Document ID: USCG-2012-0461-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Fourth of July Fireworks, City of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2012-06-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37604-37605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15264]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG 2012-0461]

Safety Zone; Fourth of July Fireworks, City of San Francisco, 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 City of 
Sausalito's Fourth of July Fireworks 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 Commander (PATCOM).

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191 will be enforced from 9 a.m. 
to 9:45 p.m. on July 4, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Ensign William Hawn, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San 
Francisco;

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telephone (415) 399-7442 or email at D11-PF-MarineEvents@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a 100 foot 
safety zone around the fireworks barge during the loading, transit, and 
arrival of the fireworks barge to the display location and until the 
start of the fireworks display. From 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on July 4, 
2012, the barge will be loading off of Pier 50 in position 
37[deg]46'28'' N, 122[deg]23'06'' W (NAD 83). From 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 
on July 4, 2012 the loaded barge will transit from Pier 50 to the 
launch site near Sausalito, CA in position 37[deg]51'30'' N, 
122[deg]28'29'' W (NAD83). Upon the commencement of the fireworks 
display, scheduled to take place from 9:15 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on July 4, 
2012, the safety zone will increase in size and encompass the navigable 
waters around and under the fireworks barge within a radius 1,000 feet 
around the launch site near Sausalito, CA in position 37[deg]51'30'' N, 
122[deg]28'29'' W (NAD83) for the City of Sausalito's Fourth of July 
Fireworks Display in 33 CFR 165.1191. This safety zone will be in 
effect from 9 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. on July 4, 2012.
    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. Additionally, each 
person who receives notice of a lawful order or direction issued by an 
official patrol vessel shall obey the order or direction. The PATCOM is 
empowered to forbid entry into and control the regulated area. The 
PATCOM shall be designated by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector San 
Francisco. The PATCOM may, upon request, allow the transit of 
commercial vessels through regulated areas when it is safe to do so. 
This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.1191 and 5 U.S.C. 
552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the Coast 
Guard will provide the maritime community with extensive advance 
notification of the safety zone and its enforcement period via the 
Local Notice to Mariners.
    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: June 6, 2012.
Cynthia L. Stowe,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2012-15264 Filed 6-21-12; 8:45 am]
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