Document ID: USCG-2022-0133-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Annual Fireworks Displays and Other Events in the Eighth Coast Guard District Requiring Safety Zones
Posted Date: 2022-03-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 14404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05376]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0133]

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

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (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 April 30, 2022 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 Captain of the 
Port.

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 April 30, 2022, or in the 
event of postponement due to rain, on May 1, 2022.

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 April 30, 
2022, or in the event of rain, on May 1, 2022. This action is being 
taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 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 of 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 Captain of the Port or designated representative.
    In addition to this notification 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 9, 2022.
Molly A. Wike,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Marine Safety Zone Port 
Arthur.
[FR Doc. 2022-05376 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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