Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Elizabeth River, Town Point Reach, Norfolk, VA
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The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone regulation for Norfolk's 41st Annual Independence Day Fireworks on July 4, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in Norfolk, VA. During the enforcement period, entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Virginia.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 14262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04788]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2023-0174]
Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Elizabeth River, Town Point
Reach, Norfolk, VA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone regulation for
Norfolk's 41st Annual Independence Day Fireworks on July 4, 2023, to
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this
event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard
District identifies the regulated area for this event in Norfolk, VA.
During the enforcement period, entry of vessels or persons into this
zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the
Port Virginia.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced for the
location identified as Item 13 in table 3 to paragraph (h)(3) from 9:30
p.m. until 9:50 p.m. on July 4, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notification of enforcement, call or email LCDR Ashley Holm, Chief,
Waterways Management Division, Sector Virginia, U.S. Coast Guard;
telephone 757-668-5580 email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#adecdec5c1c8d483e883e5c2c1c0edd8dececa83c0c4c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e2f1d06020b17402b40260102032e1b1d0d0940030702">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted in paragraph (c) of Sec. 165.506,
the enforcement period(s) for each safety zone identified in paragraph
(h) of this section is subject to change, and the enforcement period
announced here differs from the enforcement period noted in Table 3 to
paragraph (h). The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in 33 CFR
165.506 for Norfolk's 41st Annual Independence Day Fireworks regulated
area from 9:30 p.m. to 9:50 p.m. on July 4, 2023. This action is being
taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during
this 20-minute event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth
Coast Guard District, Sec. 165.506, specifies the location of the
regulated area which encompasses portions of the Elizabeth River and
Town Point Reach. During the enforcement periods, entry of vessels or
persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by
the Captain of the Port Virginia.
In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine
information broadcasts.
Dated: March 1, 2023.
Jennifer A. Stockwell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Virginia.
[FR Doc. 2023-04788 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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