Document ID: USCG-2022-0755-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Fireworks Displays Within the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2022-09-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58451-58452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20904]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0755]

Safety Zone; Fireworks Displays Within the Fifth Coast Guard 
District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for fireworks at 
The Wharf DC on October 4, 2022, to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for Fireworks 
Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the safety 
zone for this event in Washington, DC. During the enforcement period, 
the operator of any vessel in the safety zone must comply with 
directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying 
a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the 
location identified as item (1) of table 2 to paragraph (h)(2) from 8 
p.m. until 10 p.m. on October 4, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email MST2 Courtney Perry, Sector 
Maryland-NCR, Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard: 
telephone 410-576-2596, email [email protected]. C

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
regulation 33 CFR 165.506 for fireworks at The Wharf DC from 8 p.m. to 
10 p.m. on October 4, 2022. This action is being taken to provide for 
the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our 
regulation for Fireworks Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard 
District, Sec.  165.506, specifies the location of the safety zone for 
the fireworks show in item (1) of table 2 to paragraph (h)(2). The 
safety zone encompasses portions of the Washington Channel in the Upper 
Potomac River. As reflected in Sec.  165.506(d), during the enforcement 
period, if you are the operator of a vessel in the safety zone you must

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comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol 
displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.

    Dated: September 21, 2022.
David E. O'Connell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Maryland-National 
Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2022-20904 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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