{"id":"AGY-USCG-PORTS-023","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Coast Guard; nationwide (navigable waters)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"USCG-PORTS","eco":"","issuer":"Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Waterways Policies and Activities Division (CG-WWM-1)","authority":"33 C.F.R. part 100","instrument":"MSIB 17-20","title":"On-Water Mass Gatherings - Recreational, Sporting, or Cause-Related Events","dateIssued":"2020-06-03","effective":"2020-06-03","end":"not cancelled during the period","startDate":"2020-06-03","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["GATH","EVT","OTHER"],"addressees":["marine event sponsors","recreational boaters","Captains of the Port"],"clause":"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","functions":["EVT on-water events, regattas, boat parades","GATH spectator gatherings","MK event sponsors and marinas"],"notes":"Guidance instrument; the permit requirement it recites is binding and the COVID-19 factors entered permit decisions.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/MSIB/2020/MSIB-17-20%20On-Water%20Mass%20Gatherings%20%E2%80%93%20Recreational_Sporting_or%20Cause-Related%20Events.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":244226,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-USCG-PORTS","url":"/library/AGY-USCG-PORTS-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-USCG-PORTS-023","citation":"Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Waterways Policies and Activities Division (CG-WWM-1), MSIB 17-20 (June 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-023)","stateName":"","related":[]}