Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District-Philadelphia, PA
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The Coast Guard will enforce the Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA Safety Zone for fireworks displays on two separate periods. The safety zone will first be enforced on June 21, 2023, and again, on July 1, 2023. This is to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during each of two separate barge-based fireworks displays. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in Philadelphia, PA. 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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<title>Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37471-37472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12266]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2023-0361]
Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard
District--Philadelphia, PA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Delaware River, Philadelphia,
PA Safety Zone for fireworks displays on two separate periods. The
safety zone will first be enforced on June 21, 2023, and again, on July
1, 2023. This is to provide for the safety of life on navigable
waterways during each of two separate barge-based fireworks displays.
Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District
identifies the regulated area for this event in Philadelphia, PA.
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 regulation at 33 CFR 165.506, for Philadelphia, PA, will be
enforced for the location identified in entry 10 of table 1 to
paragraph (h)(1) from 8:35 p.m. through 9:20 p.m. on June 21, 2023, or
on a rain date of June 22, 2023, and from 9:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on
July 1, 2023, or on a rain date of July 2, 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#80d3e5e3c4e5ecc2e1f9d7d7cdc0f5f3e3e7aeede9ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f7c4a4c6b4a436d4e567878626f5a5c4c4801424643">[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. 10 for two
periods, for two separate barge-based fireworks displays. The first
enforcement period will be from 8:35 p.m. through 9:20 p.m. on June 21,
2023, or on a rain date of June 22, 2023. The second enforcement period
will be from 9:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on July 1, 2023, or on a rain date
of July 2, 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
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fireworks displays. 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 10 specifies the location of the
regulated area as all waters of the Delaware River adjacent to Penn's
Landing, Philadelphia, PA, within a 500-yard radius of the fireworks
barge position. The approximate position for the displays is latitude
39[deg]56'52'' N, longitude 075[deg]08'09'' 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: June 2, 2023.
Jonathan D. Theel,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2023-12266 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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