Regattas and marine parades: First Coast Guard District fireworks displays,

[Federal Register: August 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 165)]

[Rules and Regulations]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD01-98-127]

RIN 2115-AE46

Special Local Regulation: Fireworks Displays Within the First Coast Guard District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of implementation.

SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the dates and times of the special local regulations contained in 33 CFR 100.114, Fireworks Displays within the First Coast Guard District. All vessels will be restricted from entering the area of navigable water within a 500-yard radius of the fireworks launch platform for each event listed in the table below. Implementation of these regulations is necessary to control vessel traffic within the regulated area to ensure the safety of spectators.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.114 are effective from one hour before the scheduled start of the event until thirty minutes after the last firework is exploded for each event listed in the table below. The events are listed chronologically by month with their corresponding number listed in the special regulation, 33 CFR 100.114.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed to Commander (osr), First Coast Guard District, Captain John Foster Williams Federal Building, 408 Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 02110-3350, or may be hand delivered to Room 734 at the same address between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Comments will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Algernon J. Keith, Office of Search and Rescue branch, First Coast Guard District at (617) 223-8460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice implements the special local regulations in 33 CFR 100.114 (62 FR 30988; June 6, 1997). All vessels are prohibited from entering a 500-yard radius of navigable water surrounding the launch platform used in each fireworks display listed below.

Table 1--Fireworks Displays

August

5. Summer Music Fireworks Date: August 23, 1998 Time: 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Location: Niantic River, Harness Park, Waterford, CT. Lat: 41 deg.17.35 N, Long; 072 deg.21.20 W (NAD 1983) 10. Norwich Harbor Day Fireworks Date: August 30, 1998 Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Location: Norwich Harbor, off American Wharf Marina, Norwich CT. Lat: 40 deg.31.16 N, Long: 072 deg.04.83 W (NAD 1983)

September

2. Taste of Italy Date: September 12, 1998 Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Location: Norwich Harbor, off Norwich Marina, Norwich, CT Lat: 40 deg.59.5 N, Long: 072 deg.06.5 W (NAD 1983)

Dated: August 11, 1998. Robert F. Duncan, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Acting Commander, First Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 98-22921Filed8-25-98; 8:45 am]

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