Document ID: USCG-2016-0939-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Liberty Island Safety Zone; Fireworks Display in Captain of the Port New York Zone
Posted Date: 2016-12-30T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 251 (Friday, December 30, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 96380-96381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31531]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0939]

Liberty Island Safety Zone; Fireworks Display in Captain of the 
Port New York Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone within the Captain 
of the Port New York Zone on the specified date and time. This action 
is necessary to ensure the safety of vessels and spectators from 
hazards associated with fireworks displays. During the enforcement 
period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone without 
permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulation for the safety zone described in 33 CFR 165.160 
will be enforced on the date and time listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Petty Officer First Class Ronald Sampert, U.S. Coast 
Guard; telephone 718-354-4154, email ronald.j.sampert@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone listed in 33 CFR 
165.160 on the specified date and time as indicated

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in Table 1 below. This regulation was published in the Federal Register 
on November 9, 2011 (76 FR 69614).

                                                     Table 1
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1. Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, NYE, Liberty Island    Launch site: A barge located in approximate
 Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160 (2.1).                       position 40[deg]41'16.5'' N, 074[deg]02'23'' W (NAD
                                                          1983), approximately 360 yards east of Liberty Island.
                                                          This Safety Zone is a 240-yard radius from the barge.
                                                          Date: December 31, 2016
                                                          Time: 11:55 p.m.-12:10 a.m.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.160, vessels may not enter the 
safety zone unless given permission from the COTP or a designated 
representative. Spectator vessels may transit outside the safety zones 
but may not anchor, block, loiter in, or impede the transit of other 
vessels. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or 
local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.160(a) and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced notification of 
enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.
    If the COTP determines that a safety zone 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 safety zone.

    Dated: December 7, 2016.
M. H. Day,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port New York.
[FR Doc. 2016-31531 Filed 12-29-16; 8:45 am]
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