Page 275]
 
                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. 100.523  Southern Branch, Elizabeth River, Portsmouth, Virginia.

    (a) Definitions--(1) Regulated area. The waters of the Southern 
Branch, Elizabeth River from shoreline to shoreline bounded to the south 
by a line drawn from latitude 36 deg.49'11.0" North, longitude 
76 deg.17'33.0" West to latitude 36 deg.49'11.0" North, longitude 
76 deg.17'22.0" West and bounded to the north by a line drawn from 
latitude 36 deg.50'17.5" North, longitude 76 deg.17'45.0" West to 
latitude 36 deg.50'17.5" North, longitude 76 deg.17'30.0" 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 Hampton Roads.
    (b) Special Local Regulations. (1) Except for participants in the 
Crawford Bay Crew Classic 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 whenever a race heat is not being run.
    (4) Vessel operators are advised to remain clear of the advisory 
area during the effective periods of this regulation.
    (c) Effective periods. This regulation will be effective on the 
fourth Friday of April and on the fourth Saturday of April, unless 
otherwise specified in the Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners and a 
Federal Register notice.

[CGD 05-93-06, 58 FR 9119, Feb. 19, 1993; as amended by CGD-05-97-004, 
62 FR 20102, Apr. 25, 1997]