[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22105-22106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09040]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0121]


Safety Zones; Fireworks Events in Captain of the Port New York 
Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce various safety zones within the 
Captain of the Port New York Zone on the specified dates and times. 
This action is necessary to ensure the safety of vessels and spectators 
from hazards associated with fireworks displays. During the enforcement 
period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zones without 
permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP).

DATES: The regulation for the safety zones described in 33 CFR 165.160 
will be enforced on the dates and times listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, call or email Lieutenant Douglas Neumann, Coast Guard; 
telephone 718-354-4154, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zones listed in 33 CFR 
165.160 on the specified dates and times as indicated in Table 1 below. 
This regulation was published in the Federal

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Register on November 9, 2011 (76 FR 69614).

                                 Table 1
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1. Empire Force Event Fireworks,        Launch site: A barge
 Liberty Island Safety Zone, 33 CFR     located in approximate position
 165.160(2.1).                          40[deg]41'16.5'' N.
                                        074[deg]02'23'' W. (NAD 1983),
                                        located in Federal Anchorage 20-
                                        C, about 360 yards east of
                                        Liberty Island. This Safety Zone
                                        is a 360-yard radius from the
                                        barge.
                                        Date: April 9, 2015.
                                        Time: 9:15 p.m.-10:30
                                        p.m.
2. Swank Productions, Ellis Island      Launch site: A barge
 Safety Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(2.2).      located between Federal
                                        Anchorages 20-A and 20-B, in
                                        approximate position
                                        40[deg]41'45'' N.
                                        074[deg]02'09'' W. (NAD 1983)
                                        about 365 yards east of Ellis
                                        Island. This Safety Zone is a
                                        360-yard radius from the barge.
                                        Date: May 24, 2015.
                                        Time: 11:05 p.m.-12:00
                                        a.m.
3. Hempstead Summer Kick Off, Bar       Launch site: A barge
 Beach Hempstead Harbor Safety Zone,    located in approximate position
 33 CFR 165.160(3.9).                   40[deg]49'50'' N.
                                        073[deg]39'12'' W. (NAD 1983),
                                        approximately 190 yards north of
                                        Bar Beach, Hempstead Harbor, New
                                        York. This Safety Zone is a 180-
                                        yard radius from the barge.
                                        Date: May 23, 2015.
                                        Time: 09:00 p.m.-10:15
                                        p.m.
4. City of Glen Cove Fireworks, Glen    Launch site: A barge
 Cove, Hempstead Harbor Safety Zone,    located in approximate position
 33 CFR 165.160(3.8).                   40[deg]51'58'' N.
                                        073[deg]39'34'' W. (NAD 1983),
                                        approximately 500 yards
                                        northeast of Glen Cove
                                        Breakwater Light 5 (LLNR 27065).
                                        This Safety Zone is a 360-yard
                                        radius from the barge.
                                        Date: July 4, 2015.
                                        Rain Date: July 5, 2015
                                        Time: 8:45 p.m.-10:10
                                        p.m.
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    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.160, vessels may not enter the 
safety zones unless given permission from the COTP or a designated 
representative. Spectator vessels may transit outside the safety zones 
but may not anchor, block, loiter in, or impede the transit of other 
vessels. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or 
local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.160(a) and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this document in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced notification of 
enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts. If the COTP determines that a safety zone need 
not be enforced for the full duration stated in this document, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the safety zone.

    Dated: March 26, 2015.
Jeffrey Dixon,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port New York.
[FR Doc. 2015-09040 Filed 4-20-15; 8:45 am]
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