Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District-Brick Township, NJ
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The Coast Guard will enforce the Metedeconk River, Brick Township, NJ Safety Zone for fireworks displays on four separate periods. The safety zone will be enforced on July 6, 2023, July 13, 2023, July 20, 2023, and July 27, 2023, or on a rain date of August 10, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during each of the four separate land-based fireworks displays. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the boundaries of the regulated area for this event near the shoreline at Brick Township, NJ. 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 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13590]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2023-0437]
Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard
District--Brick Township, NJ
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Metedeconk River, Brick
Township, NJ Safety Zone for fireworks displays on four separate
periods. The safety zone will be enforced on July 6, 2023, July 13,
2023, July 20, 2023, and July 27, 2023, or on a rain date of August 10,
2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during
each of the four separate land-based fireworks displays. Our regulation
for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the
boundaries of the regulated area for this event near the shoreline at
Brick Township, NJ. 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 Brick Township,
NJ, will be enforced for the location identified in entry 5 of table 1
to paragraph (h)(1), from 9 through 9:45 p.m. on July 6, 2023, July 13,
2023, July 20, 2023, and July 27, 2023, or on a rain date of August 10,
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#7221171136171e30130b25253f32070111155c1f1b1e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b487e785f7e77597a624c4c565b6e68787c35767277">[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. 5 for four periods, for
four separate land-based fireworks displays. The enforcement periods
will be from 9 through 9:45 p.m. on July 6, 2023, July 13, 2023, July
20, 2023, and July 27, 2023, or on a rain date of August 10, 2023. This
action is necessary to ensure the safety of life on the navigable
waters of the United States immediately prior to, during, and
immediately after 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 5 specifies the location of
the regulated area as all waters of the Metedeconk River within a 300-
yard radius of the fireworks launch platform in approximate position
latitude 40[deg]03'23'' N, longitude 074[deg]06'39'' W, near the
shoreline at Brick Township, NJ. During the enforcement period, as
reflected in section 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 21, 2023.
Kate F. Higgins-Bloom,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2023-13590 Filed 6-26-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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