Document ID: USCG-2021-0851-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Fireworks Displays Within the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2021-11-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 225 (Friday, November 26, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 67326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25846]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0851]

Safety Zone; Fireworks Displays Within the Fifth Coast Guard 
District

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

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for holiday 
fireworks at The Wharf DC on December 4, 2021, to provide for the 
safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation 
for Fireworks Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies 
the safety zone for this event in Washington, DC. During the 
enforcement period, the operator of any vessel in the safety zone must 
comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol 
displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the 
location identified in line no. 1 of table 2 to 33 CFR 165.506(h)(2) 
from 7:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. on December 4, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email MST3 Melissa Kelly, Sector 
Maryland-NCR, Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard: 
telephone 410-576-2596, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
regulation for holiday fireworks at The Wharf DC from 7:30 p.m. to 9 
p.m. on December 4, 2021. This action is being taken to provide for the 
safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation 
for Fireworks Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District, Sec.  
165.506, specifies the location of the safety zone for the fireworks 
show which encompasses portions of the Washington Channel in the Upper 
Potomac River. During the enforcement period, as reflected in Sec.  
165.506(d), if you are the operator of a vessel in the safety zone you 
must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official 
Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.

    Dated: November 22, 2021.
David E. O'Connell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Maryland-National 
Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2021-25846 Filed 11-24-21; 8:45 am]
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