Safety Zones; Fireworks and Swim Events in Captain of the Port New York Zone
Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 2016)
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
Page 22911
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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Schnider Party, Poughkeepsie, NY, Launch site: A barge
Hudson River Safety Zone, 33 CFR located in approximate
165.160(5.13). position 41deg42'24.50'' N.
073deg56'44.16'' 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.
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The Battery, The Battery, Hudson Launch site: A barge
River Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(5.2). located in approximate
position 40deg42'00'' N.
074deg01'17'' 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.
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N.E.C.O. Awards, Liberty Island Launch site: A barge
Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(2.1). located in approximate
position 40deg41'16.5'' N.
074deg02'23'' 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.
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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 40deg49'50'' N.
073deg39'12'' 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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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.
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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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