Rule2024-14613
Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes Zone
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Published
July 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce multiple safety zones located in federal regulations for recurring marine events taking place in July 2024. This action is necessary and intended for the safety of life and property on navigable waters during these events. During the enforcement periods, no person or vessel may enter the respective safety zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes or a designated representative.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14613]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0579]
Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern
Great Lakes Zone
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce multiple safety zones located in
federal regulations for recurring marine events taking place in July
2024. This action is necessary and intended for the safety of life and
property on navigable waters during these events. During the
enforcement periods, no person or vessel may enter the respective
safety zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port Eastern
Great Lakes or a designated representative.
DATES: The regulations listed in 33 CFR 165.939, table 165.939, will be
enforced for the following events during the dates and times indicated
below:
<bullet> Paragraph (b)(15) French Festival Fireworks (Cape Vincent
French Festival)--from 9:15 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on July 13, 2024,
in St Lawrence River.
<bullet> Paragraph (b)(16) Lyme Community Days Fireworks (Chaumont
Three-Mile Bay)--from 9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on July 27, 2024, in
Chaumont Bay, Lake Ontario.
<bullet> Paragraph (b)(19) Brewerton Fireworks (Brewerton, NY)--
from 8:30 p.m. through 11:30 p.m. on July 3, 2024, in Oneida Lake.
<bullet> Paragraph (b)(28) Oswego Harborfest (Oswego, NY)--from
9:30 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 27, 2024, in Lake Ontario.
<bullet> Paragraph (b)(29) Oswego Independence Day Celebration
Fireworks (Oswego, NY)--from 9 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on July 7, 2024,
in Oswego River.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice of enforcement, call or email Marine Safety Unit Thousand
Islands' Waterways Management Division; telephone 315-774-8724, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#beedf3fc93f3edebead6d1cbcddfd0daf7cdd2dfd0dacd93e9dfcadbccc9dfc7cdf3dfd0dfd9dbd3dbd0cafecbcdddd990d3d7d2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e2d333c53332d2b2a16110b0d1f101a370d121f101a0d53291f0a1b0c091f070d331f101f191b131b100a3e0b0d1d1950131712">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce multiple safety
zones for annual events in the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes
Zone listed in 33 CFR 165.939, table 165.939, for events occurring in
the month of July as listed in the `Dates' section above. Pursuant to
33 CFR 165.23, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within these safety
zones during an enforcement period is prohibited unless authorized by
the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes or his designated
representative. Those seeking permission to enter the safety zone may
request permission from the Captain of Port Eastern Great Lakes via
channel 16, VHF-FM. Vessels and persons granted permission to enter the
safety zone shall obey the directions of the Captain of the Port
Eastern Great Lakes or his designated representative. While within a
safety zone, all vessels shall operate at the minimum speed necessary
to maintain a safe course.
This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR
165.939 and 5 U.S.C. 552 (a). In addition to this notice of enforcement
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime
community with advance notification of this enforcement period via
Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. If the
Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes determines that the safety zone
need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, he
may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general permission to
enter the respective safety zone. This notification is being issued by
the Coast Guard Sector Eastern Great Lakes Prevention Department Head
at the direction of the Captain of the Port.
Dated: June 27, 2024.
J.B. Bybee,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Eastern Great Lakes Prevention
Department Head.
[FR Doc. 2024-14613 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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