Document ID: USCG-2021-0662-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2021-08-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 155 (Monday, August 16, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 45650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17521]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG- 2021-0662]

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

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: Notification 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 remaining in the 
safety zone, unless authorized by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM), any 
Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign, or other federal, 
state, or local law enforcement agencies on scene to assist the Coast 
Guard in enforcing the regulated area.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191 for the location in Table 1 
to Sec.  165.1191, Item number 1, will be enforced from 10 a.m. until 
11:30 p.m. on August 13, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Anthony Solares, 
Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone 
(415) 399-3585, email SFWaterways@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 1, for the San Francisco 
Giants Fireworks Display from 10 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. on August 13, 
2021. 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 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. on August 13, 2021, 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 8:45 p.m. on August 
13, 2021 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 10 minute fireworks 
display, scheduled to begin at the conclusion of the baseball game, 
between approximately 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on August 13, 2021, 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). This safety zone will be in enforced from 10 a.m. until 11:30 
p.m. on August 13, 2021, 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 or other Official 
Patrol, defined as a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency on 
scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the safety zone. During 
the enforcement period, if you are the operator of a vessel in one of 
the safety zones you must comply directions from the Patrol Commander 
or other Official Patrol. The PATCOM or Official Patrol may, upon 
request allow the transit of commercial vessels through regulated areas 
when it is safe to do so.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners.
    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: August 11, 2021.
Taylor Q. Lam,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2021-17521 Filed 8-11-21; 4:15 pm]
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