# Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast Guard District—Atlantic City, NJ
**AGENCY:**
Coast Guard, DHS.
**ACTION:**
Notification of enforcement of regulation.
**SUMMARY:**
The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulation for the Thunder Over the Boardwalk Air Show August 14, 15, and 16, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in Atlantic City, NJ. 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 displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
**DATES:**
The regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 will be enforced for the Thunder Over the Boardwalk Air Show event listed in table 1 to paragraph (i)(1) to § 100.501 from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. on August 14-16, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
If you have questions about this notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Christopher Payne, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management Division, telephone 215-271-4889, email *[email protected]* .
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations in 33 CFR 100.501 for the Thunder Over the Boardwalk Airshow regulated area from 12 p.m. through 3 p.m. on August 14, 2023, and from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. August 15 and 16, 2023. This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this 3-day event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District, § 100.501, specifies the location of the regulated area for the Thunder Over the Boardwalk Airshow, which encompasses waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to Atlantic City, New Jersey, bounded by a line drawn between the following points: From a point along the shoreline at latitude 39°21′31″ N, longitude 074°25′04″ W, thence southeasterly to latitude 39°21′08″ N, longitude 074°24′48″ W, thence southwesterly to latitude 39°20′16″ N, longitude 074°27′17″ W, thence northwesterly to a point along the shoreline at latitude 39°20′44″ N, longitude 074°27′31″ W, thence northeasterly along the shoreline to latitude 39°21′31″ N, longitude 074°25′04″ W.
During the enforcement periods, as reflected in § 100.501(g), the Coast Guard will announce details concerning the event in the Local Notices to Mariners and by Broadcast Notice to Mariners over VHF-FM marine band radio. If you are the operator of a vessel in the regulated area you must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
Dated: August 10, 2023.
Kate F. Higgins-Bloom,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay.