Document ID: USCG-2023-0475-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone
Posted Date: 2023-06-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12817]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0475]

Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo 
Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Cape 
Vincent French Festival Fireworks to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways, including the St. Lawrence River, during this 
event. Our regulation for marine events within the Ninth Coast Guard 
District identifies the regulated area for this event as the St. 
Lawrence River, Cape Vincent, NY. During the enforcement period, the 
operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with 
directions from the Coast Guard Safety Zone Coordinator or any Official 
Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.939 will be enforced for the Cape 
Vincent French Festival Fireworks listed in item b.15 in the table to 
Sec.  165.939 from 9:15 p.m. through 10:30 p.m., on July 8, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email the Marine Event 
Coordinator, U.S. Coast Guard MSD Massena; telephone 315-769-5483, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice of Enforcement is issued under 
authority of 33 CFR 165.939 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). The Coast Guard will 
enforce a safety zone in 33 CFR 165.939 for the Cape Vincent French 
Festival Fireworks regulated area from 9:15 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on 
July 8, 2023. This action is being taken to provide for the safety of 
life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for 
marine events within the Ninth Coast Guard District, Sec.  165.939, 
specifies the location of the regulated area for the French Festival 
Fireworks which encompasses portions of the St. Lawrence River. During 
the enforcement period as reflected in Sec.  165.939, if you are the 
operator of a vessel in the regulated area you must comply with 
directions from the Coast Guard Safety Zone Coordinator 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 this 
enforcement period via the Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: June 7, 2023.
Mark I. Kuperman,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Buffalo.
[FR Doc. 2023-12817 Filed 6-14-23; 8:45 am]
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