Document ID: USCG-2012-1036-0010
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones and Special Local Regulations: Recurring Marine Events in Captain of the Port Long Island Sound Zone (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2014-06-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36209-36210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14993]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2012-1036]

Safety Zones & Special Local Regulations; Recurring Marine Events 
in Captain of the Port Long Island Sound Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 6 safety zones for 5 fireworks 
displays and 1 swim event in the Sector Long Island Sound area of 
responsibility on the dates and times listed in the tables below. This 
action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during the events. During the enforcement periods, no person 
or vessel may enter the regulated area or safety zones without 
permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP) Sector Long Island Sound 
or designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.151 will be enforced during the 
dates and times listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Petty Officer Scott Baumgartner, Waterways Management 
Division, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound; telephone 203-468-
4559, email Scott.A.Baumgartner@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones listed in 33 CFR 165.151 on the specified dates and times as 
indicated in the Tables below. If the event is delayed by inclement 
weather, the regulation will be enforced on the rain date indicated in 
the Tables below. These regulations were published in the Federal 
Register on May 24, 2013 (78 FR 31402).

                        Table 1 to Sec.   165.151
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6                                                      June
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6.4 Salute to Veterans Fireworks.......   Date: June 28, 2014.
                                          Rain date: June 29,
                                          2014.
                                          Time: 9 p.m. to 10:30
                                          p.m.

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                                          Location: Waters of
                                          Reynolds Channel off
                                          Hempstead, NY within 600 feet
                                          of the fireworks launch site
                                          located in approximate
                                          position 40[deg]35'36.87'' N,
                                          073[deg]35'20.72'' W (NAD 83).
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7                                                      July
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7.12 City of Stamford Fireworks........   Date: July 3, 2014.
                                          Rain date: July 5,
                                          2014.
                                          Time: 9 p.m. to 10:30
                                          p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          Fisher's Westcott cove,
                                          Stamford, CT in approximate
                                          position 41[deg]02'09.56'' N,
                                          073[deg]30'57.76'' W (NAD 83).
7.13 City of West Haven Fireworks......   Date: July 3 2014.
                                          Rain date: July 5,
                                          2014.
                                          Time: 8:45 p.m. to
                                          10:30 p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          New Haven Harbor, off Bradley
                                          Point, West Haven, CT within
                                          800 feet of the fireworks
                                          launch site located in
                                          approximate position
                                          41[deg]15'07'' N,
                                          072[deg]57'26'' W (NAD 83).
7.23 Riverfest Fireworks...............   Date: July 12, 2014.
                                          Rain date: July 13,
                                          2014.
                                          Time: 4:00 p.m. to
                                          12:00 a.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          the Connecticut River near
                                          Hartford, CT within 800 feet
                                          of the center point of four
                                          fireworks barges located in
                                          approximate position,
                                          41[deg]45'39.93'' N,
                                          072[deg]39'49.14'' W (NAD 83).
7.29 Mashantucket Pequot Fireworks.....   Date: July 12, 2014.
                                          Rain Date: July 13,
                                          2014.
                                          Time: 8:30 p.m. to
                                          10:30 p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          the Thames River New London,
                                          CT within 1,000 feet of the
                                          fireworks barges located in
                                          the following approximate
                                          positions:
                                            Barge 1, 41[deg]21'03.31''
                                             N, 072[deg]05'21.54'' W
                                             Barge 2, 41[deg]20'51.75''
                                             N, 072[deg]05'18.90'' W
                                             (NAD 83).
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                        Table 2 to Sec.   165.151
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                                                      August
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1.1 Swim Across the Sound..............   Date: August 2, 2014.
                                          Time: 8:30 a.m. to
                                          7:30 p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          Long Island Sound, Port
                                          Jefferson, NY to Captain's
                                          Cove Seaport, Bridgeport, CT.
                                          in approximate positions
                                          40[deg]58'11.71'' N
                                          073[deg]05'51.12'' W, north-
                                          westerly to the finishing
                                          point at Captain's Cove
                                          Seaport 41[deg]09'25.07'' N
                                          073[deg]12'47.82'' W (NAD 83).
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.151, the fireworks displays and 
swim events listed above are established as safety zones. During the 
enforcement periods, persons and vessels are prohibited from entering 
into, transiting through, mooring, or anchoring within the regulated 
area or safety zone unless they receive permission from the COTP or 
designated representative.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR part 165 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with advance 
notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to 
Mariners or marine information broadcasts. If the COTP determines that 
the regulated area or 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 regulated area or safety 
zone.

    Dated: June 13, 2014.
E.J. Cubanski, III,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sector Long Island 
Sound.
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