Document ID: USCG-2022-0846-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Annual Fireworks Displays and Other Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District Requiring Safety Zones
Posted Date: 2022-12-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 78543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27782]

[[Page 78543]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0846]

Safety Zone; Annual Fireworks Displays and Other Events in the 
Eighth Coast Guard District Requiring Safety Zones

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 Crescent 
City Countdown Club/New Year's Celebration fireworks display, from 
December 31, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. through January 1, 2023 at 12:30 a.m., 
to provide for the safety of life on the navigable waterways during 
this event. Our regulation for annual fireworks displays and other 
events in the Eighth Coast Guard District identifies this safety zone 
on Mississippi River mile marker (MM) 93.5-96.5, New Orleans, LA. 
During the enforcement period, entry into this zone is prohibited 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or designated 
representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 Code of Federal Regulations, Sec.  
165.801, Table 5, line 10 will be enforced from 11:30 p.m. on December 
31, 2022 through 12:30 a.m. on January 1, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Commander William 
Stewart, Sector New Orleans, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (504)365-2246, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone 
for the Crescent City Countdown Club/New Year's Celebration fireworks 
display, from December 31, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. through January 1, 2023 
at 12:30 a.m., to provide for the safety of life on the navigable 
waterways during this event. Our regulation for annual fireworks 
displays and other events in the Eighth Coast Guard District, 33 CFR 
165.801, as updated by Federal Register Document 83 FR 55488, 
identifies this safety zone on Mississippi River MM 93.5-96.5, New 
Orleans, LA. During the enforcement period, as reflected in Sec.  
165.801(a) through (d), entry into this zone is prohibited unless 
authorized by the Captain of the Port or a designated representative.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via Marine Safety Information Bulletin and Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: December 15, 2022.
K.K. Denning,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sector New Orleans.
[FR Doc. 2022-27782 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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