Document ID: USCG-2015-0554-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Captain of the Port Boston Fireworks Display Zone, Boston Harbor, Boston, MA (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2015-07-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 131 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39383-39384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16803]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0554]

Safety Zones; Captain of the Port Boston Fireworks Display Zone, 
Boston Harbor, Boston, MA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone in the Captain of 
the Port Boston Zone on the specified date and time listed below. This 
action is necessary to ensure the protection of the maritime public and 
event participants from the hazards associated with this annual 
recurring event. Under the provisions of our regulations, no person or 
vessel, except for the safety vessels assisting with the event may 
enter the safety zone unless given permission

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from the COTP or the designated on-scene representative. The Coast 
Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
agencies in enforcing this regulation.

DATES: The regulation for the safety zone described in 33 CFR 
165.119(a)(3) will be enforced from 9:15 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, 
July 12, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, call or email Mr. Mark Cutter, Coast Guard Sector Boston 
Waterways Management Division, telephone 617-223-4000, email 
Mark.E.Cutter@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.119(a)(3); Fan Pier Safety Zone. All U.S. 
navigable waters of Boston inner Harbor within a 700-foot radius of the 
fireworks barge in approximate position 42[deg]21'23.2'' N. 
071[deg]02'26'' W. (NAD 1983), located off of the Fan Pier, South 
Boston, MA.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.119 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this document in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced notification of 
enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast 
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 document, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: June 22, 2015.
C.C. Gelzer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Boston.
[FR Doc. 2015-16803 Filed 7-8-15; 8:45 am]
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