Safety Zone; Fireworks Events in Captain of the Port New York Zone
Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)
Federal Register Volume 78, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)
Rules and Regulations
Pages 37968-37969
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2013-15093
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
Docket No. USCG-2013-0449
Safety Zone; Fireworks 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 safety zones in the Captain of the Port New York Zone on the specified dates and times. This action is necessary to ensure the safety of vessels and spectators from hazards associated with fireworks displays. During the enforcement periods, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone without permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP).
DATES: The regulation for the safety zone 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 Lieutenant Junior Grade Kristopher Kesting, Coast Guard; telephone 718-354-4154, email Kristopher.R.Kesting@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 Table 1 below. This regulation was published in the Federal Register on November 9, 2011 (76 FR 69614).
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Table 1
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Vicedotcom Fireworks................ Launch site: A barge
Pier 84, Hudson River Safety Zone...... launch located in approximate
33 CFR 165.160 (5.9)................... position 40deg45'56.9'' N,
074deg00'25.4'' W (NAD
1983), approximately 380 yards
west of Pier 84, Manhattan,
New York. This Safety Zone is
a 360-yard radius from the
barge.
Date: June 20, 2013.
Time: 10:00 p.m.-11:45
p.m.
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New York Salutes America Fireworks.. Launch site: All
Orchard Beach, the Bronx Safety Zone... waters of Long Island Sound in
33 CFR 165.160 (3.11).................. an area bound by the following
points: 40deg51'43.5'' N,
073deg47'36.3'' W, thence to
40deg52'12.2'' N,
073deg47'13.6'' W, thence to
40deg52'02.5'' N,
073deg46'47.8'' W, thence to
40deg51'32.3'' N,
073deg47'09.9'' W (NAD
1983), thence to the point of
origin.
Date: June 28, 2013.
Time: 8:50 p.m.-10:10
p.m.
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Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.160, a vessel may not enter the regulated area unless given express permission from the COTP or the designated representative. Spectator vessels may transit outside the regulated area 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 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 10, 2013.
G. Loebl,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port New York.
FR Doc. 2013-15093 Filed 6-24-13; 8:45 am
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