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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-023 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

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On-Water Mass Gatherings - Recreational, Sporting, or Cause-Related Events

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Waterways Policies and Activities Division (CG-WWM-1) · United States Coast Guard; nationwide (navigable waters) (Federal)

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Context, not an order

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard; nationwide (navigable waters)
Level
Federal
Authority
33 C.F.R. part 100
Issued
2020-06-03 June 3, 2020
Effective
2020-06-03
End
not cancelled during the period (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
June 3, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Gathering capEvents and venuesOther
Addressees
  • marine event sponsors
  • recreational boaters
  • Captains of the Port
Functions reached
  • EVT on-water events, regattas, boat parades
  • GATH spectator gatherings
  • MK event sponsors and marinas
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

Permits are required for powerboat races, sailing regattas, and other marine events that have the potential to draw an accumulation of spectator craft, may obstruct a waterway, or introduce extra or unusual hazards to the safety of human life on the navigable waters of the United States.... These actions will take into account health and safety factors including but not limited to local COVID-19 and social distance guidelines as well as current unrest.... It is recommended participants in the event, and mariners in general, follow guidance from the CDC and local government health authorities to prevent the spread of coronavirus, including social distancing and the use of face coverings when social distance cannot be maintained.

Enforcement

33 C.F.R. 100.15 permit requirement (46 U.S.C. 70036); Coast Guard boarding and voyage termination

Notes

Guidance instrument; the permit requirement it recites is binding and the COVID-19 factors entered permit decisions.

Retrieval note

Text read in full. Mixed-purpose bulletin (COVID-19 and civil unrest); graded on what it says. it carries no independent legal effect. The enforceable instruments are the COTP orders, 33 C.F.R. 160.216, 33 C.F.R. 105.125 and the CDC orders the bulletin describes (already cited in the record's enforcement field). Cite the bulletin as evidence of the operating regime, not as an order).

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