Safety Zone; Coast Guard Exercise Area, Hood Canal, Washington
| Published date | 15 October 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 57358 |
| Record Number | 2021-22492 |
| Section | Rules and Regulations |
| Court | Coast Guard |
57358
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 197 / Friday, October 15, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG–2021–0788]
Safety Zone; Coast Guard Exercise
Area, Hood Canal, Washington
AGENCY
: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION
: Notice of enforcement of
regulation.
SUMMARY
: The Coast Guard will enforce
safety zones surrounding vessels
involved in Coast Guard training
exercises in Hood Canal, WA, from
October 25, 2021, through November 5,
2021. This action is necessary to ensure
the safety of the maritime public and
vessels near training exercises. During
the enforcement period, entry into the
safety zones is prohibited, unless
authorized by the Captain of the Port
Sector Puget Sound or their Designated
Representative.
DATES
: The regulations in 33 CFR
165.1339 will be enforced from 8 a.m.
on October 25, 2021, through 5 p.m. on
November 5, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: If
you have questions about this notice of
enforcement, call or email Mr. Rob
Nakama, Sector Puget Sound Waterways
Management Division, U.S. Coast
Guard; telephone 206–217–6051, email
SectorPugetSoundWWM@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The Coast
Guard will enforce the safety zones
around vessels involved in Coast Guard
training exercises in Hood Canal, WA,
set forth in 33 CFR 165.1339, from 8
a.m. on October 25, 2021, through 5
p.m. on November 5, 2021. Under the
provisions of 33 CFR 165.1339, no
person or vessel may enter or remain
within 500 yards of any vessel involved
in Coast Guard training exercises while
such vessel is transiting Hood Canal,
WA, between Foul Weather Bluff and
the entrance to Dabob Bay, unless
authorized by the Captain of the Port
Sector Puget Sound (COTP) or their
Designated Representative. In addition,
the regulation requires all vessel
operators seeking to enter any of the
zones during the enforcement period to
first obtain permission. You may seek
permission by contacting the on-scene
patrol commander on VHF channel 13
or 16, or the Sector Puget Sound Joint
Harbor Operations Center at 206–217–
6001.
You will be able to identify
participating vessels as those flying the
Coast Guard Ensign. The COTP may also
be assisted in the enforcement of the
zone by other federal, state, or local
agencies. The COTP will issue a general
permission to enter the safety zones if
the training exercise is completed before
5 p.m. on November 5, 2021. In addition
to this notice of enforcement in the
Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans
to provide notification of this
enforcement period via a Local Notice to
Mariners.
Dated: October 7, 2021.
P.M. Hilbert,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port, Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2021–22492 Filed 10–14–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket Number USCG–2020–0138]
RIN 1625–AA00
Safety Zones; Recurring Marine Events
and Fireworks Displays Within the
Fifth Coast Guard District
AGENCY
: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION
: Final rule.
SUMMARY
: The Coast Guard is amending
its safety zones established for recurring
marine events and fireworks displays
that take place within the Fifth Coast
Guard District area of responsibility.
This final rule revises the listing of
events that informs the public of
regularly scheduled fireworks displays
that require additional safety measures
provided by regulations. Through this
final rule, the current list of recurring
marine events requiring safety zones is
updated with revisions, additional
events, and removal of events that no
longer take place in the Fifth Coast
Guard District area of responsibility.
DATES
: This rule is effective without
actual notice from October 15, 2021. For
the purposes of enforcement, actual
notice will be used from October 1,
2021, until October 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: To view documents
mentioned in this preamble as being
available in the docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2020–
0138 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click
‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket
Folder on the line associated with this
rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: If
you have questions on this rule, call or
email Mr. Ethan Coble, Fifth Coast
Guard District Office of Waterways
Management, U.S. Coast Guard;
telephone (757) 398–7745, email
Ethan.J.Coble@uscg.mil or Mr. Jerry
Barnes, Fifth Coast Guard District Office
of Waterways Management, U.S. Coast
Guard; telephone (757) 398–6230, email
Jerry.R.Barnes@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Table of Abbreviations
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
COTP Captain of the Port
DHS Department of Homeland Security
Event PATCOM Coast Guard Event Patrol
Commander
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
§ Section
U.S.C. United States Code
II. Background Information and
Regulatory History
The Coast Guard regularly updates the
regulations for recurring safety zones
within the Fifth Coast Guard District at
33 CFR 165.506, and its respective
tables. These recurring safety zones are
for fireworks displays that take place
either on or over the navigable waters of
the Fifth Coast Guard District as defined
at 33 CFR 3.25. These regulations were
last amended June 13, 2017 (81 FR
81005). Since then, Marine Events
within the Fifth US Coast Guard District
have been created or changed in a way
that varies from their description in this
regulation. In response, on April 30,
2021, the Coast Guard published a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
titled Safety Zones; Recurring Marine
Events and Fireworks Displays Within
the Fifth Coast Guard District, (86 FR
22913). There we stated why we issued
the NPRM, and invited comments on
our proposed regulatory action related
to recurring marine events and firework
displays. The comment period ended on
June 1, 2021, and we received no
comments.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast
Guard finds that good cause exists for
making this rule effective less than 30
days after publication in the Federal
Register. Delaying the effective date
would be impracticable and contrary to
the public interest. Immediate action is
needed to respond to the potential
safety hazards associated with the
remaining 2021 boating season events.
The first of the remaining events is a
fireworks display scheduled to occur
during the Washington Nationals major
league baseball home game on October
1, 2021, hosted at Nationals Park on the
Anacostia River. Hazards associated
with this event include potential
hazardous falling debris and possible
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