Document ID: USCG-2019-0321-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Multiple Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Captain of the Port New York Zone
Posted Date: 2019-06-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 27956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12729]

[[Page 27956]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0321]

Multiple Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Captain of the 
Port New York Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone within the Captain 
of the Port New York Zone on the specified dates and times. This action 
is necessary to ensure the safety of vessels, spectators and 
participants from hazards associated with fireworks displays. During 
the enforcement periods, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone 
without permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulation for the safety zone described in 33 CFR 165.160 
will be enforced on the date and times listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer First Class Ronald Sampert 
U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 718-354-4197, email 
ronald.j.sampert@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones listed in 33 CFR 165.160 on the specified date and time as 
indicated in Table 1 below. This regulation was published in the 
Federal Register on November 9, 2011 (76 FR 69614).

                                 Table 1
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1. City of Poughkeepsie Independence      Launch site: A barge
 Day, Poughkeepsie, NY, Hudson River      located in approximate
 Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(5.13).       position 41[deg]42'24.50'' N,
                                          073[deg]56'44.16'' W (NAD
                                          1983), approximately 420 yards
                                          north of the Mid Hudson
                                          Bridge. This Safety Zone is a
                                          300-yard radius from the
                                          barge.
                                          Date: July 4, 2019.
                                          Time: 9:00 p.m.-10:00
                                          p.m.
2. Breezy Point Co-Op Inc., Rockaway      Launch site: A barge
 Inlet Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(2.9).  located in approximate
                                          position 40[deg]34'19.1'' N,
                                          073[deg]54'43.5'' W (NAD
                                          1983). 1200 yards south of
                                          Point Breeze. This Safety Zone
                                          is a 360-yard radius from the
                                          barge.
                                          Date: July 5, 2019.
                                          Rain Date: July 6,
                                          2019.
                                          Time: 9:00 p.m.-10:00
                                          p.m.
3. Peekskill Celebration, Peekskill       Launch site: A barge
 Bay, Hudson River Safety Zone, 33 CFR    located in approximate
 165.160(5.10).                           position 41[deg]17'16'' N,
                                          073[deg]56'18'' W (NAD 1983),
                                          approximately 670 yards north
                                          of Travis Point. This Safety
                                          Zone is a 360-yard radius from
                                          the barge.
                                          Date: August 3, 2019.
                                          Time: 9:30 p.m.-10:30
                                          p.m.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.160, vessels may not enter the 
safety zones unless given permission from the COTP or a designated 
representative. Spectator vessels may transit outside the safety zones 
but may not anchor, block, loiter in, or impede the transit of other 
vessels. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or 
local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.160(a) and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of 
enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide 
mariners with advanced notification of enforcement periods via the 
Local Notice to Mariners and marine information broadcasts.
    If the COTP determines that a safety zone need not be enforced for 
the full duration stated in this notice of enforcement, a Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to enter the 
safety zone.

    Dated: May 15, 2019.
J.P. Tama,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port New York.
[FR Doc. 2019-12729 Filed 6-14-19; 8:45 am]
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