Document ID: USCG-2021-0334-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Displays Within the Captain of the Port Sector Puget Sound
Posted Date: 2021-05-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 26, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 28267-28268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11131]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0334]

Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Displays Within the Captain of the 
Port Sector Puget Sound

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

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce fourteen safety zones for annual 
firework displays in the Captain of the Port Sector Puget Sound Zone 
from 5 p.m. on July 4, 2021, through 1 a.m. on July 5, 2021. This 
action is necessary to prevent injury and to protect life and property 
of the maritime public from the hazards associated with the firework 
displays. During the enforcement periods, entry into, transit through, 
mooring, or anchoring within these safety zones is prohibited unless 
authorized by Captain of the Port Sector Puget Sound or their 
Designated Representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1332 will be enforced for the 
fourteen safety zones identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below from 5 p.m. on July 4, 2021, through 1 a.m. on July 5, 
2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Chief Warrant Officer William 
Martinez, Sector Puget Sound Waterways Management, Coast Guard; 
telephone 206-217-6051, SectorPugetSoundWWM@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zones in 
33 CFR 165.1332 for the following fourteen Annual Fireworks Displays 
within the Captain of the Port Puget Sound (COTP) Area of 
Responsibility (AOR). These regulations will be enforced from 5 p.m. on 
July 4, 2021, through 1 a.m. on July 5, 2021, at the following 
locations:

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            Event name                     Location                 Latitude                   Longitude
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Tacoma Freedom Fair...............  Commencement Bay.....  47[deg]17.103' N            122[deg]28.410' W
City of Anacortes.................  Fidalgo Bay..........  48[deg]30.016' N            122[deg]36.154' W
Alderbrook Resort & Spa Fireworks.  Hood Canal...........  47[deg]21.033' N            123[deg]04.1' W
Fireworks Display.................  Henderson Bay........  47[deg]21.8' N              122[deg]38.367' W
Sheridan Beach Community..........  Lake Forest Park.....  47[deg]44.783' N            122[deg]16.917' W
Kingston Fireworks................  Appletree Cove.......  47[deg]47.65' N             122[deg]29.917' W
Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival......  Possession Sound.....  47[deg]56.9' N              122[deg]18.6' W
Brewster Fire Department Fireworks  Brewster.............  48[deg]05.362' N            119[deg]47.147' W
Port Angeles......................  Port Angeles Harbor..  48[deg]07.033' N            123[deg]24.967' W
Friday Harbor Independence........  Friday Harbor........  48[deg]32.255' N            123[deg]0.654' W

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Roche Harbor Fireworks............  Roche Harbor.........  48[deg]36.7' N              123[deg]09.5' W
Blast Over Bellingham.............  Bellingham Bay.......  48[deg]44.933' N            122[deg]29.667' W
True Colors Event.................  Blaine...............  48[deg]59.488' N            122[deg]46.339' W
City of Mount Vernon Fireworks....  Edgewater Park.......  48[deg]25.178' N            122[deg]20.424' W
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    The special requirements listed in 33 CFR 165.1332(b) apply to the 
activation and enforcement of these safety zones. All vessel operators 
who desire to enter the safety zone must obtain permission from the 
COTP or their Designated Representative by contacting the Coast Guard 
Sector Puget Sound Joint Harbor Operations Center (JHOC) on VHF Channel 
13 or Channel 16 or via telephone at (206) 217-6002. The Coast Guard 
may be assisted by other Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    In addition to the publication of this document in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with 
extensive advanced notification of enforcement of these safety zones 
via the Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: May 20, 2021.
P.M. Hilbert,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2021-11131 Filed 5-25-21; 8:45 am]
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