Document ID: USCG-2019-0744-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; 2019 Fleet Week Fireworks Display, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Posted Date: 2019-10-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54032-54033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21764]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0744]

Safety Zone; 2019 Fleet Week Fireworks Display, San Francisco 
Bay, San Francisco, CA

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 2019 
Fleet Week Fireworks Display in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco 
area of responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This 
action is necessary to protect life and property of the maritime public 
from the hazards associated with the fireworks display. During the 
enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from 
entering into, transiting through, or anchoring in the safety zone, 
unless authorized by the Patrol

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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, Table 1, Item number 21, will 
be enforced from 11 a.m. on October 12, 2019 through 9:40 p.m. on 
October 12, 2019, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Lieutenant Jennae Cotton, Waterways Management, U.S. 
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone (415) 399-3585, email 
SFWaterways@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
established in 33 CFR 165.1191 Table 1, Item number 21 for the 2019 
Fleet Week Fireworks Display from 11 a.m. on October 12, 2019 until 
9:40 p.m. on October 12, 2019, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners. The 2019 Fleet Week Fireworks Display will commence at 
approximately 9 p.m. on October 12, 2019. This notice is issued under 
authority of 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 
160.5; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
    The safety zone will extend to all navigable waters of the San 
Francisco Bay, from surface to bottom, within a circle formed by 
connecting all points 100 feet out from the fireworks barge during the 
loading, transit, and arrival of the fireworks barge from the loading 
location to the display location and until the start of the fireworks 
display. From 11 a.m. on October 12, 2019 until 5 p.m. on October 12, 
2019, the fireworks barge will be loading pyrotechnics from Pier 50 in 
San Francisco, CA. The fireworks barge will remain at the loading 
location until its transit to the display location. From 7:30 p.m. to 8 
p.m. on October 12, 2019 the loaded fireworks barge will transit from 
Pier 50 to the launch site near Pier 3 in approximate position 
37[deg]48'01'' N, 122[deg]23'27'' W (NAD 83) where it will remain until 
the conclusion of the fireworks display. Upon the commencement of the 
10-minute fireworks display, scheduled to begin at approximately 9 p.m. 
on October 12, 2019, the safety zone will increase in size and 
encompass all navigable waters of San Francisco Bay, from surface to 
bottom, within a circle formed by connecting all points 1,000 feet out 
from the fireworks barge near Pier 3 in approximate position 
37[deg]48'01'' N, 122[deg]23'27'' W (NAD 83). This safety zone will 
terminate at 9:40 p.m. on October 12, 2019, or as announced via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
    In addition to this notice 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, which is 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: September 30, 2019.
Howard H. Wright,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Alternate Captain of the Port, San 
Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2019-21764 Filed 10-8-19; 8:45 am]
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