Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District
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The Coast Guard will enforce the Penn's Landing, Delaware River, Philadelphia PA; Safety Zone from 9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on July 4, 2021, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this firework event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in Philadelphia, PA. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13573]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2021-0377]
Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard
District
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Penn's Landing, Delaware
River, Philadelphia PA; Safety Zone from 9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on
July 4, 2021, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways
during this firework event. Our regulation for marine events within the
Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event
in Philadelphia, PA. During the enforcement periods, the operator of
any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the
Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard
ensign.
DATES: The regulations in the table to 33 CFR 165.506, entry (a)(16)
will be enforced from 9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on July 4, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Jennifer
Padilla, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management
Division, telephone 215-271-4814, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aee4cbc0c0c7c8cbdc80c280fecfcac7c2c2cfeedbddcdc980c3c7c2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="602a050e0e090605124e0c4e300104090c0c0120151303074e0d090c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone
in the Table to 33 CFR 165.506, entry (a)(16) for the Coopers Ferry
Fireworks display from 9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on July 4, 2021. This
action is necessary to ensure safety of life on the navigable waters of
the United States immediately prior to, during, and immediately after
the fireworks displays. Our regulation for safety zones of fireworks
displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District, table to Sec. 165.506,
entry (a)(16), specifies the location of the regulated area as all
waters of Delaware River, adjacent to Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA,
within 500 yards of a fireworks barge at approximate position latitude
39[deg]56'49'' N, longitude 075[deg]08'11'' W. During the enforcement
period, as reflected in Sec. 165.506(d), vessels may not enter, remain
in, or transit through the safety zone during the enforcement period
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or designated Coast Guard
patrol personnel on scene.
In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register,
the Coast Guard will provide notification of this enforcement period
via broadcast notice to mariners.
Dated: June 18, 2021.
Jonathan D. Theel,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2021-13573 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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