Document ID: USCG-2018-0445-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Wendell Family Fourth of July Fireworks Display, Rockport, TX
Posted Date: 2018-06-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 27511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12645]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0445]

Safety Zone; Wendell Family Fourth of July Fireworks Display, 
Rockport, TX

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Wendell 
Family Fourth of July Fireworks Display on July 4, 2018, to provide for 
the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our 
regulation for marine events within the Eighth Coast Guard District 
identifies the regulated area for this event in Rockport, TX. During 
the enforcement periods, entry into these zones is prohibited unless 
authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector Corpus Christi (COTP) or a 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 4, Line 7 will be 
enforced from 8 p.m. through 9:30 p.m. on July 4, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Kevin Kyles, Sector 
Corpus Christi Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone 361-939-5125, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 4, Line 7, for the Wendell Family Fourth of 
July Fireworks Display regulated area from 8 p.m. through 9:30 p.m. on 
July 4, 2018. This action is being taken to provide for the safety of 
life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for 
marine events within the Eighth Coast Guard District, Sec.  165.801, 
specifies the location of the regulated area for the Wendell Family 
Fourth of July Fireworks which encompasses portions of Little Bay and 
Rockport Beach Park. As reflected in Sec. Sec.  165.23 and 165.801(a), 
if you are the operator of a vessel in the regulated area you must 
comply with directions from the Captain of the Port Sector Corpus 
Christi (COTP) or a designated representative. Persons or vessels 
desiring to enter the zones must request permission from the COTP or a 
designated representative. They can be reached on VHF FM channel 16 or 
by telephone at (361) 939-0450. If permission is granted, all persons 
and vessels shall comply with the instructions of the COTP or 
designated representative. In addition to this notice of enforcement in 
the Federal Register, the COTP or a designated representative will 
inform the public through Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM), Local 
Notices to Mariners (LNM), Marine Safety Information Broadcasts 
(MSIBs), and/or through other means of public notice as appropriate at 
least 24 hours in advance of each enforcement.

    Dated: June 6, 2018.
E.J. Gaynor,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sector Corpus Christi.
[FR Doc. 2018-12645 Filed 6-12-18; 8:45 am]
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