Document ID: USCG-2023-0332-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Seafair Air Show Performance, 2023, Seattle, WA
Posted Date: 2023-05-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 98 (Monday, May 22, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 32660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10794]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0332]

Safety Zone; Seafair Air Show Performance, 2023, Seattle, WA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the annual Seafair Air Show 
Performance safety zone on Lake Washington, Seattle, WA, from 10 a.m. 
until 4 p.m. on August 3, 2023, and from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day 
from August 4, 2023, through August 6, 2023. This action is necessary 
to prevent injury and to protect life and property of the maritime 
public from the hazards associated with the aerial displays. The 
regulation prohibits persons and vessels from being in the regulated 
areas unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Puget Sound or a 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1319 will be enforced from 10 a.m. 
until 4 p.m. on August 3, 2023, and from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day 
from August 4, 2023, through August 6, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Peter J. 
McAndrew, Sector Puget Sound Waterways Management Division, Coast 
Guard; telephone (206) 217-6045, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Seafair Air 
Show Performance safety zone in 33 CFR 165.1319 from 10 a.m. until 4 
p.m. on August 3, 2023, and from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day from 
August 4, 2023, through August 6, 2023, unless canceled sooner by the 
Captain of the Port. This action is being taken to provide for the 
safety of life on navigable waterways during this 4-day event. Our 
regulation for marine events within the Thirteenth Coast Guard 
District, Sec.  165.1319(b), specifies the location of the regulated 
area for the Seafair Air Show performance which encompasses portions of 
Lake Washington.
    During the enforcement periods, as reflected in Sec.  165.1319, no 
person or vessel may enter or remain in the zone except for support 
vessels and support personnel, vessels registered with the event 
organizer, or other vessels authorized by the Captain of the Port or 
designated representatives. Vessels and persons granted authorization 
to enter the safety zone must obey all lawful orders or directions made 
by the Captain of the Port or his designated representative.
    The Captain of the Port (COTP) may be assisted by other Federal, 
state, and local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.
    If the COTP determines that the safety zone need not be enforced 
for the full duration stated in this notification of enforcement, he 
may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: May 16, 2023.
P.M. Hilbert,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2023-10794 Filed 5-19-23; 8:45 am]
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