Document ID: USCG-2012-0787-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Fleet Week Fireworks, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2012-09-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57494-57495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22922]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0787]

Safety Zone; Fleet Week Fireworks, San Francisco Bay, San 
Francisco, 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 Fleet 
Week Fireworks in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco area of 
responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This action is 
necessary to protect life and property of the maritime public from the 
hazards associated with the fireworks display. During the enforcement 
period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering 
into, transiting through, or anchoring in the safety zone, unless 
authorized by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM).

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 25, 
will be enforced from 11 a.m. to 9:50 p.m. on October 6, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Ensign William Hawn, U.S.

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Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone (415) 399-7442 or email at 
D11-PF-MarineEvents@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a 100 foot 
safety zone around a fireworks barge during the loading, transit, and 
arrival of the fireworks barge to the display location and until the 
start of the fireworks display. From 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. on October 6, 
2012, the fireworks barge will be loading pyrotechnics off of Pier 50 
in position 37[deg]46'28'' N, 122[deg]23'06'' W (NAD 83). From 8 p.m. 
to 8:30 p.m. on October 6, 2012, the loaded barge will transit from 
Pier 50 to the launch site near Pier 3 in approximate position 
37[deg]48'00'' N, 122[deg]23'27'' W (NAD83). Upon the commencement of 
the fireworks display, scheduled to take place from 9:30 p.m. to 9:40 
p.m. on October 6, 2012, the safety zone will increase in size and 
encompass the navigable waters around and under the fireworks barge 
within a radius 1,000 feet at the launch site near Pier 3 in 
approximate position 37[deg]48'00'' N, 122[deg]23'27'' W (NAD83) for 
the Fleet Week Fireworks in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, item number 25. 
This safety zone will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 9:50 p.m. on October 
6, 2012. 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: August 24, 2012.
Cynthia L. Stowe,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2012-22922 Filed 9-17-12; 8:45 am]
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