Document ID: USCG-2016-0415-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Captain of the Port Boston Fireworks Display Zone, Boston Harbor, Boston, MA
Posted Date: 2016-06-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 123 (Monday, June 27, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15090]

[[Page 41444]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0415]

Safety Zones; Captain of the Port Boston Fireworks Display Zone, 
Boston Harbor, Boston, MA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for the 
Boston Harborfest in Boston Inner Harbor on July 2, 2016, to provide 
for the safety of life on navigable waterways during the fireworks. Our 
regulation for Captain of the Port Boston Fireworks display zone, 
Boston Harbor, Boston, MA identifies the regulated area for this 
fireworks display. During the enforcement period, no vessel may transit 
this regulated area without approval from the Captain of the Port or a 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.119(a)(2) will be enforced 
Saturday, July 2, 2016 from 9 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Mr. Mark Cutter, Sector Boston 
Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 617-223-
4000, email Mark.E.Cutter@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 165.119(a)(2) Saturday, July 2, 2016 from 9 p.m. 
to 9:45 p.m., for the Boston Harborfest in Boston Inner Harbor. This 
action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during the fireworks display. Our regulation for Captain of 
the Port Boston Fireworks display zone, Boston Harbor, Boston, MA, 
Sec.  165.119(a)(2), specifies the location of the regulated area as 
all U.S. navigable waters of Boston Inner Harbor within a 700-foot 
radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position 42[deg]21'41.2'' 
N. 071[deg]02'36.5'' W. (NAD 1983), located off of Long Wharf, Boston 
MA. As specified in Sec.  165.119(e), during the enforcement period, no 
vessel may transit this regulated area without approval from the 
Captain of the Port Sector Boston (COTP) or a COTP designated 
representative.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.119 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement 
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification 
of this enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: June 17, 2016.
C.C. Gelzer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Boston.
[FR Doc. 2016-15090 Filed 6-24-16; 8:45 am]
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