Document ID: USCG-2019-0241-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District
Posted Date: 2019-04-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 23, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16781-16782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08127]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0241]

Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard 
District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Penn's Landing, Delaware 
River, Philadelphia, PA, safety zone from 8:30 p.m. through 9:00 p.m. 
on April 26, 2019. This action is necessary to ensure safety of life on 
the navigable waters of the United States immediately prior to, during, 
and immediately after the fireworks displays. Our regulation for safety 
zones of fireworks displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District 
identifies the regulated area for this event at Penn's Landing in 
Philadelphia, PA. During the enforcement periods, vessels may not 
enter, remain in, or transit through the safety zones during these 
enforcement periods unless authorized by the

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Captain of the Port or designated Coast Guard patrol personnel on 
scene.

DATES: The regulations in the table to 33 CFR 165.506 at (a)(16) will 
be enforced from 8:30 p.m. through 9 p.m. on April 26, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Thomas 
Welker, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management 
Division, telephone 215-271-4814, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in the Table to 33 CFR 165.506, entry (a)(16) for the Delaware River 
Waterfront Corporation Fireworks display from 8:30 p.m. through 9 p.m. 
on April 26, 2019. This action is necessary to ensure safety of life on 
the navigable waters of the United States immediately prior to, during, 
and immediately after the fireworks displays. Our regulation for safety 
zones of fireworks displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District, 
table to Sec.  165.506, entry (a)(16) specifies the location of the 
regulated area as all waters of Delaware River, adjacent to Penn's 
Landing, Philadelphia, PA, within 500 yards of a fireworks launch site 
at approximate position latitude 39[deg]56'49'' N, longitude 
075[deg]08'11'' W. During the enforcement period, as reflected in Sec.  
165.506(d), vessels may not enter, remain in, or transit through the 
safety zone during the enforcement period unless authorized by the 
Captain of the Port or designated Coast Guard patrol personnel on 
scene.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide notification of this enforcement period 
via broadcast notice to mariners.

    Dated: April 18, 2019.
Scott E. Anderson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2019-08127 Filed 4-22-19; 8:45 am]
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