Document ID: USCG-2018-0459-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, VA
Posted Date: 2018-05-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 24937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11644]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0459]

Safety Zone; Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, VA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation; change of enforcement.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for a fireworks 
display taking place over Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, VA, on July 
3, 2018. This action is necessary to ensure safety of life on navigable 
waterways during the fireworks display. Our regulation for Recurring 
Marine Events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the 
regulated area for this fireworks display event. During the enforcement 
period, no person or vessel may enter, transit through, anchor in, or 
remain within the regulated area without approval from the Captain of 
the Port or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the 
location listed in the table to Sec.  165.506(c)(21) Coast Guard Sector 
Hampton Roads--COTP Zone from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 3, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LCDR Barbara Wilk, U.S. Coast 
Guard Sector Hampton Roads, Waterways Management office; telephone 757-
668-5580, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in the table to 33 CFR 165.506 at (c)(21) for the Shore Drive Fireworks 
display from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on July 3, 2018. This action is being 
taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during 
the fireworks display. Our regulation for Recurring Marine Events 
within the Fifth Coast Guard District, Sec.  165.506, specifies the 
location of the regulated area for this safety zone within a 200 yard 
radius of the center located at approximate position latitude 
36[deg]54'58.2'' N, longitude 076[deg]06'44.3'' W, located at Virginia 
Beach, VA. As specified in Sec.  165.506(d), during the enforcement 
period, no vessel may enter, remain in, or transit through the safety 
zone without approval from the Captain of the Port Sector Hampton Roads 
(COTP) or a COTP designated representative. The Coast Guard may be 
assisted by other federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies in 
enforcing this regulation. Because the fireworks display is happening 
on July 3 instead of July 4, 5, or 6 as published in the Table to 33 
CFR 165.506, section (c), row 21. The enforcement period is also being 
changed for this year's event. This year the zone will be enforced from 
9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 3, 2018.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.506(d) and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of 
enforcement published in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will 
provide notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to 
Mariners and marine information broadcasts.

    Dated: May 24, 2018.
Richard J. Wester,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Hampton Roads.
[FR Doc. 2018-11644 Filed 5-30-18; 8:45 am]
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