Document ID: USCG-2021-0902-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; San Francisco New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display; San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2021-12-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 71573-71574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27337]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0902]

Safety Zone; San Francisco New Year's Eve Fireworks Display; San 
Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in the navigable 
waters of the San Francisco Bay near the Ferry Plaza in San Francisco, 
CA for the San Francisco New Year's Eve Fireworks Display in the 
Captain of the Port, San Francisco area of responsibility during the 
dates and times noted below. This action is necessary to protect 
personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from the dangers 
associated with pyrotechnics. During the enforcement period, 
unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, 
transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone, unless authorized 
by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or other federal, state, or local law 
enforcement agencies on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing 
the regulated area.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 24, will 
be enforced from noon on December 31, 2021, through 12:45 a.m. on 
January 1, 2022, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Anthony Solares, 
U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone (415) 399-3585 or 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
established in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 24, for the San 
Francisco New Year's Eve Firework Display from noon on December 31, 
2021 through 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 2022. The Coast Guard will 
enforce a 100-foot safety zone around the two fireworks barges during 
the loading, standby, transit, and arrival of the fireworks barges from 
the loading location to the display location and until the start of the 
fireworks display. On December 31, 2021, the fireworks barges will be 
loaded with pyrotechnics at Pier 50 in San Francisco, CA from 
appoximately noon until approximately 6 p.m. The fireworks barges will 
remain on standby at the loading location until their transit to the 
display location. From 10:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. on December 31, 2021 
the loaded fireworks barges will transit from Pier 50 to the launch 
site near the San Francisco Ferry Plaza in approximate position 
37[deg]47'45'' N, 122[deg]23'15'' W (NAD 83), where they will remain 
until the conclusion of the fireworks display. At approximately 11:59 
p.m. on December 31, 2021, 15-minutes prior to the fireworks display, 
the safety zone will expand to encompass all navigable waters, from 
surface to bottom, within a circle formed by connecting all points 
1,000 feet out from the fireworks barges. The firework barges will be 
near the San Francisco Ferry Plaza in San Francisco, CA in approximate 
position 37[deg]47'45'' N, 122[deg]23'15'' W (NAD 83) as set forth in 
33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 24. The safety zone will be 
enforced until 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 2022, or as announced via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
    In addition to this notification in the Federal Register, the Coast 
Guard plans to provide notification of the safety zone and its 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1191, unauthorized persons or 
vessels are prohibited from entering

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into, transiting through, or anchoring in the safety zone during all 
applicable effective dates and times, unless authorized to do so by the 
PATCOM or other Official Patrol, defined as a federal, state, or local 
law enforcement agency on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing 
the regulated area. Additionally, each person who receives notice of a 
lawful order or direction issued by the PATCOM or Official Patrol shall 
obey the order or direction. The PATCOM or Official Patrol may, upon 
request, allow the transit of commercial vessels through regulated 
areas when it is safe to do so.
    If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area 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: December 13, 2021.
Taylor Q. Lam,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2021-27337 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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