Rule2024-17710
Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Displays Within the Puget Sound
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Published
August 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce regulations for the Medina Days safety zone in Medina Beach Park on Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during an annual fireworks display. This safety zone will consist of all navigable waters within a 450-yard radius surrounding the event's launch site. Our regulation for safety zones within the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound Area of Responsibility identifies the specific location for this launch site and the corresponding safety zone for the event.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 65205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17710]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0666]
Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Displays Within the Puget Sound
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce regulations for the Medina Days
safety zone in Medina Beach Park on Lake Washington, Seattle,
Washington to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during
an annual fireworks display. This safety zone will consist of all
navigable waters within a 450-yard radius surrounding the event's
launch site. Our regulation for safety zones within the Captain of the
Port, Puget Sound Area of Responsibility identifies the specific
location for this launch site and the corresponding safety zone for the
event.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1332 for the Medina Beach Park
location will be enforced from 5 p.m. on August 10, 2024, through 1
a.m. on August 11, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notification of enforcement, call or email Mr. Jeffrey Zappen, Sector
Puget Sound Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 206-217-
6076, or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#164573756279644663717362457963787241415b5663657571387b7f7a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b586e687f64795b7e6c6e7f58647e656f5c5c464b7e78686c25666267">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zone
regulations in 33 CFR 165.1332 for the Annual Fireworks Display at
Medina Beach Park on Lake Washington from 5 p.m. on August 10, 2024,
through 1 a.m. on August 11, 2024. This action is being taken to
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this 1-day
event at the following location:
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Event name (typically) Event location Latitude Longitude
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Medina Days....................... Medina Beach Park.... 47[deg]36.867' N 122[deg]14.500' W
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The special requirements listed in 33 CFR 165.1332(b) related to
fireworks barges and fireworks launch sites, or both, shall apply and
be implemented during the specified enforcement period of this safety
zone.
During the specified enforcement period, no vessel operator may
enter, transit, moor, or anchor within this safety zone unless
authorized by the Captain of the Port or their designated
representative(s). The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal,
State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
All vessel operators who desire to enter the safety zone must
obtain permission from the Captain of the Port or their designated
representative(s) by contacting the on-scene patrol craft on VHF Ch. 13
or Ch. 16, or calling Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound's Joint Harbor
Operations Center (JHOC); telephone 206-217-6002.
In addition to the notification of enforcement in the Federal
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners, marine information
broadcasts, local radio stations and area newspapers.
Dated: July 31, 2024.
Mark A. McDonnell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2024-17710 Filed 8-8-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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