# 2025-15356: Paddle Your Canoe, But Obey Coast Guard Refs

2025-15356, Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the USCG East District (Formerly USCG District 5); Bay Bridge Paddle, is a Federal Register rule from Homeland Security Department, Coast Guard published 2025-08-13, effective 2025-09-14 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15356
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15356
- Title: Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the USCG East District (Formerly USCG District 5); Bay Bridge Paddle
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Citation: 90 FR 38942
- Published: 2025-08-13
- Effective: 2025-09-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Paddle Your Canoe, But Obey Coast Guard Refs

## Summary

On September 14, 2025, the Coast Guard will set special rules for boats near the Bay Bridge Paddle between Sandy Point State Park and Kent Island, MD. Boaters in this area must follow instructions from Coast Guard officials to keep everyone safe. This temporary change helps protect paddlers and boaters during the event without any fees or fines.

## Abstract

The Coast Guard will enforce a special local regulation for the Bay Bridge Paddle on September 14, 2025, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the USCG East District (formerly USCG District 5) identifies the regulated area for this event as between Sandy Point State Park and Kent Island, MD. During the enforcement period, 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Bay Bridge Paddle: One-Day Boating Restriction: cost, low. On September 14, 2025, the Coast Guard will enforce special rules for vessels between Sandy Point State Park and Kent Island, MD, during the Bay Bridge Paddle. If you operate a boat in that area on that date, you must follow directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a C…

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## Sources
- [2025-15356 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/13/2025-15356/special-local-regulations-marine-events-within-the-uscg-east-district-formerly-uscg-district-5-bay)
- [2025-15356 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-13/pdf/2025-15356.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15356 (as of 2026-06-11).