Special Local Regulation; Casco Bay, Flotilla To Fight Cancer, Long Island, ME

What it does

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary special local regulation for the navigable waters of Casco Bay, in the vicinity of Cow Island, in the Town of Long Island, ME, to support an offshore concert with spectator vessels. This regulation is needed to protect spectators and mariners from safety risks associated with a large gathering on the water. The regulation will temporarily establish a spectator area and two safe access lanes for transit and emergency response while also prohibiting swimming and creating a speed restriction/no wake zone.

The Coast Guard's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

33 CFR 100

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Coast Guard has published 341 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 224 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

88 earlier Federal Register documents under regulation identifier 1625-AA08 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• Aug. 12, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Daugherty Creek, Crisfield, MD
• Aug. 11, 2026 Final rule. Special Local Regulation; Great Lakes Annual Marine Events-Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, OH
• Aug. 6, 2026 Final rule. Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the USCG East District
• July 23, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Lake Erie, Fairport Harbor, OH
• July 22, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; San Pedro Bay, CA
• July 17, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, NY
• July 6, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Marine Events Within the USCG East District
• June 29, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Manistee River, Manistee, MI

Since then:

• Aug. 14, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; ChattaWake Wakesurfing Event, Tennessee River, Chattanooga TN
• Aug. 20, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; North East, North East, MD
• Aug. 25, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Choptank River, Cambridge, MD
• Aug. 26, 2026 Final rule. Special Local Regulation; Lake Erie, Kelleys Island, OH
• Aug. 28, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Chickahominy River, Williamsburg, VA
• Sept. 3, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Allegheny River Mile Markers 0-3.5 and Ohio River Mile Marker 0-3, Pittsburgh, PA
• Sept. 17, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Maumee River, Toledo, OH
• Sept. 25, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Milwaukee River and Menomonee River, Milwaukee, WI
• Oct. 5, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Allegheny River Mile Marker 20.5-21, Creighton, PA
• Oct. 16, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, AZ
• Oct. 16, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, AZ
• Oct. 19, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Ponce Harbor, Ponce, PR
• Oct. 28, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking. Special Local Regulation; Port Miami Main Shipping Channel, Miami FL
• Nov. 4, 2026 Temporary final rule. Special Local Regulation; Atlantic Ocean, Key West, FL

What happens next and when

This rule is effective from 12:30 p.m. on August 15, 2026, through 5:30 p.m. on August 16, 2026. It will only be enforced, however, from 12:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. on August 15, 2026, unless the event is delayed because of weather conditions, in which case it will be subject to enforcement during those same hours on August 16, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket USCG-2026-0734 on Regulations.gov
• Title 33 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register