Document ID: USCG-2018-1038-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Sausalito Lighted Boat Parade Fireworks Display; Richardson Bay, Sausalito, CA
Posted Date: 2018-12-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 62710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26366]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2018-1038]
RIN 1625-AA00

Safety Zone; Sausalito Lighted Boat Parade Fireworks Display; 
Richardson Bay, Sausalito, CA

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 Sausalito 
Lighted Boat Parade Fireworks Display in the Captain of the Port, San 
Francisco area of responsibility during the dates and times noted 
below. This action is necessary to protect personnel, vessels, and the 
marine environment from the dangers associated with pyrotechnics. 
Unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, 
transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone without permission 
of the Captain of the Port or their designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 30, 
will be enforced from 10 a.m. to 8:10 p.m. on December 8, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Lieutenant Junior Grade Jennae Cotton, U.S. Coast Guard 
Sector San Francisco; telephone (415) 399-3585 or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
established in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 30, on December 8, 
2018. The Coast Guard will enforce a 100-foot safety zone around the 
fireworks barge during the loading, transit, and arrival of the 
fireworks barge from the loading location to the display location and 
until the start of the fireworks display. From 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on 
December 8, 2018, the fireworks barge will be loading pyrotechnics at 
Pier 50 in San Francisco, CA. The fireworks barge will remain at the 
loading location until its transit to the display location. From 5 p.m. 
to 6 p.m. on December 8, 2018 the loaded fireworks barge will transit 
from Pier 50 to the launch site near Sausalito Point in approximate 
position 37[deg]51'29.23'' N, 122[deg]28'25'' W (NAD 83) where it will 
remain until the conclusion of the fireworks display. At 7 p.m. on 
December 8, 2018, 30 minutes prior to the commencement of the 10-minute 
fireworks display, the safety zone will encompass the navigable waters 
surrounding the fireworks barge near Sausalito Point in Sausalito, CA 
within a radius of 1,000 feet from approximate position 
37[deg]51'29.23''N, 122[deg] 28'25'' W (NAD 83) for the Sausalito 
Lighted Boat Parade Fireworks Display in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item 
number 30. The safety zone shall terminate at 8:10 p.m. on December 8, 
2018.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1191, unauthorized persons or 
vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or 
anchoring in the safety zone during all applicable effective dates and 
times, unless authorized to do so by the PATCOM. Additionally, each 
person who receives notice of a lawful order or direction issued by an 
official patrol vessel shall obey the order or direction. The PATCOM is 
empowered to forbid entry into and control the regulated area. The 
PATCOM shall be designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector San 
Francisco. The PATCOM may, upon request, allow the transit of 
commercial vessels through regulated areas when it is safe to do so.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.1191 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 extensive advance 
notification of the safety zone and its enforcement period via the 
Local Notice to Mariners.
    If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area 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.

    Dated: November 28, 2018.
Rebecca W. Deakin,
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Waterways Management 
Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-26366 Filed 12-4-18; 8:45 am]
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