Rule2023-12014
Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District-Lewes, DE
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Published
June 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce the Delaware Bay, Lewes, DE; Safety Zone from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or on a rain date of July 5, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during a barge-based fireworks display. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter, remain in, or transit through the regulated area, and anyone in the vicinity must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12014]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2023-0279]
Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard
District--Lewes, DE
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Delaware Bay, Lewes, DE;
Safety Zone from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or on a rain
date of July 5, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable
waterways during a barge-based fireworks display. During the
enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter, remain in, or
transit through the regulated area, and anyone in the vicinity must
comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol
displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
DATES: The portion of the regulation 33 CFR 165.506 for Lewes, DE, as
identified in entry 12 of table 1 to paragraph (h)(1), will be enforced
from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or on a rain date of July
5, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Dylan
Caikowski, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management
Division, telephone 215-271-4814, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6033050324050c22011937372d20151303074e0d090c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e5d6b6d4a6b624c6f775959434e7b7d6d6920636762">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in table 1 to
paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506, entry No. 12, for a barge-based
fireworks display from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or on a
rain date of July 5, 2023. This action is necessary to ensure safety of
life on the navigable waters of the United States immediately prior to,
during, and immediately after a fireworks display. Our regulation for
safety zones of fireworks displays within the Fifth Coast Guard
District, table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506, entry 12
specifies the location of the regulated area as all waters of the
Delaware Bay off Lewes, DE, within a 350-yard radius of the fireworks
barge position. The approximate position for the display is latitude
38[deg]47'12'' N, longitude 075[deg]07'48'' W. During the enforcement
period, as reflected in Sec. 165.506(d), vessels may not enter, remain
in, or transit through the safety zone 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 Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
Dated: May 30, 2023.
Jonathan D. Theel,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2023-12014 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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