Document ID: USCG-2019-0408-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone
Posted Date: 2019-05-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 105 (Friday, May 31, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 25177-25178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11374]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0408]

Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo 
Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce certain safety zones located in 
federal regulations for Annual Events in the Captain of the Port 
Buffalo. This action is necessary and intended to protect the safety of 
life and property on navigable waters prior to, during, and immediately 
after these events. During each enforcement period, no person or vessel 
may enter the respective safety zone without the permission of the 
Captain of the Port Buffalo.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939(a)(4) as listed in Table 
165.939 will be enforced from 9:30 p.m. through 10:15 p.m. on June 14, 
2019. The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939(a)(5) as listed in Table 
165.939 will be enforced from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on June 1, 2019. 
The regulations in 33 CFR 165.939(a)(6) as listed in Table 165.939 will 
be enforced from 8 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. on June 15, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT Sean Dolan, Chief of Waterways 
Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Buffalo telephone 716-843-9322, 
email D09-SMB-SECBuffalo-WWM@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone listed in 
33 CFR 165.939 for the following events:
    (1) Seneca River Days, Baldwinsville, NY; The safety zone listed in 
Table 165.939 as (a)(4) will be enforced from 9:30 p.m. through 10:15 
p.m. on June 14, 2019 with a rain date of June 15, 2019.
    (2) Flagship Niagara Mariner's Ball Fireworks, Erie, PA; The safety 
zone listed in Table 165.939 as (a)(5) will be enforced from 9 p.m. 
through 10 p.m. on June 01, 2019.
    (3) Hope Chest Buffalo Niagara Dragon Boat Festival, Buffalo, NY; 
The safety zone listed in Table 165.939 as (a)(6) will be enforced from 
8:00 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. on June 15, 2019.
    Pursuant to 33 CFR 165.23, entry into, transiting, or anchoring 
within the safety zones during an enforcement period is prohibited 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Buffalo or a designated 
representative. Those seeking permission to enter the safety zones may 
request permission from the Captain of Port Buffalo via channel 16, 
VHF-FM. Vessels and persons granted permission to enter the safety 
zones shall obey the directions of the Captain of the Port Buffalo or a 
designated representative. While within a safety

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zone, all vessels shall operate at the minimum speed necessary to 
maintain a safe course.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.939 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 advance notification of this enforcement period via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. If the 
Captain of the Port Buffalo determines that the safety zone need not be 
enforced for the full duration stated in this notification he or she 
may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to 
enter the respective safety zone.

    Dated: May 23, 2019.
Joseph S. Dufresne,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Buffalo.
[FR Doc. 2019-11374 Filed 5-30-19; 8:45 am]
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