Document ID: USCG-2017-1071-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Captain of the Port Boston Fireworks Display Zone, Boston Harbor, Boston, MA
Posted Date: 2017-12-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 60675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27582]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2017-1071]

Safety Zone; Captain of the Port Boston Fireworks Display Zone, 
Boston Harbor, Boston, MA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zones for First Night 
Fireworks on December 31, 2017, to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during the fireworks display. Our regulation for 
Captain of the Port (COTP) Boston fireworks display zones, Boston 
Harbor, Boston, MA identifies the regulated areas for this fireworks 
display. During the enforcement period, no vessel may transit these 
regulated areas without approval from the COTP Boston or a designated 
representative.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.119(a)(2) and 33 CFR 165.119(a)(3) 
will be enforced from 10 p.m. on December 31, 2017, until 12:15 a.m. on 
January 1, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Mark Cutter, Sector Boston 
Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 617-223-
4000, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones in 33 CFR 165.119(a)(2) and 33 CFR 165.119(a)(3) from 10:00 p.m. 
on Sunday, December 31, 2017 until 12:15 a.m. on Monday, January 1, 
2018, for the First Night Fireworks in Boston Inner Harbor. This action 
is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways 
during the fireworks display. Our regulation for COTP Boston Fireworks 
display zone, Boston Harbor, Boston, MA, 33 CFR 165.119(a)(2), 
specifies the location of the regulated area as all U.S. navigable 
waters of Boston inner Harbor within a 700-foot radius of the fireworks 
barge in the approximate position 42[deg]21'41.2'' N 071[deg]02'36.5'' 
W (NAD 1983), located off of Long Wharf, Boston, MA. Regulation 33 CFR 
165.119(a)(3), specifies the location of the regulated area as all U.S. 
navigable waters of Boston inner Harbor within a 700-foot radius of the 
fireworks barge in the approximate position 42[deg]21'23.2'' N 
071[deg]02'26'' W (NAD1983), located off of Fan Pier, Boston, MA. As 
specified in 33 CFR 165.119(e), during the enforcement period, no 
vessel except for fireworks barges and accompanying vessels may transit 
these regulated areas without approval from the COTP Boston or a COTP 
designated representative.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.119 and 5 U.S.C. 552 (a). In addition to this notice of enforcement 
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide mariners with 
advanced notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice 
to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: December 14, 2017.
C.C. Gelzer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Boston.
[FR Doc. 2017-27582 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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