Document ID: USCG-2008-0275-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Safety Zone; Fourth of July Fireworks, City of Monterey, Monterey, CA
Posted Date: 2008-05-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 90)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 26019]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG 2008-0275]

 
Safety Zone; Fourth of July Fireworks, City of Monterey, 
Monterey, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Fourth of July Fireworks 
Display safety zone for the city of Monterey from 8 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. 
on July 4, 2008. This action is necessary to control vessel traffic and 
to ensure the safety of event participants and spectators. During the 
enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from 
entering into, transiting through, or anchoring in the safety zone, 
unless authorized by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM).

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191 will be enforced from 8 a.m. 
to 9:45 p.m. on July 4, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Junior Grade Sheral 
Richardson, Waterways Management Branch, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San 
Francisco, at (415) 399-7436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
for the annual Fourth of July Fireworks Display for the city of 
Monterey in 33 CFR 165.1191 on July 4, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.
    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. Additionally, each 
person who receives notice of a lawful order or direction issued by an 
official patrol vessel shall obey the order of direction. The PATCOM is 
empowered to forbid and control the regulated area. The PATCOM shall be 
designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector San Francisco. The 
PATCOM may, upon request, allow the transit of commercial vessels 
through regulated areas when it is safe to do so.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.1191 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with extensive advance 
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 this notice, he or she may 
use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to enter 
the regulated area.

    Dated: April 15, 2008.
D.J. Swatland,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port, Sector San 
Francisco.
[FR Doc. E8-10276 Filed 5-7-08; 8:45 am]

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