Document ID: USCG-2017-0522-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, VA
Posted Date: 2017-06-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 21, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 28234-28235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12941]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0522]

Safety Zone; Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, VA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for a fireworks 
display taking place over Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, VA, on July 
3, 2017. This action is necessary to ensure safety of life on navigable 
waterways during the fireworks display. Our regulation for Recurring 
Marine Events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the 
regulated area for this fireworks display event. During the enforcement 
period, no person or vessel may enter, transit through, anchor in, or 
remain within the regulated area without approval from the Captain of 
the Port or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the 
location listed in the table to Sec.  165.506(c)(6) Coast Guard Sector 
Hampton Roads--COTP Zone from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 3, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LCDR Barbara Wilk, U.S. Coast 
Guard Sector Hampton Roads, Waterways Management office; telephone 757-
668-

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5580, email hamptonroadswaterway@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in 33 CFR 165.506 from 9 p.m. until 10 p.m. on July 3, 2017, for the 
Shore Drive Fireworks. This action is being taken to provide for the 
safety of life on navigable waterways during the fireworks display. Our 
regulation for Recurring Marine Events within the Fifth Coast Guard 
District, Sec.  165.506, specifies the location of the regulated area 
for this safety zone within a 400 yard radius of the center located at 
approximate position latitude 36[deg]55'02'' N., longitude 
076[deg]03'27'' W., located at Virginia Beach, VA. As specified in 
Sec.  165.506(d), during the enforcement period, no vessel may enter, 
remain in, or transit through the safety zone without approval from the 
Captain of the Port Sector Hampton Roads (COTP) or a COTP designated 
representative. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, 
state, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.506(d) and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of 
enforcement published in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to 
provide notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to 
Mariners and marine information broadcasts.

    Dated: June 15, 2017.
Richard J. Wester,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Hampton Roads.
[FR Doc. 2017-12941 Filed 6-20-17; 8:45 am]
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