Document ID: USCG-2019-0288-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone
Posted Date: 2019-05-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24029-24030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10887]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0288]

Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo 
Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce certain safety zones located in 
federal regulations for Annual Events in the Captain of the Port 
Buffalo. This action is necessary and intended to protect the safety of 
life and property on navigable waters prior to, during, and immediately 
after these events. During each enforcement period, no person or vessel 
may enter the respective safety zone without the permission of the 
Captain of the Port Buffalo.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939(b)(1), as listed in Table 
165.939, will be enforced from 6:15 a.m. through 10:45 a.m. on July 21, 
2019.
    The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939(b)(4), as listed in Table 
165.939, will be enforced from 9:15 p.m. through 10:15 p.m. on July 4, 
2019.
    The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939(b)(6), as listed in Table 
165.939, will be enforced from 8:45 p.m. through 11:45 p.m. on July 27, 
2019.
    The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939(b)(12), as listed in Table 
165.939, will be enforced from 6:45 a.m. through 10:45 a.m. on July 13, 
2019.
    The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939(d)(2), as listed in Table 
165.939, will be enforced daily from 9 a.m. through 6 p.m. August 30, 
2019 through September 2, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT Ryan Junod, Chief of Waterways 
Management, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Cleveland; telephone 
(216) 937-0124, email ryan.s.junod@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port

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Buffalo Zone listed in 33 CFR 165.939 for the following events:
    (1) Cleveland Triathlon, Cleveland, OH; The safety zone listed in 
Table 165.939 as (b)(1) will be enforced from 6:15 a.m. through 10:45 
a.m. on July 21, 2019.
    (2) Downtown Cleveland Alliance July 4th Fireworks, Cleveland, OH; 
The safety zone listed in Table 165.939 as (b)(4) will be enforced from 
9:15 p.m. through 10:15 p.m. on July 4, 2019.
    (3) Parade of Lights, Cleveland, OH; The safety zone listed in 
Table 165.939 as (b)(6) will be enforced from 8:45 p.m. through 11:45 
p.m. on July 27, 2019.
    (4) Open Water Swim; The safety zone listed in Table 165.939 as 
(b)(12) will be enforced from 6:45 a.m. through 10:45 a.m. on July 13, 
2019.
    (5) Cleveland National Air Show, Cleveland, OH; The safety zone 
listed in Table 165.939 as (d)(2) will be enforced daily from 9 a.m. 
through 6 p.m. August 30, 2019 through September 2, 2019.
    Pursuant to 33 CFR 165.23, entry into, transiting, or anchoring 
within the safety zone during an enforcement period is prohibited 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Buffalo or his designated 
representative. Those seeking permission to enter the safety zone may 
request permission from the Captain of Port Buffalo via channel 16, 
VHF-FM. Vessels and persons granted permission to enter the safety zone 
shall obey the directions of the Captain of the Port Buffalo or his 
designated representative. While within a safety zone, all vessels 
shall operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.939 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement 
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime 
community with advance notification of this enforcement period via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. If the 
Captain of the Port Buffalo determines that the safety zone need not be 
enforced for the full duration stated in this notice he or she may use 
a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter the 
respective safety zone.

    Dated: May 20, 2019.
Joseph S. Dufresne,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Buffalo.
[FR Doc. 2019-10887 Filed 5-23-19; 8:45 am]
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