Document ID: USCG-2019-0610-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Recurring Safety Zone; Wheeling Heritage Port Sternwheel Festival, Wheeling, WV
Posted Date: 2019-08-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45073-45074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18525]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0610]

Recurring Safety Zone; Wheeling Heritage Port Sternwheel 
Festival, Wheeling, WV

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 Wheeling 
Heritage Port Sternwheel Festival Fireworks, to provide for the safety 
of persons, vessels, and the marine environment on the navigable waters 
of the Ohio River during this event. Our regulations for marine events 
within the Eighth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area 
for this event in Wheeling, WV. During the enforcement periods, entry 
into this zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the 
Port Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 1, Line 77 will be 
enforced from 10:15 p.m. through 11 p.m. on September 14, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Trevor VanNatta, 
Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 412-221-
0807, email Trevor.J.VanNatta@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone 
for the Wheeling Heritage Port Sternwheel Festival in 33 CFR 165.801, 
Table 1, Line 77 from 10 p.m. through 11 p.m. on September 14, 2019. 
This action is being taken to provide for the safety of persons, 
vessels, and the marine environment on navigable waters of the Ohio 
River during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the 
Eighth Coast Guard District, Sec.  165.801, specifies the location of 
the safety zone for the Wheeling Heritage Port Sternwheel Festival, 
which covers a one-half mile stretch of the Ohio River. Entry into the 
safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port 
Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh (COTP) or a designated representative. 
Persons or vessels desiring to enter the safety zone must request 
permission from the COTP or a designated representative. They can be 
reached on VHF FM channel 16. If permission is

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granted, all persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of 
the COTP or designated representative.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the COTP or a designated representative will inform the public through 
Broadcast Notices to Mariners (BNMs), Local Notices to Mariners (LNMs), 
Marine Safety Information Bulletins (MSIBs), and/or through other means 
of public notice as appropriate at least 24 hours in advance of 
enforcement.

A.W. Demo,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Marine Safety Unit 
Pittsburgh.
[FR Doc. 2019-18525 Filed 8-27-19; 8:45 am]
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