Document ID: USCG-2023-0138-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Riverfest Fireworks Display, Neches River, Port Neches, Texas
Posted Date: 2023-03-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 14266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04745]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0138]

Safety Zone; Riverfest Fireworks Display, Neches River, Port 
Neches, Texas

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Riverfest 
fireworks display on the Neches River in Port Neches, TX from 8:30 p.m. 
through 10 p.m. on May 6, 2023 to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for fireworks 
displays and other events within the Eighth Coast Guard District 
identifies the regulated area for this event in Port Neches, TX. During 
the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated 
area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 3, line 1 will be 
enforced from 8:30 p.m. through 10 p.m. on May 6, 2023, or in the event 
of postponement due to rain, on May 7, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Mr. Scott Whalen, U.S. Coast 
Guard; telephone 409-719-5086, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zone 
regulations in 33 CFR 165.801 Table 3, Line 1, for the Port Neches 
Riverfest fireworks display from 8:30 p.m. through 10 p.m. on May 6, 
2023, or in the event of rain, on May 7, 2023. This action is being 
taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during 
before, during, and after a pyrotechnics display. Our annual fireworks 
displays and other events in the Eighth Coast Guard District requiring 
safety zones, Sec.  165.801, specifies the location of the safety zone 
for the Riverfest fireworks display which encompasses a 500-yard radius 
around the fireworks barge anchored on the Neches River in approximate 
position 29[deg]59'51'' N 093[deg]57'06'' W (NAD83). During the 
enforcement period, as reflected in Sec.  165.801, Table 3, if you are 
the operator of a vessel in the regulated area you must comply with 
directions from the Patrol Commander or designated representative.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of the enforcement 
periods via Local Notice to Mariners, Marine Safety Information 
Bulletin and Vessel Traffic Service Advisory.

    Dated: March 3, 2023.
Molly A. Wike,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Marine Safety Zone Port 
Arthur.
[FR Doc. 2023-04745 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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