Document ID: USCG-2017-0679-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; North Atlantic Ocean, Ocean City, NJ
Posted Date: 2017-08-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16506]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0679]

Safety Zone; North Atlantic Ocean, Ocean City, NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the North Atlantic Ocean, Ocean 
City, NJ, safety zone from 9:00 p.m. through 11:59 p.m. on October 10, 
2017. This action is necessary to ensure safety of life on the 
navigable waters of the United States immediately prior to, during, and 
immediately after a fireworks display event. During the enforcement 
period, and in accordance with the safety zone, no vessel or person may 
enter, transit through, anchor in, or remain within the regulated area 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Delaware Bay or a 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced from 9:00 
p.m. to 11:59 p.m. on October 10, 2017, for the safety zone listed as 
(a.)11 in the Table to Sec.  165.506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email MST2 Amanda Boone, Sector 
Delaware Bay Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 
215-271-4889, email Amanda.N.Boone@USCG.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
at 33 CFR 165.506, Table to Sec.  165.506, (a.)11 for the regulated 
area located on the North Atlantic Ocean near Ocean City, NJ, from 9:00 
p.m. to 11:59 p.m. on October 10, 2017. This action is necessary to 
ensure safety of life on U.S. navigable waterways during a fireworks 
display.
    Coast Guard regulations for recurring fireworks displays within 
Captain of the Port Delaware Bay Zone appear in Sec.  165.506, Safety 
Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District, which 
specifies the location for this regulated area as all waters of the 
North Atlantic Ocean within a 500 yard radius of the fireworks barge in 
approximate location latitude 39[deg]16'22'' N., longitude 
074[deg]33'54'' W., in the vicinity of the shoreline at Ocean City, NJ.
    As specified in Sec.  [thinsp]165.506, during the enforcement 
period, no vessel or person may enter, transit through, anchor in, or 
remain within the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of 
the Port Delaware Bay or a designated representative. If permission is 
granted, all persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of 
the COTP, designated representative or Patrol Commander.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.506 and 33 U.S.C. 1233. The Coast Guard will provide the maritime 
community with advanced notice of enforcement of regulation by 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM), Local Notice to Mariners and on-
scene notice by a designated representative.
    In the event the Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay determines that 
it's not necessary to enforce the regulated area for the entire 
duration of the enforcement period, a BNM will be issued to authorize 
general permission to enter the regulated area.

    Dated: August 1, 2017.
Scott E. Anderson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2017-16506 Filed 8-4-17; 8:45 am]
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