Homeland Security Department Docket USCG-2025-0933 Final Rule

2025-22558: Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Coast Guard Southwest District

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Summary

The Coast Guard will enforce multiple special local regulations codified in federal regulations for recurring marine events taking place in December 2025 located in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Captain of the Port Zone. This action is necessary and intended to provide for the safety of life and property on navigable waterways during these events. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any official patrol vessel displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

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Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 236 (Thursday, December 11, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 236 (Thursday, December 11, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 57358-57359] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-22558] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 100 [Docket No. USCG-2025-0933] Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Coast Guard Southwest District

Agency

Coast Guard, DHS.

Action

Notification of enforcement of regulation. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The Coast Guard will enforce multiple special local regulations codified in federal regulations for recurring marine events taking place in December 2025 located in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Captain of the Port Zone. This action is necessary and intended to provide for the safety of life and property on navigable waterways during these events. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any official patrol vessel displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

Dates

The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1104 will be enforced for the times and locations described in event entries (5) through (16) in Table 1 to Sec. 100.1104 during December 2025, according to the schedule listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

For Further Information Contact

If you have questions about this notification of enforcement, call or email LCDR Kevin Kinsella, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach; telephone (310) 521-3860, email [email protected].

Supplementary Information

The Coast Guard will enforce multiple special local regulations for annual events in the Captain of the Port Los Angeles-Long Beach Zone listed in 33 CFR 100.1104 Table 1 to Sec. 100.1104 for events occurring in the month of December as listed.

1. Entry (5) Morro Bay Holiday Boat Parade (also known as (a.k.a.)

Morro Bay Lighted Boat Parade). From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on December 13, 2025.

2. Entry (6) Santa Barbara Holiday Boat Parade (a.k.a. Santa

Barbara Annual Boat Parade of Lights). From 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on December 14, 2025.

3. Entry (7) Ventura Harbor Holiday Boat Parade (a.k.a. Ventura

Harbor Parade of Lights). From 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily on December 12 through December 13, 2025.

4. Entry (8) Channel Islands Harbor Holiday Boat Parade (a.k.a.

Channel Islands Harbor Parade of Lights). From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on December 13, 2025.

7. Entry (11) Port of Los Angeles Holiday Boat Parade (a.k.a. LA

Harbor Holiday Afloat Parade). From 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on December 6, 2025.

8. Entry (12) Parade of 1,000 Lights (a.k.a. Shoreline Yacht Club

Annual Christmas Boat Parade). From 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on December 13, 2025.

9. Entry (13) Naples Island Holiday Boat Parade (a.k.a. Naples Boat

Parade). From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on December 20, 2025.

10. Entry (14) Huntington Harbor Holiday Boat Parade (a.k.a. 62nd

Annual Huntington Harbor Boat Parade). From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily on December 13 through December 14, 2025.

11. Entry (15) Newport Beach Holiday Boat Parade (a.k.a. 126th

Annual Christmas Boat Parade). From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily on December 17 through December 21, 2025.

12. Entry (16) Dana Point Holiday in the Harbor (a.k.a. 49th Annual

Dana Point Harbor Boat Parade of Lights). From 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily on December 12 through December 14, 2025. Pursuant to 33 CFR 100.1104, all persons and vessels not registered with the sponsor as participants or as official patrol vessels are considered spectators. The ``official patrol'' consists of any [[Page 57359]] Coast Guard; other Federal, state, or local law enforcement; and any public or sponsor-provided vessels assigned or approved by the cognizant Coast Guard Sector Commander to patrol each event. No spectator shall anchor, block, loiter, nor impede the through transit of participants or official patrol vessels in the regulated areas during all applicable effective dates and times unless cleared to do so by or through an official patrol vessel. When hailed and/or signaled by an official patrol vessel, any spectator located within a regulated area during all applicable effective dates and times shall come to an immediate stop. The Patrol Commander (PATCOM) is empowered to control the movement of all vessels in the regulated area or to restrict vessels from entering the regulated area. The Patrol Commander shall be designated by the cognizant Coast Guard Sector Commander; will be a U.S. Coast Guard commissioned officer, warrant officer, or petty officer to act as the Sector Commander's official representative; and will be located aboard the lead official patrol vessel. As the Sector Commander's representative, the PATCOM may terminate the event any time it is deemed necessary for the protection of life and property. PATCOM may be reached on VHF-FM Channel 13 (156.65MHz) or 16 (156.8MHz) when required, by the call sign ``PATCOM.'' The Patrol Commander may, upon request, allow the transit of commercial vessels through regulated areas when it is safe to do so. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, state, or local agencies. This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.1104 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). 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 a Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) and a Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM). If the Captain of the Port Los Angeles-Long Beach determines that the Special Local Regulations need not to be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, the Captain of the Port may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to reflect the change. Stacey L. Crecy, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Los Angeles-Long Beach. [FR Doc. 2025-22558 Filed 12-10-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P

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