Document ID: USCG-2023-0174-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Elizabeth River, Town Point Reach, Norfolk, VA
Posted Date: 2023-03-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 14262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04788]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0174]

Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Elizabeth River, Town Point 
Reach, Norfolk, VA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone regulation for 
Norfolk's 41st Annual Independence Day Fireworks on July 4, 2023, to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this 
event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard 
District identifies the regulated area for this event in Norfolk, VA. 
During the enforcement period, entry of vessels or persons into this 
zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the 
Port Virginia.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the 
location identified as Item 13 in table 3 to paragraph (h)(3) from 9:30 
p.m. until 9:50 p.m. on July 4, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email LCDR Ashley Holm, Chief, 
Waterways Management Division, Sector Virginia, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone 757-668-5580 email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted in paragraph (c) of Sec.  165.506, 
the enforcement period(s) for each safety zone identified in paragraph 
(h) of this section is subject to change, and the enforcement period 
announced here differs from the enforcement period noted in Table 3 to 
paragraph (h). The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in 33 CFR 
165.506 for Norfolk's 41st Annual Independence Day Fireworks regulated 
area from 9:30 p.m. to 9:50 p.m. on July 4, 2023. This action is being 
taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during 
this 20-minute event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth 
Coast Guard District, Sec.  165.506, specifies the location of the 
regulated area which encompasses portions of the Elizabeth River and 
Town Point Reach. During the enforcement periods, entry of vessels or 
persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by 
the Captain of the Port Virginia.
    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.

    Dated: March 1, 2023.
Jennifer A. Stockwell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Virginia.
[FR Doc. 2023-04788 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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