Document ID: USCG-2017-0616-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA
Posted Date: 2017-06-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29753-29754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13680]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0616]

Safety Zone; Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone regulations for 
the Tacoma Freedom Fair Air Show on Commencement Bay from 1:30 p.m. 
July 4, 2017, until 12:30 a.m. on July 5, 2017. This action is 
necessary to ensure the safety of the public from inherent dangers 
associated with these annual aerial displays. During the enforcement 
period, no person or vessel may enter or transit this safety zone 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or her designated 
representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1305 will be enforced from 1:30 
p.m. July 4, 2017, until 12:30 a.m. on July 5, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Zachary Spence, Sector 
Puget Sound Waterways Management Division, Coast Guard; telephone (206) 
217-6051, email SectorPugetSoundWWM@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in 33 CFR 165.1305 from 1:30 p.m. July 4, 2017 until 12:30 a.m. July 5, 
2017 unless canceled sooner by the Captain of the Port Puget Sound. It 
is necessary to start the safety zone 30 minutes sooner since the 
Tacoma Freedom Fair Air Show will begin at 1:30 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. 
This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during the air show.
    The safety zone resembles a rectangle protruding from the shoreline 
along Ruston Way and will be marked by the event sponsor. The specific 
coordinates of the safety zone location is listed in 33 CFR 165.1305.
    As specified in Sec.  165.1305(c), during the enforcement period, 
no vessel may transit this regulated area without approval from the 
Captain of the Port Sector Puget Sound (COTP) or a COTP designated 
representative. The Captain of the Port may be assisted by other 
federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this 
regulation.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.1305 and 5 U.S.C. 552 (a). In addition to this notice of 
enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the 
maritime community with advanced notification of the safety zone via 
the Local Notice to Mariners and marine information broadcasts on the 
day of the event. If the COTP determines that the safety zone need not 
be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice of enforcement, 
she may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission 
to enter the regulated area.

    Dated: June 26, 2017.
L.A. Sturgis,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2017-13680 Filed 6-29-17; 8:45 am]
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