Safety Zones; Fireworks Events in Captain of the Port New York Zone
Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 2015)
Rules and Regulations
Page 35847
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2015-15410
Page 35847
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
Docket No. USCG-2015-0393
Safety Zones; 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 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 and spectators from hazards associated with fireworks displays. 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 Lieutenant Douglas Neumann, Coast Guard; telephone 718-
354-4154, email douglas.w.neumann@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).
Table 1
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1. Brooklyn Law School, Ellis Island Launch site: A barge
Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(2.2). located between Federal
Anchorages 20-A and 20-B, in
approximate position
40deg41'45'' N.
074deg02'09'' W. (NAD 1983)
about 365 yards east of Ellis
Island. This Safety Zone is a
360-yard radius from the
barge.
Date: June 11, 2015.
Time: 10:10 p.m.-11:20
p.m.
2. Bronx Salutes America, Orchard Launch site: All
Beach, The Bronx Safety Zone, 33 CFR waters of Long Island Sound in
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 25, 2015.
Time: 08:50 p.m.-10:10
p.m.
3. City of Poughkeepsie Independence Launch site: A barge
Day Celebration, Poughkeepsie, NY, located in approximate
Hudson River Safety Zone, 33 CFR position 41deg42'24.50'' N.
165.160(5.13). 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: July 04, 2015.
Time: 9:00 p.m.-10:00
p.m.
4. City of Yonkers July 4th Launch site: A barge
Celebration, Yonkers, NY, Hudson River located in approximate
Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(5.5). position 40deg56'14.5'' N.
073deg54'33'' W. (NAD 1983),
approximately 475 yards
northwest of the Yonkers
Municipal Pier, New York. This
Safety Zone is a 360-yard
radius from the barge.
Date: July 04, 2015.
Time: 08:45 p.m.-10:15
p.m.
5. Peekskill July 4th Celebration, Launch site: A barge
Peekskill Bay, Hudson River Safety located in approximate
Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(5.10). position 41deg17'16'' N.
073deg56'18'' W. (NAD 1983),
approximately 670 yards north
of Travis Point. This Safety
Zone is a 360-yard radius from
the barge.
Date: July 04, 2015.
Rain Date: July 05,
2015.
Time: 08:30 p.m.-10:30
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: May 11, 2015.
G. Loebl,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port New York.
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