Document ID: USCG-2023-0262-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Displays Within the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound
Posted Date: 2023-04-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23350-23351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08014]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0262]

Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Displays Within the Captain of the 
Port, Puget Sound

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce fourteen safety zones for annual 
firework displays in the Captain of the Port, Sector Puget Sound Zone 
during the dates and times noted under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. This 
action is necessary to prevent injury and to protect life and property 
of the maritime public from the hazards associated with the firework 
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 165.1332 will be enforced for the 
fourteen safety zones identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section from 5 p.m. on July 4, 2023, through 1 a.m. on July 5, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Chief Warrant Officer William 
Martinez, Sector Puget Sound Waterways Management, Coast Guard; 
telephone 206-217-6051, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce regulations in 
33 CFR 165.1332 for the following safety zones established for Annual 
Fireworks Displays within the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound Area of 
Responsibility. These regulations will be enforced from 5 p.m. on July 
4, 2023, through 1 a.m. on July 5, 2023, at the following locations:

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                 Event name                             Location                 Latitude          Longitude
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Seattle Seafair............................  Lake Washington..............   47[deg]34.333' N   122[deg]16.017 W
City of Anacortes..........................  Fidalgo Bay..................   48[deg]30.016' N  122[deg]36.154' W
Mercer Island Celebration..................  Mercer Island................   47[deg]35.517' N  122[deg]13.233' W
Fireworks Display..........................  Henderson Bay................     47[deg]21.8' N  122[deg]38.367' W
Kenmore Community Fireworks Display........  Lake Forest Park.............   47[deg]44.783' N  122[deg]16.917' W
Kingston Fireworks.........................  Appletree Cove...............    47[deg]47.65' N  122[deg]29.917' W
Brewster Fire Department Fireworks.........  Brewster.....................   48[deg]05.362' N  119[deg]47.147' W
Port Angeles...............................  Port Angeles Harbor..........   48[deg]07.033' N  123[deg]24.967' W
Friday Harbor Independence.................  Friday Harbor................   48[deg]32.255' N   123[deg]0.654' W
Roche Harbor Fireworks.....................  Roche Harbor.................     48[deg]36.7' N    123[deg]09.5' W
True Colors Event..........................  Blaine.......................   48[deg]59.488' N  122[deg]46.339' W

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City of Mount Vernon Fireworks.............  Edgewater Park...............   48[deg]25.178' N  122[deg]20.424' W
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    The special requirements listed in 33 CFR 165.1332(b) apply to the 
activation and enforcement of these safety zones. All non-participants 
are prohibited from entering, transiting through, anchoring in, or 
remaining within the regulated area unless authorized by the Captain of 
the Port or their designated representative. The Coast Guard may be 
assisted by other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in 
enforcing this regulation.
    In addition to the publication of this document in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard will issue advanced notification of 
enforcement of these safety zones via the Broadcast Notice to Mariners 
and Local Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: April 10, 2023.
Y. Moon,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port Sector Puget 
Sound.
[FR Doc. 2023-08014 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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