2025-22966: Special Local Regulations; San Diego Parade of Lights, San Diego, CA
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The Coast Guard will enforce the San Diego Parade of Lights special local regulations on the waters of San Diego Bay, California on December 14, 2025, and December 21, 2025. These special local regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of the participants, crew, spectators, sponsor vessels, and general users of the waterway. During the enforcement period, persons and vessels are prohibited from anchoring, blocking, loitering, or impeding within this regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector San Diego or a designated representative.
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Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 58163] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-22966] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 100 [Docket No. USCG-2025-1097] Special Local Regulations; San Diego Parade of Lights, San Diego, CA
Agency
Coast Guard, DHS.
Action
Notification of enforcement of regulation. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Summary
The Coast Guard will enforce the San Diego Parade of Lights special local regulations on the waters of San Diego Bay, California on December 14, 2025, and December 21, 2025. These special local regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of the participants, crew, spectators, sponsor vessels, and general users of the waterway. During the enforcement period, persons and vessels are prohibited from anchoring, blocking, loitering, or impeding within this regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector San Diego or a designated representative.
Dates
The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1101 will be enforced from 5:30 p.m. through 9:30 p.m. on December 14, 2025, and from 5:30 p.m. through 9:30 p.m. on December 21, 2025, for Item 5 in Table 1 of Section 100.1101.
For Further Information Contact
If you have questions about this publication of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Shelley Delgado, Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego, CA; telephone (619) 278-7656, email [email protected].
Supplementary Information
The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations in 33 CFR 100.1101 for the San Diego Parade of Lights in San Diego Bay, CA in 33 CFR 100.1101, Table 1, Item 5 of that section from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. on December 14, 2025, and from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. on December 21, 2025. This enforcement action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during the event. The Coast Guard's regulation for recurring marine events in the San Diego Captain of the Port Zone identifies the regulated entities and area for this event. During the enforcement periods, as reflected in Sec. 100.1101, persons and vessels are prohibited from anchoring, blocking, loitering, or impeding within this regulated area, unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, or his designated representative. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation. In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with advance notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners, marine information broadcasts, and local advertising by the event sponsor. R.C. Tucker, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sector San Diego. [FR Doc. 2025-22966 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
What this changes
Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
Documents
- Full text (Federal Register) · December 16, 2025
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