Document ID: USCG-2019-0336-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2019-06-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 27531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12468]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0336]

Safety Zone; San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display, San 
Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the San 
Francisco Giants 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 life and property of the 
maritime public from the hazards associated with the fireworks display. 
During the enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are 
prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or anchoring 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, Table 1, Item number 1, will 
be enforced from 11 a.m. on June 14, 2019, through 12:15 a.m. on June 
15, 2019, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Lieutenant Junior Grade Jennae N. Cotton, Waterways 
Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone (415) 399-
3585, email SFWaterways@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
established in 33 CFR 165.1191 Table 1, Item number 1 for the San 
Francisco Giants Fireworks Display from 11 a.m. on June 14, 2019 until 
12:15 a.m. on June 15, 2019, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners. The San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display will commence at 
the conclusion of the San Francisco Giants game, but will not commence 
later than 11:30 p.m. on June 14, 2019. This notice is issued under 
authority of 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 
160.5; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
    The safety zone will extend to all navigable waters of the San 
Francisco Bay, from surface to bottom, within a circle formed by 
connecting all points 100 feet out from the fireworks barge during the 
loading, transit, and arrival of the fireworks barge from the loading 
location to the display location and until the start of the fireworks 
display. From 11 a.m. on June 14, 2019 until 5 p.m. on June 14, 2019, 
the fireworks barge will be loading pyrotechnics from Pier 50 in San 
Francisco, CA. The fireworks barge will remain at the loading location 
until its transit to the display location. From 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on 
June 14, 2019 the loaded fireworks barge will transit from Pier 50 to 
the launch site near Pier 48 in approximate position 37[deg]46'36'' N, 
122[deg]22'56'' W (NAD 83) where it will remain until the conclusion of 
the fireworks display. Upon the commencement of the 15-minute fireworks 
display, scheduled to begin at the conclusion of the baseball game, 
between approximately 10 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on June 14, 2019, the 
safety zone will increase in size and encompass all navigable waters of 
the San Francisco Bay, from surface to bottom, within a circle formed 
by connecting all points 700 feet out from the fireworks barge near 
Pier 48 in approximate position 37[deg]46'36'' N, 122[deg]22'56'' W 
(NAD 83). This safety zone will be in effect from 11 a.m. on June 14, 
2019 until 12:15 a.m. on June 15, 2019, or as announced via Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners.
    In addition to this notice 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 into, 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: June 6, 2019.
Marie B. Byrd,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2019-12468 Filed 6-12-19; 8:45 am]
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