Rule2024-19230
Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Displays Within the Puget Sound
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Published
August 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone regulation for the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters on the Possession Sound, Seattle, Washington 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 (COTP) 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 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 68782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19230]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0752]
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 the safety zone regulation for
the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival to provide for the safety of life on
navigable waters on the Possession Sound, Seattle, Washington 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 (COTP) 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 will be enforced from 7
through 10 p.m. for the safety zone identified in the table of Sec.
165.1332, for the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival event, on September 7,
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#6b380e081f04193b1e0c0e1f38041e050f3c3c262b1e18080c45060207"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7e4d2d4c3d8c5e7c2d0d2c3e4d8c2d9d3e0e0faf7c2c4d4d099dadedb">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the regulations
in 33 CFR 165.1332 for the safety zone identified in the table of Sec.
165.1332, for the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival on the Possession Sound,
from 7 through 10 p.m. on September 7, 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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Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival...... Possession Sound.... 47[deg]56.900' N 122[deg]18.600' W
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The special requirements listed in Sec. 165.1332(b) related to
fireworks barges and fireworks launch sites 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 COTP 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 COTP or their designated representative(s)
by contacting either the on-scene patrol craft on VHF Ch. 13 or Ch 16,
or calling Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound's Joint Harbor Operations
Center 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, and local radio stations and area newspapers.
Dated: August 21, 2024.
Mark A. McDonnell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Puget Sound.
[FR Doc. 2024-19230 Filed 8-27-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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