Document ID: USCG-2023-0370-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; San Francisco Giants Fireworks, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2023-05-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 30906-30907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10229]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0370]

Safety Zone; San Francisco Giants Fireworks, San Francisco Bay, 
San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the San 
Francisco Giants Fireworks in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco 
area of responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This 
action is necessary to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine 
environment from the hazards associated with the fireworks display. 
During the enforcement period, unauthorized persons and vessels are 
prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or remaining in the 
safety zone, unless authorized by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM), any 
Official Patrol defined as other Federal, State, or local law 
enforcement agencies on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing 
the regulated area.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191 will be enforced for the 
location identified in Table 1 to Sec.  165.1191, Item number 1, from 
10 a.m. until 10:40 p.m. on May 19, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email LT William Harris, Waterways 
Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone 
(415) 399-7443, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in 33 CFR 165.1191 
Table 1, Item number 1 for the San Francisco Giants Fireworks from 10 
a.m. until 10:40 p.m. on May 19, 2023. The safety zone will extend to 
all navigable waters of the San Francisco Bay, from surface to bottom, 
within a circle formed by connecting all points 100 feet outwards of 
the fireworks barge during the loading, transit, and arrival of the 
fireworks barge from the loading location to the display location and 
until the start of the fireworks display. From 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. on 
May 19, 2023, the fireworks barge will be loading pyrotechnics from 
Pier 50 in San Francisco, CA. The fireworks barge will remain at the 
loading location until its transit to the display location. From 9 p.m. 
to 9:15 p.m. on May 19, 2023, the loaded fireworks barge will transit 
from Pier 50 to the launch site near Pier 48 in approximate position 
37[deg]46'36'' N, 122[deg]22'56'' W (NAD 83) where it will remain until 
the conclusion of the fireworks display. Upon the commencement of the 
10-minute fireworks display, scheduled to begin at the conclusion of 
the baseball game, between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on May 19, 2023, the 
safety zone will increase in size and encompass all navigable waters of 
the San Francisco Bay, from surface to bottom, within a circle formed 
by connecting all points 700 feet out from the fireworks barge near 
Pier 48 in approximate position 37[deg]46'36'' N, 122[deg]22'56'' W 
(NAD 83). This safety zone will be enforced from 10 a.m. until 10:40 
p.m. on May 19, 2023, or as announced via Marine Information Broadcast.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1191, unauthorized persons or 
vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or 
anchoring in the safety zone during all applicable effective dates and 
times, unless authorized to do so by the PATCOM or other Official 
Patrol, defined as a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency on 
scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the safety zone. During 
the enforcement period, if you are the operator of a vessel in one of 
the safety zones you must comply with the directions from the Patrol 
Commander or other Official Patrol. The PATCOM or Official Patrol may, 
upon request allow the transit of commercial vessels through regulated 
areas when it is safe to do so.
    In addition to this enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast 
Guard plans to provide notification of this enforcement period via the 
Local Notice to Mariners.
    If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area need 
not be enforced for the full duration stated in

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this notice, a Marine Information Bulletin may be used to grant general 
permission to enter the regulated area.

    Dated: May 7, 2023.
Taylor Q. Lam,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2023-10229 Filed 5-12-23; 8:45 am]
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