Document ID: USCG-2022-0979-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; San Francisco New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display; San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2022-12-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 76937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27272]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0979]

Safety Zone; San Francisco New Year's Eve Fireworks Display; San 
Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in the navigable 
waters of the San Francisco Bay near the Ferry Plaza in San Francisco, 
CA for the San Francisco New Year's Eve Fireworks Display in the 
Captain of the Port, San Francisco area of responsibility during the 
dates and times noted below. This action is necessary to protect 
personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from the dangers 
associated with pyrotechnics. During the enforcement period, 
unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering, 
transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone, unless authorized 
by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or other federal, state, or local law 
enforcement agencies on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing 
the regulated area.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.1191 will be enforced for the 
location described in Table 1 to Sec.  165.1191, Item number 24, from 
noon on December 31, 2022 through 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 2023, or as 
announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Anthony Solares, 
U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone (415) 399-3585 or 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
established in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1 to Sec.  165.1191, Item number 
24, for the San Francisco New Year's Eve Firework Display from noon on 
December 31, 2022, through 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 2023. The Coast 
Guard will enforce a 100-foot safety zone around the two fireworks 
barges during the loading, standby, transit, and arrival of the 
fireworks barges from the loading location to the display location and 
until the start of the fireworks display. On December 31, 2022, the 
fireworks barges will be loaded with pyrotechnics at Pier 50 in San 
Francisco, CA from appoximately noon until approximately 6 p.m. The 
fireworks barges will remain on standby at the loading location until 
their transit to the display location. From 10:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. on 
December 31, 2022 the loaded fireworks barges will transit from Pier 50 
to the launch site near the San Francisco Ferry Plaza in approximate 
position 37[deg]47'45'' N, 122[deg]23'15'' W (NAD 83), where they will 
remain until the conclusion of the fireworks display. At approximately 
11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2022, 15-minutes prior to the fireworks 
display, the safety zone will expand to encompass all navigable waters, 
from surface to bottom, within a circle formed by connecting all points 
1,000 feet out from the fireworks barges. The firework barges will be 
near the San Francisco Ferry Plaza in San Francisco, CA in approximate 
position 37[deg]47'45'' N, 122[deg]23'15'' W (NAD 83) as set forth in 
33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 24. The safety zone will be 
enforced until 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 2023, or as announced via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
    In addition to this notification in the Federal Register, the Coast 
Guard plans to provide notification of the safety zone and its 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1191, unauthorized persons or 
vessels are prohibited from entering, transiting through, or anchoring 
in the safety zone during all applicable effective dates and times, 
unless authorized to do so by the PATCOM or other Official Patrol, 
defined as a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency on scene 
to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the regulated area. 
Additionally, each person who receives notice of a lawful order or 
direction issued by the PATCOM or Official Patrol shall obey the order 
or direction. The PATCOM or Official Patrol may, upon request, allow 
the transit of commercial vessels through regulated areas when it is 
safe to do so.
    If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area need 
not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: December 9, 2022.
Taylor Q. Lam,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2022-27272 Filed 12-15-22; 8:45 am]
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