Document ID: USCG-2019-0157-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2019-04-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 12933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06414]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0157]

Safety Zone; San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display, San 
Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the San 
Francisco Giants Fireworks Display in the Captain of the Port, San 
Francisco area of responsibility during the dates and times noted 
below. This action is necessary to protect life and property of the 
maritime public from the hazards associated with the fireworks display. 
During the enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are 
prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or anchoring in the 
safety zone, unless authorized by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM).

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 1, will 
be enforced from 11 a.m. on April 12, 2019, through 1 a.m. on April 13, 
2019, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Lieutenant Junior Grade Jennae N. Cotton, Waterways 
Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone (415) 399-
3585, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
for the San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display from 11 a.m. on April 
12, 2019 until 1 a.m. on April 13, 2019, or as announced via Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners. This notice is issued under authority of 46 U.S.C. 
70034, 70051; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Department of 
Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. In addition to this notice in 
the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide the maritime 
community with extensive advance notification of the safety zone and 
its enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners.
    The safety zone will extend to all navigable waters of the San 
Francisco Bay, from surface to bottom, within a circle formed by 
connecting all points 100 feet out from the fireworks barge during the 
loading, transit, and arrival of the fireworks barge from the loading 
location to the display location and until the start of the fireworks 
display. From 11 a.m. on April 12, 2019 until 5 p.m. on April 12, 2019, 
the fireworks barge will be loading pyrotechnics from Pier 50 in San 
Francisco, CA. The fireworks barge will remain at the loading location 
until its transit to the display location. From 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on 
April 12, 2019 the loaded fireworks barge will transit from Pier 50 to 
the launch site near Pier 48 in approximate position 37[deg] 46' 36'' 
N, 122[deg] 22' 56'' W (NAD 83) where it will remain until the 
conclusion of the fireworks display. Upon the commencement of the 15 
minute fireworks display, scheduled to begin at the conclusion of the 
baseball game, at approximately 10 p.m. on April 12, 2019, the safety 
zone will increase in size and encompass all navigable waters of the 
San Francisco Bay, from surface to bottom, within a circle formed by 
connecting all points 700 feet out from the fireworks barge near Pier 
48 in approximate position 37[deg] 46' 36'' N, 122[deg] 22' 56'' W (NAD 
83) for the San Francisco Giants Fireworks listed in 33 CFR 165.1191, 
Table 1, Item number 1. This safety zone will be in effect from 11 a.m. 
on April 12, 2019 until 1 a.m. on April 13, 2019, or as announced via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1191, unauthorized persons or 
vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or 
anchoring in the safety zone during all applicable effective dates and 
times, unless authorized to do so by the PATCOM. Additionally, each 
person who receives notice of a lawful order or direction issued by an 
official patrol vessel shall obey the order or direction. The PATCOM is 
empowered to forbid entry into and control the regulated area. The 
PATCOM shall be designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector San 
Francisco. The PATCOM may, upon request, allow the transit of 
commercial vessels through regulated areas when it is safe to do so.
    If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area need 
not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: March 28, 2019.
Rebecca W. Deakin,
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Waterways Management 
Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-06414 Filed 4-2-19; 8:45 am]
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