Rule2022-25778
Safety Zone; City of Rockport, Rockport Tropical Christmas Festival Fireworks Display Show
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Published
November 28, 2022
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Rockport Tropical Christmas Festival Fireworks Display Show on December 3, 2022, to provide for the safety of persons, vessels, and the marine environment on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the Eighth Coast Guard District identifies the safety zone for this event in Rockport, TX. During the enforcement periods, entry into this zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector Corpus Christi (COTP) or a designated representative.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 72887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25778]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2022-0934]
Safety Zone; City of Rockport, Rockport Tropical Christmas
Festival Fireworks Display Show
AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Rockport
Tropical Christmas Festival Fireworks Display Show on December 3, 2022,
to provide for the safety of persons, vessels, and the marine
environment on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation
for marine events within the Eighth Coast Guard District identifies the
safety zone for this event in Rockport, TX. During the enforcement
periods, entry into this zone is prohibited unless authorized by the
Captain of the Port Sector Corpus Christi (COTP) or a designated
representative.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 4, Line 11, will be
enforced from 7 p.m. through 7:30 p.m. on December 3, 2022, unless the
event is postponed because of adverse weather, in which case this rule
will be enforced from 7 p.m. through 7:30 p.m. on December 9, 2022, or
December 10, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notification of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Commander Anthony
Garofalo, Sector Corpus Christi Waterways Management Division, U.S.
Coast Guard; telephone 361-939-5130, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f29191859386978085938b81b287819195dc9f9b9e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="60030317011405121701191320151303074e0d090c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone
in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 4, Line 11, for the Rockport Tropical
Christmas Festival Fireworks Display Show from 7 p.m. through 7:30 p.m.
on December 3, 2022, with a rain date set for December 9, 2022 and
December 10, 2022. This action is being taken to provide for the safety
of persons, vessels, and the marine environment on navigable waterways
during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the Eighth
Coast Guard District, Sec. 165.801, specifies the location of the
safety zone for the Wendell Family Fireworks, which encompasses
portions of Little Bay in Rockport, TX. As reflected in Sec. Sec.
165.23 and 165.801(a), if you are the operator of a vessel in the
regulated area you must comply with directions from the Captain of the
Port Sector Corpus Christi (COTP) or any designated representative.
Persons or vessels desiring to enter the zone must request permission
from the COTP or a designated representative. They can be reached on
VHF FM channel 16 or by telephone at (361) 939-0450.
If permission is granted, all persons and vessels shall comply with
the instructions of the COTP or designated representative.
In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal
Register, the COTP or a designated representative will inform the
public through Broadcast Notice to Mariners (BNM), Local Notices to
Mariners (LNM), Marine Safety Information Broadcasts (MSIBs), and/or
through other means of public notice as appropriate at least 24 hours
in advance of each enforcement.
Dated: November 18, 2022.
J.B. Gunning,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sector Corpus Christi.
[FR Doc. 2022-25778 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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