[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32736-32738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15898]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD01-98-065]
RIN 2115-AE46


Special Local Regulation: Fireworks Displays Within the First 
Coast Guard District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of implementation.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the dates and times of the 
special local regulations contained in 33 CFR 100.114, Fireworks 
Displays within the First Coast Guard District. All vessels will be 
restricted from entering the area of navigable water within a 500-

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yard radius of the fireworks launch platform for each event listed in 
the table below. Implementation of these regulations is necessary to 
control vessel traffic within the regulated area to ensure the safety 
of spectators.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.114 are effective from one hour 
before the scheduled start of the event until thirty minutes after the 
last firework is exploded for each event listed in the table below. The 
events are listed chronologically by month with their corresponding 
number listed in the special local regulation, 33 CFR 100.114.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed to Commander (osr), First Coast 
Guard District, Captain John Foster Williams Federal Building, 408 
Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 02110-3350, or may be hand delivered to Room 
734 at the same address, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except federal holidays. Comments will become part of this 
docket and will be available for inspection or copying at the above 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lieutenant Commander Mark A. Cawthorn, Office of Search and Rescue 
branch, First Coast Guard District at (617) 223-8460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice implements the special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.114 (62 FR 30988; June 6, 1997). All vessels 
are prohibited from entering a 500-yard radius of navigable water 
surrounding the launch platform used in each fireworks display listed 
below.

Table 1--Fireworks Displays

July

1. Boston Harborfest Fireworks
Date: July 2, 1998
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Just Off Coast Guard Base, Boston Harbor, MA
Lat: 42 deg.22'52''Long: 071 deg.02'56''W (NAD 1983)
2. American Legion Post 83 Fireworks
Date: June 27, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Rain Date: June 28, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Branford Point, Branford, CT
Lat: 41 deg.21'N, Long: 072 deg.05'20''W (NAD 1983)
3. Devon Yacht Club Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Devon Yacht Club, Amagansett, NY
Lat: 40-59.5N, Long: 072-06.5W (NAD 1983)
4. Hempstead Fireworks
Date: July 5, 1998
Time: 9:15 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Point Lookout, Hempstead, NY
7. Bangor Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Rain date: July 5, 1998
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Bangor/Brewer waterfront, ME
Lat: 44-47.6N, Long: 068-11.8W (NAD 1983)
8. Bar Harbor Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Bar Harbor/Bar Island, ME
Lat: 44-23.6N, Long: 068-11.8W (NAD 1983)
9. Stewarts 4th of July Fireworks Display
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Somes Sound, Northeast Harbor, ME
Lat: 44-18.3N, Long: 068-18.2W (NAD 1983)
10. Walsh's Fireworks
Date: July 3, 1998
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Union River Bay, ME
Lat: 44-23.5N, Long: 068-27.2W (NAD 1983)
13. Fourth of July Celebration
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Location: West Beach, Manchester Bay, Beverly Farms, MA
Lat: 42-33.515''N, Long: 070-48.292''W (NAD 1983)
14. Edgartown Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Edgartown Harbor, Edgartown, MA
Lat: 41-23.25N, Long: 070-29.45W (NAD 1983)
Lat: 41-22.99N, Long: 070-29.43W (NAD 1983)
17. Marion Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Silver Shell Beach, Marion, MA
Lat: 41-41.6N, Long: 070-45.5W (NAD 1983)
18. City of New Bedford Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: New Bedford Harbor, New Bedford, MA
Lat: 41-41N, Long. 070-40W (NAD 1983)
19. Onset Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Onset Harbor, Onset, MA
Lat: 41-38N, Long: 071-55W (NAD 1983)
21. Wellfleet Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Rain date: July 11, 1998
Time: 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Location: Indian Neck Jetty, Wellfleet, MA
Lat: 41-55.5N, Long: 070-02.0 (NAD 1983)
24. Bristol 4th of July Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Bristol Harbor, Bristol, RI
Lat: 41-39.8N, 071-17.0W (NAD 1983)
25. Oyster Harbor Club Fourth of July Festival
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Rain date: July 5, 1998
Time 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Tim's Cove, North Bay, Osterville, RI
Lat: 41-37.9N, Long: 070-24.0W (NAD 1983)
28. Fairfield Aerial Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Rain date: July 11, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Jennings Beach, Long Island Sound, Fairfield, CT
Lat: 41-08'22''N, Long: 073-14'02''W (NAD 1983)
29. Subfest Fireworks
Date: July 2, 1998
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 9:40 p.m.
Rain date: July 3, 1998
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 9:40 p.m.
Location: Thames River, Groton, CT
Lat: 40-23'13'' N, Long: 072-05'15'' W (NAD 1983)
30. Middletown Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9:15 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
Rain date: July 5, 1998
Time: 9:15 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
Location: Connecticut River, Middletown, CT
600 yards east of Harbor Park
31. Hartford Riverfest
Date: July 3, 1998
Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Connecticut River, Hartford, CT

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South side of Chapter Oak Bridge to Great River Park
32. City of Norwalk Fireworks
Date: July 3, 1998
Time: 9:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Rain date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Location: Calf Pasture Beach, Long Island Sound, Norwalk, CT
Lat: 41-04.50'' N, Lat: 073-23.22'' W (NAD 1983)
33. Norwich American Wharf Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Rain date: July 5, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Location: Norwich Harbor, Norwich, CT
Lat: 41-31'06'' N, Long: 072-04'46'' W (NAD 1983)
35. Stratford Fireworks
Date: July 3, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Short Beach, Stratford, CT
Lat: 41-10.11'' N, Long: 073-06.19'' W (NAD 1983)
36. Westport P.A.L. Fireworks
Date: July 2, 1998
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Compo Beach, Westport, CT
37. Bayville Crescent Club Fireworks
Date: July 20, 1998
Time: 9:15 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Rain date: July 21, 1998
Time: 9:15 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Cooper Bluff, Cove Neck, NY
Lat: 40-54'6'' N, Long: 073-32'0'' W (NAD 1983)
40. Jones Beach State Park Fireworks
Date: July 4, 1998
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 9:55 p.m.
Location: Fishing Pier, Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh, NY
Lat: 40-35.7'' N, Long: 073-30.6'' W (NAD 1983)
47. Boys Harbor Fireworks Extravaganza
Date: July 18, 1998
Time: 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Three Mile Harbor, East Hampton, NY
Lat: 41-15'' N, Long: 070-11.91'' W (NAD 1983)

August

4. Fall River Celebrates America Fireworks
Date: August 8, 1998
Time: 9:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Taunton River, vicinity of buoy #17, Fall River, MA
Lat: 41-41.7'' N, Long: 071-10.0'' W (NAD 1983)
9. Salute to Summer
Date: September 5, 1998
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Narragansett Bay, East Passage, off Coasters Harbor Island, 
Newport, RI
Lat: 41-25'' N, Long: 071-20'' W (NAD 1993)

    Dated: June 4, 1998.
James D. Garrison,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, First Coast Guard 
District.
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