Document ID: USCG-2021-0153-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Annual Fireworks Displays and Other Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District Requiring Safety Zones
Posted Date: 2021-03-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 31, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06453]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0153]

Annual Fireworks Displays and Other Events in the Eighth Coast 
Guard District Requiring Safety Zones

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Riverfest 
fireworks display on the Neches River in Port Neches, TX from 8:30 p.m. 
through 10 p.m. on May 1, 2021 to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for fireworks 
displays and other events within the Eighth Coast Guard District 
identifies the regulated area for this event in Port Neches, TX. During 
the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated 
area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.801 Table 3 will be enforced from 
8:30 p.m. through 10 p.m. on May 1, 2021, or in the event of 
postponement due to rain, on May 2, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Mr. Scott Whalen, U.S. Coast 
Guard; telephone 409-719-5086, email scott.k.whalen@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zone 
regulations in 33 CFR 165.801 Table 3 for the Port Neches Riverfest 
fireworks display from 8:30 p.m. through 10 p.m. on May 1, 2021, or in 
the event of rain, on May 2, 2021. This action is being taken to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways before, during, 
and after a pyrotechnics display. Our annual fireworks displays and 
other events in the Eighth Coast Guard District requiring safety zones, 
Sec.  165.801, specifies the location of the safety zone for the 
Riverfest fireworks display which encompasses a 500-yard radius of the 
fireworks barge anchored on the Neches River in approximate position 
29[deg]59'51'' N 093[deg]57'06'' W (NAD83). During the enforcement 
period, as reflected in Sec.  165.801 Table 3, if you are the operator 
of a vessel in the regulated area you must comply with directions from 
the Patrol Commander or designated representative.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of the enforcement 
periods via Local Notice to Mariners, Marine Safety Information 
Bulletin and Vessel Traffic Service Advisory.

    Dated: March 22, 2021.
Molly. A. Wike,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Marine Safety Zone Port 
Arthur.
[FR Doc. 2021-06453 Filed 3-30-21; 8:45 am]
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