Document ID: USCG-2022-0180-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; March Madness Fireworks Display, New Orleans, LA
Posted Date: 2022-03-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16431-16432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06054]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0180]

Safety Zone; March Madness Fireworks Display, New Orleans, LA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a temporary safety zone for a 
fireworks display located on the navigable waters of the Lower 
Mississippi River between Mile Marker (MM) 94.5 to 95.5. This action is 
needed to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waterways 
during the event. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any 
vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the 
Captain of the Port or designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.845 will be enforced from 9:30 
p.m. to 11 p.m. on April 3, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Commander William 
Stewart, Sector New Orleans, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 504-365-2246, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zone 
located

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in 33 CFR 165.845 for the March Madness Fireworks Display event. The 
regulations will be enforced from 9:30 p.m. through 11 p.m. on April 3, 
2022. This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during this event, which will be located between MM 
94.5 to 95.5 above Head of Passes, Lower Mississippi River, LA. During 
the enforcement periods, if you are the operator of a vessel in the 
regulated area you must comply with directions from the Captain of the 
Port or designated representative.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via Marine Safety Information Bulletins (MSIBs), 
Local Notice to Mariners (LNMs), and/or Broadcast Notice to Mariners 
(BNMs).

    Dated: March 17, 2022.
W.E. Watson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sector New Orleans.
[FR Doc. 2022-06054 Filed 3-22-22; 8:45 am]
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