Document ID: USCG-2019-0362-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2019-05-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21703-21704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10033]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0362]

Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard 
District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Barnegat Bay, Ocean Township, 
NJ, safety zone from 9:00 p.m. through 10:00 p.m. on May 25, 2019. This 
action is necessary to ensure safety of life on the navigable waters of 
the United States immediately prior to, during, and immediately after 
the fireworks displays. Our regulation for safety zones of fireworks 
displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated 
area for this event on Barnegat Bay in Ocean Township, NJ. During the 
enforcement period, vessels may not enter, remain in, or transit 
through the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or 
designated Coast Guard patrol personnel on scene.

DATES: The regulations in the table to 33 CFR 165.506 at (a)(12) will 
be enforced from 9:00 p.m. through 10:00 p.m. on May 25, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Thomas 
Welker, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management 
Division, telephone 215-271-4814, email Thomas.J.Welker@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in the Table to 33 CFR 165.506, entry (a)(12) for the Ocean Township 
Memorial Day Fireworks display from 9:00 p.m. through 10:00 p.m. on May 
25, 2019. This action is necessary to ensure safety of life on the 
navigable waters of the United States immediately prior to, during, and 
immediately after the fireworks displays. Our regulation for safety 
zones of fireworks displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District, 
table to Sec.  165.506, entry (a)(12), specifies the location of the 
regulated area as all waters of Barnegat Bay in Ocean Township, NJ, 
within 500 yards of a fireworks barge launch site at approximate 
position latitude 39[deg]47'33'' N, longitude 074[deg]10'46'' W. During 
the enforcement period, as reflected in Sec.  165.506(d), vessels may 
not enter, remain in, or transit through the safety zone during the 
enforcement period unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or 
designated Coast Guard patrol personnel on scene.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide notification of this enforcement period 
via broadcast notice to mariners.

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    Dated: May 10, 2019.
Scott E. Anderson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2019-10033 Filed 5-14-19; 8:45 am]
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