Rule2024-16694

Safety Zone; Fleet Week Maritime Festival, Pier 66, Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington

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Published
July 30, 2024

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Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard

Abstract

The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Fleet Week Maritime Festival Parade of Ships on all waters extending 100 yards from Pier 66, Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington on July 30, 2024, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during the event. The regulation identifies the safety zone for this event in Seattle, Washington. During the enforcement period no vessel operator may enter, transit, moor, or anchor within the safety zone, except for vessels authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) or their designated representative(s).

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 61019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16694]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2024-0648]


Safety Zone; Fleet Week Maritime Festival, Pier 66, Elliott Bay, 
Seattle, Washington

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Fleet Week 
Maritime Festival Parade of Ships on all waters extending 100 yards 
from Pier 66, Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington on July 30, 2024, to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during the event. 
The regulation identifies the safety zone for this event in Seattle, 
Washington. During the enforcement period no vessel operator may enter, 
transit, moor, or anchor within the safety zone, except for vessels 
authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) or their designated 
representative(s).

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1330 will be enforced from noon 
through 3:30 p.m. on July 30, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Commander John 
Robertson, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, Waterways Management 
Division; by telephone 206-217-6051, or email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c390a6a0b7acb193b6a4a6b790acb6ada794948e83b6b0a0a4edaeaaaf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c093a5a3b4afb290b5a7a5b493afb5aea497978d80b5b3a3a7eeada9ac">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone 
identified in 33 CFR 165.1330 for the Fleet Week Maritime Festival 
Parade of Ships, thirty (30) minutes prior to the beginning, during, 
and thirty (30) minutes following the conclusion of the event from 8 
a.m. to 8 p.m. on July 30, 2024. The safety zone will encompass all 
waters extending 100 yards from Pier 66, Elliott Bay, Seattle, 
Washington within a box encompassed by the points, 47[deg]36.719' N, 
122[deg]21.099' W; 47[deg]36.682' N, 122[deg]21.149' W; 47[deg]36.514' 
N, 122[deg]20.865' W; and 47[deg]36.552' N, 122[deg]20.814' W. This 
action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during this event. During the enforcement period, no vessel 
operator may enter, transit, moor, or anchor within the safety zone, 
except for vessels authorized by the COTP or their designated 
representative(s).
    For the purpose of this rule, the Parade of Ships includes both the 
pass and review of the ships near Pier 66 and the aerial demonstrations 
immediately following the pass and review.
    The COTP may be assisted by other federal, state, or local agencies 
as needed. In order to transit through this safety zone, authorization 
must be granted by the COTP or their designated representative(s). All 
vessel operators desiring entry must gain authorization by contacting 
either the on-scene U.S. Coast Guard patrol craft on VHF Ch. 13 or 16, 
or Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Joint Harbor Operations Center (JHOC) 
via telephone at (206) 217-6002. Requests must indicate the reason why 
movement within the safety zone is necessary and provide applicable 
information of the vessel's arrival, departure facility name, pier, and 
berth. Vessel operators granted to permission to enter this safety zone 
will be escorted by the on-scene patrol until no longer in the safety 
zone and must obey the lawful orders or directions of the COTP or 
designated representative(s).
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via marine information broadcasts and Local Notice 
to Mariners.

    Dated: July 24, 2024.
Mark A. McDonnell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2024-16694 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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