Document ID: USCG-2016-0685-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Multiple Fireworks and Swim in Captain of the Port New York Zone
Posted Date: 2016-08-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52769-52770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18894]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0685]

Safety Zones; Multiple Fireworks and Swim in Captain of the Port 
New York Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce various safety zones within the 
Captain of the Port New York Zone on the specified dates and times. 
This action is necessary to ensure the safety of vessels and spectators 
from hazards associated with fireworks displays. During the enforcement 
period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zones without 
permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulation for the safety zones described in 33 CFR 165.160 
will be enforced on the dates and times listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, call or email Petty Officer First Class Ronald Sampert U.S. 
Coast Guard; telephone 718-354-4197, email ronald.j.sampert@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones listed in 33 CFR 165.160 on the specified dates and times as 
indicated in Tables 1 and 2 below. This regulation was published in the 
Federal Register on November 9, 2011 (76 FR 69614).

                                 Table 1
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1. First Data Corp Fireworks Display,     Launch site: A barge
 Ellis Island Safety Zone; 33 CFR         located between Federal
 165.160 (2.2).                           Anchorages 20-A and 20-B, in
                                          approximate position
                                          40[deg]41'45'' N.,
                                          074[deg]02'09'' W. (NAD 1983)
                                          about 365 yards east of Ellis
                                          Island. This Safety Zone is a
                                          360-yard radius from the
                                          barge.
                                          Date: September 10,
                                          2016.
                                          Time: 7:40 p.m.-9:00
                                          p.m.

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2. Save the Date Fireworks Display,       Launch site: A barge
 Ellis Island Safety Zone; 33 CFR         located between Federal
 165.160 (2.2).                           Anchorages 20-A and 20-B, in
                                          approximate position
                                          40[deg]41'45'' N.,
                                          074[deg]02'09'' W. (NAD 1983)
                                          about 365 yards east of Ellis
                                          Island. This Safety Zone is a
                                          360-yard radius from the
                                          barge.
                                          Date: October 27,
                                          2016.
                                          Time: 8:30 p.m.-10:00
                                          p.m.
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                                 Table 2
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1. Rose Pitonof Swim, Swim Event; 33      Location: Participants
 CFR 165.160 (4.2).                       will swim between Manhattan,
                                          New York and the shore of
                                          Coney Island, New York
                                          transiting through the Upper
                                          New York Bay, under the
                                          Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and
                                          south in the Lower New York
                                          Bay. The route direction is
                                          determined by the predicted
                                          tide state and direction of
                                          current on the scheduled day
                                          of the event.
                                          This Safety Zone
                                          includes all waters within a
                                          100-yard radius of each
                                          participating swimmer.
                                          Date: August 13, 2016.
                                          Time: 6:00 a.m.-12:00
                                          p.m.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.160, vessels may not enter the 
safety zones unless given permission from the COTP or a designated 
representative. Spectator vessels may transit outside the safety zones 
but may not anchor, block, loiter in, or impede the transit of other 
vessels. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or 
local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.160(a) and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notification in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced 
notification of enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners 
and marine information broadcasts. If the COTP determines that a safety 
zone 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 safety zone.

    Dated: July 22, 2016.
M.H. Day,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port New York.
[FR Doc. 2016-18894 Filed 8-9-16; 8:45 am]
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