Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District, Brick Township, NJ
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The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Township of Brick Summer Fest fireworks displays on four dates in July. This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable water during each of the three separate land-based fireworks displays. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event, located in in Brick, NJ. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Officer Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 128 (Tuesday, July 8, 2025)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 8, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 29987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12646]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2025-0517]
Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard
District, Brick Township, NJ
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 Township of
Brick Summer Fest fireworks displays on four dates in July. This action
is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable water
during each of the three separate land-based fireworks displays. Our
regulation for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District
identifies the regulated area for this event, located in in Brick, NJ.
During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the
regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or
any Officer Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
DATES: The portion of the regulation 33 CFR 165.506, for the location
identified in entry 5 of table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) will be enforced
from 9 p.m. through 9:45 p.m. on each of the following four dates: July
3, 2025, July 10, 2025, July 17, 2025, and July 24, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notification of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Emmanuel
Melendez, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management
Division, telephone 206-815-6688, option 3, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e3b08680a7868fa1829ab4b4aea396908084cd8e8a8f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7023151334151c32110927273d30050313175e1d191c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone
in table 1 paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506, entry No. 5 for four
periods, for three separate land-based fireworks displays. The
enforcement periods will be from 9 p.m. through 9:45 p.m. on July 3,
2025, July 10, 2025, July 17, 2025, and July 24, 2025. This action is
necessary to ensure the 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 5 specifies the location of the
regulated area as all waters of the Metedeconk River within a 300-yard
radius of the fireworks launch platform in approximate position
latitude 40[deg]03'23'' N, longitude 074[deg]06'39'' W, near the
shoreline at Brick Township, NJ. 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 notice of enforcement in the Federal Register,
the Coast Guard will provide notification of this enforcement period
via Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
Kate F. Higgins-Bloom,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2025-12646 Filed 7-7-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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