Document ID: USCG-2017-0258-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone
Posted Date: 2017-06-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 28, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29237-29238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13460]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0258]

Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks 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 a safety zone for the City of 
Cleveland 4th of July, on Lake Erie and the Cleveland Harbor from 9:30 
p.m. through 11 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4th, 2017. This action is 
necessary to provide for the safety of life and property on navigable 
waters during this event. Our regulation for Annual Fireworks Events in 
the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone identifies the safety zone for 
this event. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may 
enter the respective safety zone without the permission of the Captain 
of the Port Buffalo.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.939(a)(25) will be enforced from 
9:30 p.m. through 11 p.m. on July 4, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email LT Ryan Junod, Coast Guard; telephone 
216-937-0124, email ryan.s.junod@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zones; Annual Fireworks Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.939 for the following event:
    City of Cleveland 4th of July, Cleveland, OH; The safety zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.939(a)(25) will be enforced from 9:30 p.m. through 
11 p.m. on July 4, 2017. The safety zone will encompass all navigable 
waters of Lake Erie and Cleveland Harbor within a 1,000 foot radius of 
land position 41[deg]30'10'' N., 081[deg]42'36'' W. (NAD 83) at Dock 20 
in Cleveland, OH. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of 
life and property on navigable waters during this event. Pursuant to 33 
CFR 165.23, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within these safety 
zones during an enforcement period is prohibited unless authorized by 
the Captain of the Port Buffalo or his designated representative. Those 
seeking permission to enter one of these safety zones may request 
permission from the Captain of Port Buffalo via channel 16, VHF-FM. 
Vessels and persons granted permission to enter this safety zone shall 
obey the directions of the Captain of the Port Buffalo or his 
designated representative. While within the 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 notification in the 
Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime community 
with advance notification of these enforcement periods via Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners and Local Notice to Mariners. If the Captain of the 
Port

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Buffalo determines that this safety zone need not be enforced for the 
full duration stated in this notice of enforcement, he or she may use a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter the 
respective safety zone.

    Dated: June 21, 2017.
J.S. DuFresne,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Buffalo.
[FR Doc. 2017-13460 Filed 6-27-17; 8:45 am]
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