Document ID: USCG-2021-0377-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2021-06-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13573]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0377]

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 the Penn's Landing, Delaware 
River, Philadelphia PA; Safety Zone from 9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on 
July 4, 2021, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during this firework event. Our regulation for marine events within the 
Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event 
in Philadelphia, PA. During the enforcement periods, the operator of 
any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the 
Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard 
ensign.

DATES: The regulations in the table to 33 CFR 165.506, entry (a)(16) 
will be enforced from 9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on July 4, 2021.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in the Table to 33 CFR 165.506, entry (a)(16) for the Coopers Ferry 
Fireworks display from 9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on July 4, 2021. 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. Our regulation for safety zones of fireworks 
displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District, table to Sec.  165.506, 
entry (a)(16), specifies the location of the regulated area as all 
waters of Delaware River, adjacent to 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. During the enforcement 
period, as reflected in Sec.  165.506(d), vessels may not enter, remain 
in, or transit through the safety zone during the enforcement period 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or designated Coast Guard 
patrol personnel on scene.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide notification of this enforcement period 
via broadcast notice to mariners.

    Dated: June 18, 2021.
Jonathan D. Theel,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2021-13573 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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