Rule2025-22968
Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes Zone
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Published
December 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the City of North Tonawanda NYE Fireworks held on December 31, 2025, on the Erie Canal, North Tonawanda, NY. This action is necessary and intended to protect the safety of life and property on navigable waters prior to, during, and immediately after the event. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP) Eastern Great Lakes or their designated representative.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58165-58166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22968]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2025-1100]
Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern
Great Lakes Zone
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the City of
North Tonawanda NYE Fireworks held on December 31, 2025, on the Erie
Canal, North Tonawanda, NY. This action is necessary and intended to
protect the safety of life and property on navigable waters prior to,
during, and immediately after the event. During the enforcement period,
no person or vessel may enter the safety zone without the permission of
the Captain of the Port (COTP) Eastern Great Lakes or their designated
representative.
DATES: The regulations in Table 1 to 33 CFR 165.939, for event (L)(1),
will be enforced from December 31, 2025, at 11:45 p.m. through January
1, 2026, at 12:30 a.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notification of enforcement, contact Ensign Sarah Eacho, Chief of
Waterways Management, Sector Eastern Great Lakes, U.S. Coast Guard;
telephone 716-253-7299, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5410646d79071916790711171621323235383b7903031914212737337a393d38"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f7b3c7cedaa4bab5daa4b2b4b5829191969b98daa0a0bab782849490d99a9e9b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone
for event (L)(1) in Table 1 to 33 CFR 165.939 for the City of North
Tonawanda NYE Fireworks from 11:45 p.m. on December 31, 2025, through
12:30 a.m. on January 1, 2026. The regulation specifies the location of
the regulated area for this event. Pursuant to 33 CFR 165.939(a), entry
into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone during an
enforcement period is prohibited unless authorized by the COTP Eastern
Great Lakes or their designated on-scene representative. Those seeking
permission to enter the safety zone may request permission from the
COTP Eastern Great Lakes via channel 16, VHF-FM or by contacting the
Sector Eastern Great Lakes Command Center via (888) 230-4703. Vessels
and persons granted permission to enter the safety zone shall obey the
directions of the COTP Eastern Great Lakes or their designated
representative. While within a safety zone, all vessels shall operate
at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course.
In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal
Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with
advance notification of the enforcement periods via Broadcast Notice to
Mariners or other suitable means. If the COTP Eastern Great Lakes
determines that the safety zone need not be enforced for the full
duration stated in this notice, they may use a Broadcast Notice to
Mariners to grant general permission to enter the safety zone.
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Dated: December 11, 2025.
Adam T. Mosley,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port, Eastern Great
Lakes.
[FR Doc. 2025-22968 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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