Document ID: USCG-2012-0466-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Recurring Events in Captain of the Port New York Zone (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2012-06-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33970-33971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13889]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0466]

Safety Zones; Recurring Events in Captain of the Port New York 
Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce various safety zones in the 
Sector New York area of responsibility on various dates and times. This 
action is necessary to ensure the safety of vessels and spectators from 
hazards associated with fireworks displays. During the enforcement 
period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone without 
permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulations for the safety zones described in 33 CFR 165.160 
will

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be enforced on the dates and times listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Ensign Kimberly Farnsworth, Coast Guard; telephone 718-
354-4163, email Kimberly.A.Farnsworth@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.160 on the specified dates and times as indicated 
in Table 1 below. If the event is delayed by inclement weather, the 
regulation will be enforced on the rain date indicated in Table 1 
below. These regulations were published in the Federal Register on 
November 9, 2011 (76 FR 69614).

                                 Table 1
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1. Bronx Salutes America Fireworks,       Launch site: All
 Orchard Beach Safety Zone, 33 CFR        waters of Long Island Sound in
 165.160(3.11).                           an area bound by the following
                                          points: 40[deg]51'43.5'' N,
                                          073[deg]47'36.3'' W; thence to
                                          40[deg]52'12.2'' N,
                                          073[deg]47'13.6'' W; thence to
                                          40[deg]52'02.5'' N,
                                          073[deg]46'47.8'' W; thence to
                                          40[deg]51'32.3'' N,
                                          073[deg]47'09.9'' W (NAD
                                          1983), thence to the point of
                                          origin.
                                          Date: June 29, 2012.
                                          Time: 8:50 p.m.-10:12
                                          p.m.
2. City of Newburgh Fireworks, Newburgh   Launch site: A barge
 Hudson River Safety Zone, 33 CFR         located in approximate
 165.160(5.12).                           position 41[deg]30'01.2'' N,
                                          073[deg]59'42.5'' W (NAD
                                          1983), approximately 930 yards
                                          east of Newburgh, New York.
                                          Date: July 4, 2012.
                                          Time: 9 p.m.-10:30
                                          p.m.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.160, a vessel may not enter the 
regulated area unless given express permission from the COTP or the 
designated representative. Spectator vessels may transit outside the 
regulated area but may not anchor, block, loiter in, or impede the 
transit of other vessels. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other 
Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this 
regulation.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.160(a) and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced notification of 
enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts. If the COTP 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: May 21, 2012.
G.P. Hitchen,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port New York.
[FR Doc. 2012-13889 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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