Document ID: USCG-2016-0207-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Fireworks and Swim Events in Captain of the Port New York Zone
Posted Date: 2016-04-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22911-22912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09024]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0207]

Safety Zones; Fireworks and Swim 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 within the 
Captain of the Port New York Zone on the specified dates and times. 
This action is necessary to ensure the safety of vessels, participants 
and spectators from hazards associated with fireworks displays and swim 
events. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter 
the safety zones without permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulation for the safety zones described in 33 CFR 165.160 
will 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 Petty Officer First Class Ronald Sampert U.S. Coast 
Guard; telephone 718-354-4197, email ronald.j.sampert@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones listed in 33 CFR 165.160 on the specified dates and times as 
indicated in Tables 1 and 2 below. This regulation was published in the 
Federal Register on November 9, 2011 (76 FR 69614).

                                 Table 1
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1. Schnider Party, Poughkeepsie, NY,      Launch site: A barge
 Hudson River Safety Zone, 33 CFR         located in approximate
 165.160(5.13).                           position 41[deg]42'24.50'' N.
                                          073[deg]56'44.16'' W. (NAD
                                          1983), approximately 420 yards
                                          north of the Mid Hudson
                                          Bridge. This Safety Zone is a
                                          300-yard radius from the
                                          barge.
                                          Date: March 25, 2016.
                                          Time: 8:30 p.m.-10:20
                                          p.m.
2. The Battery, The Battery, Hudson       Launch site: A barge
 River Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(5.2).  located in approximate
                                          position 40[deg]42'00'' N.
                                          074[deg]01'17'' W. (NAD 1983)
                                          approximately 500 yards south
                                          of The Battery, Manhattan, New
                                          York. This Safety Zone is a
                                          360-yard radius from the
                                          barge.
                                          Date: April 18, 2016.
                                          Time: 8:45 p.m.-10:00
                                          p.m.
3. N.E.C.O. Awards, Liberty Island        Launch site: A barge
 Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(2.1).        located in approximate
                                          position 40[deg]41'16.5'' N.
                                          074[deg]02'23'' W. (NAD 1983)
                                          located in Federal Anchorage
                                          20-C, about 360 yards east of
                                          Liberty Island. This Safety
                                          Zone is a 360-yard radius from
                                          the barge.
                                          Date: May 7, 2016.
                                          Time: 11:00 p.m.-12:10
                                          a.m.
4. Town of North Hempstead Summer Kick    Launch site: A barge
 Off, Bar Beach, Hempstead Harbor         located in approximate
 Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(3.9).        position 40[deg]49'50'' N.
                                          073[deg]39'12'' W. (NAD 1983),
                                          approximately 190 yards north
                                          of Bar Beach, Hempstead
                                          Harbor, New York. This Safety
                                          Zone is a 180-yard radius from
                                          the barge.
                                          Date: May 28, 2016.
                                          Time: 9:00 p.m.-10:30
                                          p.m.
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                                 Table 2
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1. Swim Across America Swim Event, 33     Location: Participants
 CFR 165.160(3.0) Date: July 30, 2016.    will swim between Glen Cove
                                          and Larchmont, New York and an
                                          area of Hempstead Harbor
                                          between Glen Cove and the
                                          vicinity of Umbrella Point.
                                          This Safety Zone includes all
                                          waters within a 100-yard
                                          radius of each participating
                                          swimmer.
                                          Date: July 30, 2016.
                                          Time: 5:30 a.m.-12:00
                                          p.m.
2. Newburgh Beacon Swim, Swim Event, 33   Location: Participants
 CFR 165.160(1.2) Date: August 6, 2016.   will cross the Hudson River
                                          between Newburgh and Beacon,
                                          New York approximately 1300
                                          yards south of the Newburgh-
                                          Beacon Bridges. This Safety
                                          Zone includes all waters
                                          within a 100-yard radius of
                                          each participating swimmer.

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                                          Date: August 6, 2016.
                                          Time: 09:15 a.m.-1:15
                                          p.m.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.160, vessels may not enter the 
safety zones unless given permission from the COTP or a designated 
representative. Spectator vessels may transit outside the safety zones 
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 a safety zone 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 safety zone.

    Dated: March 18, 2016.
M.H. Day,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port New York.
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