Document ID: USCG-2014-0384-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Point Pleasant Sternwheel Festival Annual Fireworks Displays, Ohio River, Point Pleasant, WV (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2014-06-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15121]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0384]

Annual Fireworks Displays and Other Events in the Eighth Coast 
Guard District Requiring Safety Zones; Point Pleasant Sternwheel 
Festival; Ohio River 265.2-266.2; Point Pleasant, WV

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Point Pleasant Sternwheel 
Festival safety zone from 9:45 p.m. until 10:45 p.m. on June 28th, 
2014. This action is necessary for the safety of participants and 
spectators, including all crews, vessels, and persons on navigable 
waters during the Point Pleasant Sternwheel Festival. During the 
enforcement period, entry into, transiting through or anchoring in the 
safety zone is prohibited to all vessels not registered with the 
sponsor as participants or official patrol vessels, unless specifically 
authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) Ohio Valley or a 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 1, No. 25, will be 
enforced from 9:45 p.m. until 10:45 p.m. on June 28th, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, contact Petty Officer Third Class Patrick Hunsaker at 
(304) 733-0198, or you may email him at STL-PF-MSUHUNTINGTON-MEC@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This year, the Coast Guard will enforce the 
safety zone for the annual Point Pleasant Sternwheel Festival listed in 
33 CFR 100.801 Table 1, No. 25, on June 28th, 2014 from 9:45 p.m. until 
10:45 p.m. This establishes the currently published date of the last 
weekend in June or first weekend in July as found in 33 CFR 165.801 
Table 1, No. 25.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.801, entry into, or remaining or 
anchoring within the safety zone listed in Table 1, No. 25 is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or a designated 
representative. Persons or vessels desiring to enter into or pass 
through the Safety Zone must request permission from the Captain of the 
Port or a designated representative. If permission is granted, all 
persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of the Captain 
of the Port or designated representative.
    This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In 
addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will 
provide the maritime community with advance notification of this 
enforcement period via Local Notice to Mariners and Marine Information 
Broadcasts.
    If the Captain of the Port Ohio Valley or Patrol Commander 
determines that the 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 
regulated area.

    Dated: June 6, 2014.
R. V. Timme,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Ohio Valley.
[FR Doc. 2014-15121 Filed 6-26-14; 8:45 am]
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