Safety Zone; Southern California Annual Firework Events for the San Diego Captain of the Port Zone
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The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zones for the Big Bay Boom Fourth of July Fireworks on the waters of San Diego Bay, CA on Friday, July 4, 2025. The safety zones are necessary to provide for the safety of the participants, spectators, official vessels of the event, and general users of the waterway. Our regulation for the Southern California Annual Firework Events for the San Diego Captain of the Port Zone identifies the regulated area for this event. During the enforcement period, no spectator shall anchor, block, loiter, nor impede the transit of participants or official patrol vessels in the regulated area unless cleared to do so by or through an official patrol vessel.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 105 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 23443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10003]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2025-0287]
Safety Zone; Southern California Annual Firework Events for the
San Diego Captain of the Port Zone
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zones for the Big Bay
Boom Fourth of July Fireworks on the waters of San Diego Bay, CA on
Friday, July 4, 2025. The safety zones are necessary to provide for the
safety of the participants, spectators, official vessels of the event,
and general users of the waterway. Our regulation for the Southern
California Annual Firework Events for the San Diego Captain of the Port
Zone identifies the regulated area for this event. During the
enforcement period, no spectator shall anchor, block, loiter, nor
impede the transit of participants or official patrol vessels in the
regulated area unless cleared to do so by or through an official patrol
vessel.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1123 will be enforced from 8 p.m.
until 10 p.m. on July 4, 2025, for the locations described in Item No.
5 in Table 1 to Sec. 165.1123.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Shelley Turner,
Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego, CA; telephone
619-278-7656, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d406c7f646368487b6863797e5e494d787e6e6a23606461"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a270b1803040f2f1c0f041e19392e2a1f19090d44070306">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone
regulations in Southern California Annual Firework Events for the San
Diego Captain of the Port Zone, 33 CFR 165.1123, for the Big Bay Boom
Fourth of July Fireworks regulated area from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on
July 4, 2025. This action is being taken to provide for the safety of
life on navigable waterways during the fireworks event. Item No. 5 in
Table 1 to Sec. 165.1123 identifies the regulated area for the Big Bay
Boom Fourth of July Fireworks event which encompasses multiple portions
of San Diego Bay. Spectator vessels may safely transit outside the
regulated area but may not anchor, block, loiter, or impede the transit
of participants or official patrol vessels. The Coast Guard may be
assisted by other Federal, State, or Local law enforcement agencies in
enforcing this regulation.
In addition to this notice 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 advertising by the event sponsor.
If the Captain of the Port or his designated representative
determines that the regulated area need not be enforced for the full
duration stated on this document, he or she may use a Broadcast Notice
to Mariners or other communications coordinated with the event sponsor
to grant general permission to enter the regulated area.
P.C. Dill,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port San Diego.
[FR Doc. 2025-10003 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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