Document ID: USCG-2017-0589-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA
Posted Date: 2017-06-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 29739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13917]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0589]

Safety Zone; Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone regulation for an 
annual fireworks event on the Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA from 
9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on June 30, 2017 and July 1, 2017. Enforcement 
of this safety zone is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life 
on navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after 
these fireworks events. During the enforcement periods, no vessel may 
transit this regulated area without approval from the Captain of the 
Port or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced from 9:30 
p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on June 30, 2017 and July 1, 2017, for the safety 
zone listed in the Table to Sec.  165.506, line (a.)(16).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email MST2 Amanda Boone, Sector 
Delaware Bay Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 
215-271-4889, email Amanda.N.Boone@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: From 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on June 30, 
2017 and July 1, 2017, the Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
regulation listed in the Table to 33 CFR 165.506 (a.)(16) that takes 
place on the Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA. This action is being 
taken to enhance the safety of life on navigable waterways during the 
fireworks display.
    Coast Guard regulations for recurring firework events in Captain of 
the Port Delaware Bay Zone, are published in Sec.  165.506, Safety 
Zones; Fireworks Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District, which 
specifies the location of the regulated area for this safety zone as 
all waters of Delaware River, adjacent to Penns Landing, Philadelphia, 
PA, bounded from shoreline to shoreline, bounded on the south by a line 
running east to west from points along the shoreline at latitude 
39[deg]56'31.2'' N., longitude 075[deg]08'28.1'' W.; thence west to 
latitude 39[deg]56'29.1'' N., longitude 075[deg]07'56.5'' W., and 
bounded on the north where the Benjamin Franklin Bridge crosses the 
Delaware River.
    As specified in Sec.  [thinsp]165.506, during the enforcement 
period, no vessel or person may enter, transit through, anchor in, or 
remain within the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of 
the Port Delaware Bay or a designated representative. If permission is 
granted, all persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of 
the COTP, designated representative or Patrol Commander.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.506 and 33 U.S.C. 1233. The Coast Guard will provide the maritime 
community with advanced notice of enforcement of regulation by 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM), Local Notice to Mariners and on-
scene actual notice by designated representative. In the event Captain 
of the Port Delaware Bay determines that it's not necessary to enforce 
the regulated area for the entire duration of the enforcement period, a 
BNM will be issued to authorize general permission to enter the 
regulated area.

    Dated: Jun 27, 2017.
Scott E. Anderson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2017-13917 Filed 6-29-17; 8:45 am]
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