Document ID: USCG-2019-0438-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2019-06-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29080-29081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13182]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0438]

Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard 
District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zones for six of the 
fireworks displays as described in the table to 33 CFR 165.506 on 
various dates on and around July 4, 2019. This action is necessary to 
ensure safety of life on the navigable waters of the United States 
immediately prior to, during, and immediately after the fireworks 
displays. During the enforcement periods, vessels may not enter, remain 
in, or transit through the safety zones during these enforcement 
periods unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or designated 
Coast Guard patrol personnel on scene.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the safety 
zones identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for the 
dates and times specified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Thomas 
Welker, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management 
Division, telephone 215-271-4814, email Thomas.J.Welker@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zones 
established in 33 CFR 165.506 for the following six fireworks displays 
during the dates, times, and at the locations listed in the following 
table:

 Dates and Times of Enforcement of Certain 33 CFR 165.506 Safety Zones for Fireworks Displays in the Coast Guard
                                   Sector Delaware Bay COTP Zone in July 2019
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   Entry in the table to Sec.
            165.506                     Date               Time             Location            Safety zone
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(a)5...........................  July 3, 2019 or    9 p.m. to 10 p.m.  Barnegat Bay,      The waters of Barnegat
                                  rain date of                          Barnegat           Bay within a 500 yard
                                  July 5, 2019.                         Township, NJ.      radius of the
                                                                                           fireworks barge in
                                                                                           approximate position
                                                                                           latitude
                                                                                           39[deg]44'50'' N,
                                                                                           longitude
                                                                                           074[deg]11'21'' W,
                                                                                           approximately 500
                                                                                           yards north of
                                                                                           Conklin Island, NJ.
(a)7...........................  July 3, 2019 or    9:15 p.m. to       Delaware Bay,      All waters of the
                                  rain date of       10:15 p.m.         North Cape May,    Delaware Bay within a
                                  July 5, 2019.                         NJ.                360 yard radius of
                                                                                           the fireworks barge
                                                                                           in approximate
                                                                                           position latitude
                                                                                           38[deg]58'00'' N,
                                                                                           longitude
                                                                                           074[deg]58'30'' W.
(a)4...........................  July 4, 2019 or    8:45 p.m. to 9:30  North Atlantic     The waters of the
                                  rain date of       p.m.               Ocean, Avalon,     North Atlantic Ocean
                                  July 5, 2019.                         NJ.                within a 500 yard
                                                                                           radius of the
                                                                                           fireworks barge in
                                                                                           approximate location
                                                                                           latitude
                                                                                           39[deg]06'19.5'' N,
                                                                                           longitude
                                                                                           074[deg]42'02.15'' W,
                                                                                           in the vicinity of
                                                                                           the shoreline at
                                                                                           Avalon, NJ.
(a)11..........................  July 4, 2019 or    9:30 p.m. to       North Atlantic     The waters of the
                                  rain date of       10:30 p.m.         Ocean, Ocean       North Atlantic Ocean
                                  July 5, 2019.                         City, NJ.          within a 500 yard
                                                                                           radius of the
                                                                                           fireworks barge in
                                                                                           approximate location
                                                                                           latitude
                                                                                           39[deg]16'22'' N,
                                                                                           longitude
                                                                                           074[deg]33'54'' W, in
                                                                                           the vicinity of the
                                                                                           shoreline at Ocean
                                                                                           City, NJ.

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(a)13..........................  July 4, 2019.....  9:15 p.m. to 9:45  Little Egg         All waters of Little
                                                     p.m.               Harbor, Parker     Egg Harbor within a
                                                                        Island, NJ.        500 yard radius of
                                                                                           the fireworks barge
                                                                                           in approximate
                                                                                           position latitude
                                                                                           39[deg]34'18'' N,
                                                                                           longitude
                                                                                           074[deg]14'43'' W,
                                                                                           approximately 50
                                                                                           yards north of
                                                                                           Parkers Island.
(a)16..........................  July 4, 2019 or    9 p.m. to 10:30    Penn's Landing,    All waters of Delaware
                                  rain date of       p.m.               Delaware River,    River, adjacent to
                                  July 5, 2019.                         Philadelphia PA.   Penn's Landing,
                                                                                           Philadelphia, PA,
                                                                                           within 500 yards of a
                                                                                           fireworks barge at
                                                                                           approximate position
                                                                                           latitude
                                                                                           39[deg]56'49'' N,
                                                                                           longitude
                                                                                           075[deg]08'11'' W.
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    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide notification of the enforcement periods 
via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine information broadcasts.

    Dated: June 11, 2019.
Scott E. Anderson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2019-13182 Filed 6-20-19; 8:45 am]
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