Rule2025-15414
Security Zone; Waters of the Coast Guard East District (Formerly the Fifth Coast Guard District), Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA
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Published
August 13, 2025
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce a security zone to escort a vessel on the Delaware River, from Philadelphia, PA to the Delaware Bay. During the enforcement period, the operator of any vessel will be prohibited from entering the security zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay or a designated representative.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 154 (Wednesday, August 13, 2025)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 13, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 38942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15414]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2025-0768]
Security Zone; Waters of the Coast Guard East District (Formerly
the Fifth Coast Guard District), Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a security zone to escort a
vessel on the Delaware River, from Philadelphia, PA to the Delaware
Bay. During the enforcement period, the operator of any vessel will be
prohibited from entering the security zone unless authorized by the
Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay or a designated
representative.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.518 will be subject to enforcement
on August 17, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notification of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Dominick
Dobridge, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management
Division, telephone: 206-815-6688, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ebb88e88af8e87a98a92bcbca6ab9e98888cc5868287"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a093f391e3f36183b230d0d171a2f29393d74373336">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a security zone
in 33 CFR 165.518 for the escort of a vessel on the Delaware River,
from Philadelphia, PA to the Delaware Bay on August 17, 2025. Our
regulation, ``Security Zone; Waters of the Coast Guard East District
(formerly Fifth Coast Guard District)'' identifies the regulated area
as a 500-yard radius around the escorted vessel, as defined at 33 CFR
165.518(a). During the enforcement period the operator of any vessel
will be prohibited from entering the security zone unless authorized by
the Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay or a designated
representative, as defined at 33 CFR 165.518(a). Mariners can contact
the on-scene Coast Guard vessels via VHF channel 16 (156.800 MHz), VHF
channel 13 (156.650 MHz) or via telephone at 215-271-4807.
In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this
enforcement period via broadcast notice to mariners, local notice to
mariners, and on-scene patrol.
Dated: August 7, 2025.
Kate F. Higgins-Bloom,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2025-15414 Filed 8-12-25; 8:45 am]
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