Document ID: USCG-2016-0908-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Fireworks Events in Captain of the Port New York Zone
Posted Date: 2016-10-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 200 (Monday, October 17, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 71381-71382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25048]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0908]

Safety Zones; Fireworks Events in Captain of the Port New York 
Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce various safety zones within the 
Captain of the Port New York Zone on the specified date and time. This 
action is necessary to ensure the safety of vessels and spectators from 
hazards associated with fireworks displays. During the enforcement 
period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone without 
permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulation for the safety zones described in 33 CFR 165.160 
will be enforced on the date and time listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Petty Officer First Class Ronald Sampert U.S. Coast 
Guard; telephone 718-354-4154, email ronald.j.sampert@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zones listed in 33 CFR 
165.160 on the specified dates and times as indicated in Table 1 below. 
This regulation was published in the Federal Register on November 9, 
2011 (76 FR 69614).

                                 Table 1
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    3. Tzell Travel Group Liberty         Launch site: A barge
     Island Safety Zone 33 CFR            located in approximate
     165.160(2.1).                        position 40[deg]41'16.5'' N.,
                                          074[deg]02'23'' W. (NAD 1983),
                                          approximately 360 yards east
                                          of Liberty Island. This Safety
                                          Zone is a 240-yard radius from
                                          the barge.
                                          Date: October 27,
                                          2016.
                                          Time: 8:50 p.m.-10:30
                                          p.m.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.160, vessels may not enter the 
safety zones unless given permission from the COTP or a designated 
representative. Spectator vessels may transit outside the safety zones 
but may not anchor, block, loiter in, or impede the transit of other 
vessels. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or 
local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.160(a) and 5 
U.S.C. 552 (a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced notification of 
enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.
    If the COTP determines that a safety zone 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 safety zone.

    Dated: September 29, 2016.
M.H. Day,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port New York.
[FR Doc. 2016-25048 Filed 10-14-16; 8:45 am]
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