Document ID: USCG-2023-0172-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, VA
Posted Date: 2023-03-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14265-14266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04768]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0172]

Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, 
VA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone regulation for 
Ocean Park Civic League on July 1st, 2023, to provide for the safety of 
life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for 
marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the 
regulated area for this event in Virginia Beach, VA. During the 
enforcement period, entry of vessels or persons into this zone is 
prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port 
Virginia.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the 
location identified as Item 8 in table 3 to paragraph (h)(3) from 9 
p.m. until 10 p.m. on July 1, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email LCDR Ashley Holm, Chief, 
Waterways Management Division, Sector Virginia, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone 757-668-5580 email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted in paragraph (c) of Sec.  165.506, 
the enforcement period(s) for each safety zone in paragraph (h) of this 
section are subject to change, and the enforcement period announced 
here differs from the enforcement period noted in Table 3 to paragraph 
(h). The Coast Guard will

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enforce the safety zone in 33 CFR 165.506 for Ocean Park Civic League 
regulated area from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on July 1st, 2023, which is the 
first Saturday in July. This action is being taken to provide for the 
safety of life on navigable waterways during this 1-hour event. Our 
regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District, 
Sec.  165.506, specifies the location of the regulated area for the 
Ocean Park Civic League which encompasses portions of the Chesapeake 
Bay. During the enforcement periods, entry of vessels or persons into 
this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain 
of the Port Virginia.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.

    Dated: March 1, 2023.
Jennifer A. Stockwell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Virginia.
[FR Doc. 2023-04768 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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