Document ID: USCG-2019-0535-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone: Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone
Posted Date: 2019-06-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 30897-30898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13881]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0535]

Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo 
Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce certain safety zones located in 
the Federal regulations for Annual Events in the Captain of the Port 
Buffalo zone. This action is necessary and intended to protect the 
safety of life and property on navigable waters prior to, during, and 
immediately after these events. During each enforcement period, no 
person or vessel may enter the respective safety zone without the 
permission of the Captain of the Port Buffalo.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939 as listed in Table 165.939 
will be enforced for the events and times as stated in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT Sean Dolan, Chief of Waterways 
Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Buffalo telephone 716-843-9322, 
email D09-SMB-SECBuffalo-WWM@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone listed in 
33 CFR 165.939 for the following events:
    1. July 3rd Fireworks Spectacular--Under the Gun and Country Swag 
formerly known as Island Festival Fireworks, Baldwinsville, NY; The 
safety zone listed in Table 165.939 as (b)(21) will be enforced within 
a 420-foot radius of position 43[deg]09'23.4'' N, 076[deg]20'16.6'' W, 
from 10 p.m. through 11 p.m. on July 3, 2019.
    2. Olcott Fireworks, Olcott, NY; The safety zone listed in Table 
165.939 as (b)(24) will be enforced from 9:45 p.m. through 10:45 p.m. 
on July 3, 2019. In the case of inclement weather, the zone will be 
enforced from 9:45 p.m. through 10:45 p.m. on July 12, 2019.
    Pursuant to 33 CFR 165.23, entry into, transiting, or anchoring 
within the safety zones during an enforcement period is prohibited 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Buffalo or a designated 
representative. Those

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seeking permission to enter the safety zones may request permission 
from the Captain of the Port Buffalo via channel 16, VHF-FM. Vessels 
and persons granted permission to enter the safety zones shall obey the 
directions of the Captain of the Port Buffalo or a designated 
representative. While within a safety zone, all vessels shall operate 
at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.939 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement 
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime 
community with advance notification of this enforcement period via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. If the 
Captain of the Port Buffalo determines that the safety zone need not be 
enforced for the full duration stated in this notice of enforcement he 
or she may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general 
permission to enter the respective safety zone.

    Dated: June 25, 2019.
Joseph S. Dufresne,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Buffalo.
[FR Doc. 2019-13881 Filed 6-27-19; 8:45 am]
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