Document ID: USCG-2022-0899-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2022-12-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 76425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27042]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0899]

Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard 
District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Delaware River, Philadelphia, 
PA; Safety Zone from 5:45 p.m. through 6:30 p.m. on December 31, 2022, 
and from 11:45 p.m. on December 31, 2022, through 12:30 a.m. on January 
1, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during two barge-based fireworks displays. Our regulation for marine 
events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated 
area for this event in Philadelphia, PA. During the enforcement period, 
the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with 
directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying 
a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulation 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the location 
identified in entry 10 of table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) from 5:45 p.m. 
through 6:30 p.m. on December 31, 2022, and from 11:45 p.m. on December 
31, 2022, through 12:30 a.m. on January 1, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Dylan 
Caikowski, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management 
Division, telephone 215-271-4814, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506, entry No. 10 for two 
barge-based fireworks displays from 5:45 p.m. through 6:30 p.m. on 
December 31, 2022, and from 11:45 p.m. on December 31, 2022, through 
12:30 a.m. on January 1, 2023. This action is necessary to ensure 
safety of life on the navigable waters of the United States immediately 
prior to, during, and immediately after fireworks displays. Our 
regulation for safety zones of fireworks displays within the Fifth 
Coast Guard District, table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506, 
entry 10 specifies the location of the regulated area as all waters of 
the Delaware River, adjacent to Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA, 
within a 500-yard radius of the fireworks barge position. The 
approximate position for the display is latitude 39[deg]56'52'' N, 
longitude 075[deg]8'9.28'' W. During the enforcement period, as 
reflected in Sec.  165.506(d), vessels may not enter, remain in, or 
transit through the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the 
Port or designated Coast Guard patrol personnel on-scene.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide notification of this enforcement period 
via broadcast notice to mariners.

    Dated: December 7, 2022.
Jonathan D. Theel,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2022-27042 Filed 12-13-22; 8:45 am]
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