Document ID: USCG-2016-0962-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Captain of the Port Boston Fireworks Display Zone, Boston Harbor, Boston, MA
Posted Date: 2016-12-19T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 243 (Monday, December 19, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 91811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30313]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0962]

Safety Zone; Captain of the Port Boston Fireworks Display Zone, 
Boston Harbor, Boston, MA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the subject safety zone for First 
Night Fireworks on December 31, 2016, to provide for the safety of life 
on navigable waterways during the fireworks display. Our regulation for 
Captain of the Port (COTP) Boston fireworks display zone, Boston 
Harbor, Boston, MA identifies the regulated area for this fireworks 
display. During the enforcement period, no vessel may transit this 
regulated area without approval from the COTP Boston or a designated 
representative.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.119(a)(2) will be enforced 
Saturday, December 31, 2016 from 10 p.m. until 11:59 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Mark Cutter, Sector Boston 
Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 617-223-
4000, email Mark.E.Cutter@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in 33 CFR 165.119(a)(2) on Saturday, December 31, 2016 from 10 p.m. 
until 11:59 p.m., for the First Night Fireworks in Boston Inner Harbor. 
This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during the fireworks display. Our regulation for 
COTP Boston fireworks display zone, Boston Harbor, Boston, MA, 33 CFR 
165.119(a)(2), specifies the location of the regulated area as all U.S. 
navigable waters of Boston Inner Harbor within a 700-foot radius of the 
fireworks barge in the approximate position 42[deg]21'41.2'' N. 
071[deg]02'36.5'' W. (NAD 1983), located off of Long Wharf, Boston, MA. 
The safety zone will include all U.S. navigable waters of Boston Inner 
Harbor within a 700-foot radius of the firework barge when in position. 
As specified in 33 CFR 165.119(e), during the enforcement period, no 
vessel may transit this regulated area without approval from the COTP 
Boston or a COTP designated representative.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.119 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement 
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide mariners with 
advanced notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice 
to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: December 7, 2016.
C.C. Gelzer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Boston.
[FR Doc. 2016-30313 Filed 12-16-16; 8:45 am]
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