Document ID: USCG-2023-0226-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Fireworks Displays Within the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2023-06-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 35741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11577]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0226]

Safety Zone; Fireworks Displays Within the Fifth Coast Guard 
District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce three separate safety zones for 
three associated fireworks displays at The Wharf DC. The fireworks 
displays will be on June 3, 2023, June 10, 2023, and June 23, 2023. Our 
regulation for Fireworks Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District 
identifies the safety zone for these events in Washington, DC. During 
the enforcement period of each safety zone, vessels may not enter, 
remain in, or transit through the safety zone unless authorized to do 
so by the COTP or his representative, and vessels in the vicinity must 
comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol 
displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the 
location identified in line no. 1 of table 2 to 33 CFR 165.506(h)(2) 
from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. on June 3, 2023, from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. on 
June 10, 2023, and from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. on June 23, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email MST2 Courtney Perry, Sector 
Maryland-NCR, Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard: 
telephone 410-576-2596, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
regulation for three separate fireworks displays at The Wharf DC from 7 
p.m. to 11 p.m. on June 3, 2023, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on June 10, 
2023, and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on June 23, 2023. This action is being 
taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during 
these events. Our regulation for Fireworks Displays within the Fifth 
Coast Guard District, Sec.  165.506, specifies the location of the 
safety zones for the fireworks shows, which includes portions of the 
Washington Channel in the Upper Potomac River. During the enforcement 
period, as reflected in Sec.  165.506(d), if you are the operator of a 
vessel in the vicinity of the safety zones, you may not enter, remain 
in, or transit through the safety zones unless authorized to do so by 
the COTP or his representative, and you must comply with direction from 
the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard 
ensign.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of these 
enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.

    Dated: May 24, 2023.
David E. O'Connell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Maryland-
National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2023-11577 Filed 5-31-23; 8:45 am]
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