Rule2024-20630
Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District-Philadelphia, PA
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Published
September 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Mexican Independence Day fireworks display on the Delaware River on September 15, 2024, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in Philadelphia, PA. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 74132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20630]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0756]
Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard
District--Philadelphia, PA
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 Mexican
Independence Day fireworks display on the Delaware River on September
15, 2024, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways
during this event. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth
Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in
Philadelphia, PA. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any
vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the
Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard
ensign.
DATES: The regulation at 33 CFR 165.506, for Philadelphia, PA, will be
enforced for the location identified in entry 10 of table 1 to
paragraph (h)(1) from 7:45 p.m. through 8:30 p.m. on September 15,
2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Jonathan
Lougheed, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management
Division, telephone: 215-271-4814, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b586e684f6e67496a725c5c464b7e78686c25666267"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5506303611303917342c02021815202636327b383c39">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone
in 33 CFR 165.506 Entry No. 10 for the Delaware River adjacent to
Penn's Landing regulated area from 7:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on September
15, 2024. This action is necessary to ensure 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 10 specifies the location of
the regulated area as all waters of the Delaware River adjacent to
Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA, within a 300-yard radius of the
fireworks barge position. On September 15, 2024 the approximate
position will be 39[deg]56'53.8'' N, 75[deg]08'17.4'' W. During the
enforcement period, as reflected in Sec. 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 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 Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
Dated: September 3, 2024.
Kate F. Higgins-Bloom,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2024-20630 Filed 9-11-24; 8:45 am]
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