Document ID: USCG-2019-0343-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Marine Events Within the Eighth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2019-05-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 22704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10353]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0343]

Safety Zone; Marine Events Within the Eighth Coast Guard District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a Safety Zone for the St. John 
the Baptist Independence day fireworks display from 8:45 p.m. through 
9:45 p.m. on July 3, 2019, to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events 
within the Eighth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area 
for this event on the Lower Mississippi River, by Reserve Louisiana. 
During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the 
regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or 
any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 5, line 2 will be 
enforced from 8:45 p.m. through 9:45 p.m. on July 3, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Commander Benjamin 
Morgan, Sector New Orleans, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 504-365-2281, 
email Benjamin.P.Morgan@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
described in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 5, line 2, as the St. John the 
Baptist Independence day fireworks display event from 8:45 p.m. through 
9:45 p.m. on July 3, 2019. This action is being taken to provide for 
the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our 
regulation for marine events within the Eighth Coast Guard District, 
Sec.  165.801, specifies the location of the regulated area for the St. 
John the Baptist Independence day fireworks display between mile 
markers 137.5 and 138.5 on the Mississippi River near Reserve, 
Louisiana. During the enforcement period, as reflected in Sec.  
165.801(a)-(d), if you are the operator of a vessel in the safety zone, 
you must comply with directions from the Captain of the Port Sector New 
Orleans or a designated representative.
    In addition to this notice 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: May 14, 2019.
K.M. Luttrell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sector New Orleans.
[FR Doc. 2019-10353 Filed 5-17-19; 8:45 am]
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