Document ID: USCG-2012-1036-0039
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones, Recurring Marine Events in Captain of the Port Long Island Sound Zone
Posted Date: 2019-07-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32063-32064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14394]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2012-1036]

Safety Zones, Recurring Marine Events in Captain of the Port Long 
Island Sound Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce ten safety zones in the Sector 
Long Island Sound area of responsibility on the date and time listed in 
the table below. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of 
life on navigable waterways during the events. During the enforcement 
periods, no person or vessel may enter the safety zones without 
permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP) Sector Long Island Sound 
or designated representative.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.151 Table 1 will be enforced during 
the dates and times listed in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Petty Officer Melanie Hughes, Waterways Management 
Division, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound; telephone 203-468-
4583, email Melanie.a.Hughes1@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones listed in 33 CFR 165.151 Table 1 on the specified dates and times 
as indicated in the following table:

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6.2 Town of Branford Fireworks.........   Date: June 22-23,
                                          2019.
                                          Time: 10 p.m. to 11
                                          p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          Branford Harbor, Bridgeport,
                                          CT in approximate position,
                                          41[deg]9'04'' N,
                                          073[deg]12'49'' W (NAD 83).
6.3 Vietnam Veterans/Town of East Haven   Date: June 29, 2019.
 Fireworks.
                                          Rain Date: July 1,
                                          2019.
                                          Time: 9 p.m. to 11
                                          p.m.
                                          Location: Waters off
                                          Cosey Beach, East Haven, CT in
                                          approximate position,
                                          41[deg]14'19'' N,
                                          072[deg]52'9.8'' W (NAD 83).
6.4 Salute to Veterans Fireworks.......   Date: June 29, 2019.
                                          Rain Date: June 30,
                                          2019.
                                          Time: 9 p.m. to 10:30
                                          p.m.
                                          Location: Waters off
                                          Reynolds Channel off
                                          Hempstead, NY in approximate
                                          position, 40[deg]35'36.62'' N,
                                          073[deg]35'20.72'' W (NAD 83).
6.5 Cherry Grove Arts Project Fireworks   Date: June 22, 2019.
                                          Rain Date: June 23,
                                          2019.
                                          Time: 9 p.m. to 11
                                          p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          the Great South Bay off Cherry
                                          Grove, NY in approximate
                                          positions, 40[deg]39'49.06''
                                          N, 073[deg]05'27.99'' W (NAD
                                          83).
7.1 Point O'Woods Fire Company Summer     Date: July 4, 2019.
 Fireworks.
                                          Rain Date: July 5,
                                          2019.
                                          Time: 9 p.m. to 10:30
                                          p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          the Great South Bay, Point
                                          O'Woods, NY in approximate
                                          position 40[deg]39'18.57'' N,
                                          073[deg]08'5.73'' W (NAD 83).
7.4 Norwalk Fireworks..................   Date: July 3, 2019.

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                                          Time: 8:30 p.m. to
                                          10:30 p.m.
                                          Location: Waters off
                                          Calf Pasture Beach, Norwalk,
                                          CT in approximate position,
                                          41[deg]04'50'' N,
                                          073[deg]23'22'' W (NAD 83).
7.6 Sag Harbor Fireworks...............   Date: July 6, 2019.
                                          Rain Date: July 7,
                                          2019.
                                          Time: 8:30 p.m. to
                                          10:30 p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          Sag Harbor off Havens Beach,
                                          Sag Harbor, NY in approximate
                                          position 41[deg]00'26'' N,
                                          072[deg]17'9'' W (NAD 83).
7.29 Mashantucket Pequot Fireworks.....   Date: July 13, 2019.
                                          Time: 8:30 p.m. to
                                          10:30 p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          the Thames River, New London,
                                          CT in approximate position
                                          Barge 1, 41[deg]21'03.03'' N,
                                          072[deg]5'24.5'' W Barge 2,
                                          41[deg]20'51.75'' N,
                                          072[deg]5'18.90'' W (NAD 83).
7.42 Connetquot River Summer Fireworks.   Date: July 3, 2019.
                                          Rain Date: July 9,
                                          2019.
                                          Time: 8:45 p.m. to
                                          10:15 p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          the Connetquot River off
                                          Snapper Inn Resturant,
                                          Oakdale, NY in approximate
                                          position 40[deg]43'32.38'' N,
                                          073[deg]9'02.64'' W (NAD 83).
7.46 Irwin Family 4th of July..........   Date: July 4, 2019.
                                          Time: 8:30 p.m. to
                                          10:30 p.m.
                                          Location: Waters of
                                          the Great South Bay off The
                                          Helm Road, East Islip, NY in
                                          approximate position
                                          40[deg]42'12.28'' N,
                                          073[deg]12'00.08'' W (NAD 83).
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.151, the events listed above are 
established as safety zones. During the enforcement period, persons and 
vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, mooring, 
or anchoring within these safety zones unless they receive permission 
from the COTP or designated representative.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165 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 advance notification of 
this enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners or marine 
information broadcasts. If the COTP determines that these safety zones 
need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: June 17, 2019.
K.B. Reed,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Long Island Sound.
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