Document ID: USCG-2021-0866-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone: Sacramento New Year's Eve Fireworks, Sacramento River, Sacramento, CA
Posted Date: 2021-12-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 235 (Friday, December 10, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 70377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26792]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0866]

Safety Zone; Sacramento New Year's Eve Fireworks, Sacramento 
River, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the three safety zones in the 
navigable waters of the Sacramento River near River Walk Park and the 
Tower Bridge in Sacramento, CA in support of the Sacramento New Year's 
Eve Fireworks in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco area of 
responsibility on December 31, 2021. This action is necessary to 
protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from the dangers 
associated with pyrotechnics. During the enforcement periods noted 
below, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering 
into, transiting through, or anchoring in the safety zone, unless 
authorized by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or other federal, state, or 
local law enforcement agencies on scene to assist the Coast Guard in 
enforcing the regulated area.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.1191, will be enforced for the 
location in Table 1 to Sec.  165.1191, Item number 25, from 8:30 p.m. 
until 9:45 p.m. on December 31, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Anthony Solares, 
Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone 
(415) 399-3585, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones established in 33 CFR 165.1191 Table 1, Item number 25, for the 
Sacramento New Year's Eve Fireworks Display from 8:30 p.m. until 9:45 
p.m. on December 31, 2021, or as announcement via Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners. The safety zone will extend to all three safety zones 
established in 33 CFR 165.1191 Table 1, Item number 25. During the 
period of enforcement, the three safety zones for the Sacramento New 
Year's Eve Fireworks Display will encompass the navigable waters, from 
surface to bottom, around the fireworks firing sites within three 
respective circles each with a radius of 700 feet with the respective 
circle centers in approximate positions:

    Southern Firing Site at 38[deg]34'50.00'' N 121[deg]30'29.20'' 
W,
    Northern Firing Site at 38[deg]35'02.07'' N 121[deg]30'39.73'' 
W, and
    Near the Tower Bridge at 34[deg]34'49.43'' N 121[deg]30'29.19'' 
W (NAD83).

    The safety zones will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 9:45 p.m. on 
December 31, 2021, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
    In addition to this notification in the Federal Register, the Coast 
Guard plans to provide notification of the safety zone and its 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1191, unauthorized persons or 
vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or 
anchoring in the safety zone during all applicable effective dates and 
times, unless authorized to do so by the PATCOM or other Official 
Patrol defined as a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency on 
scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the regulated area. 
Additionally, each person who receives notice of a lawful order or 
direction issued by the PATCOM or Official Patrol shall obey the order 
or direction. The PATCOM or Official Patrol may, upon request, allow 
the transit of commercial vessels through regulated areas when it is 
safe to do so.
    If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area need 
not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated area.

    Dated: December 6, 2021.
Taylor Q. Lam,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2021-26792 Filed 12-9-21; 8:45 am]
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