Rule2025-23125
Safety Zone; San Francisco New Year's Eve Fireworks; San Francisco, CA
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Published
December 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in the navigable waters of the San Francisco Bay near the San Francisco Ferry building for the San Francisco New Year's Eve Fireworks Display. The safety zone will be enforced from December 31, 2025, through January 1, 2026. This action is necessary to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from the dangers associated with pyrotechnics. During the enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering, transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone, unless authorized by the Patrol Commander or other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58508-58509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23125]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2025-1098]
Safety Zone; San Francisco New Year's Eve Fireworks; San
Francisco, CA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in the navigable
waters of the San Francisco Bay near the San Francisco Ferry building
for the San Francisco New Year's Eve Fireworks Display. The safety zone
will be enforced from December 31, 2025, through January 1, 2026. This
action is necessary to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine
environment from the dangers associated with pyrotechnics. During the
enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from
entering, transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone, unless
authorized by the Patrol Commander or other Federal, State, or local
law enforcement agencies.
DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.1191 will be enforced for the
location described in Table 1 to Sec. 165.1191, Item number 24, from
noon on December 31, 2025, through 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notification of enforcement, call or email MST2 Erik Nadal, U.S. Coast
Guard Sector San Francisco, Waterways Management Division; telephone
(415) 399-7440, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c99a8f9ea8bdacbbbea8b0ba89bcbaaaaee7a4a0a5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cb988d9caabfaeb9bcaab2b88bbeb8a8ace5a6a2a7">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone
regulations in 33 CFR 165.1191 for the event and location listed in
Table 1 to Sec. 165.1191, Item number 24, for the San Francisco New
Year's Eve Fireworks Display from noon on December 31, 2025, through
12:45 a.m. on January 1, 2026. The Coast Guard will enforce a 100-foot
safety zone around the fireworks barge during the loading, standby,
transit, and arrival of the fireworks barge from the loading location
to the display location and until the start of the fireworks display.
On December 31, 2025, the fireworks barge will be loaded at Pier 68,
Wharf 4 in San Francisco, CA, from approximately noon until
approximately 6 p.m. The fireworks
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barge will remain on standby at the load location until the transit to
the display location. From 10:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. on December 31,
2025, the loaded fireworks barge will transit from Pier 68, Wharf 4 to
the launch site near the San Francisco Ferry Building in approximate
position 37[deg]47'45'' N, 122[deg]23'15'' W (NAD 83), where the barge
will remain until the conclusion of the fireworks display.
At approximately 11:45 p.m. on December 31, 2025, 15 minutes prior
to the fireworks display, the safety zone will expand to encompass all
navigable waters, from surface to bottom, within a circle formed by
connecting all points 1,000 feet out from the fireworks barge. The
fireworks barge will be near the San Francisco Ferry Building in San
Francisco, CA in approximate position 37[deg]47'45'' N, 122[deg]23'15''
W (NAD 83) as set forth in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 24.
The safety zone will be enforced until 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 2026,
or as announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
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 and Broadcast
Notice to Mariners.
Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1191, unauthorized persons or
vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or
anchoring in the safety zone during all applicable effective dates and
times, unless authorized to do so by the PATCOM or other Official
Patrol defined as a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency on
scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the regulated area.
Additionally, each person granted permission to enter the zone who
receives notice of a lawful order or direction issued by the PATCOM or
Official Patrol must obey the order or direction. The PATCOM or
Official Patrol, may, upon request, allow the transit of commercial
vessels through regulated areas when it is safe to do so.
If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area need
not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to
enter the regulated area.
Jordan M. Baldueza,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2025-23125 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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