[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45158-45159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22672]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD01-97-083]
RIN 2115-AE46


Special Local Regulation: Fireworks Displays Within the First 
Coast Guard District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Implementation of rule.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the dates and times of the 
special local regulations contained in 33 CFR 100.114, Fireworks 
Displays within the First Coast Guard District. All vessels will be 
restricted from entering the area of navigable water within a 500 yard 
radius of the fireworks launch platform for each event listed in the 
table below. Implementation of these regulations is necessary to 
control vessel traffic within the regulated area to ensure the safety 
of spectators.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.114 are effective from 
one hour before the scheduled start of the event until thirty minutes 
after the last

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firework is exploded for each event listed in the table below. The 
events are listed in the table below. The events are listed 
chronologically by month with their corresponding number listed in the 
special local regulation, 33 CFR 100.114.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed to Commander (osr), First Coast 
Guard District, Captain John Foster Williams Federal Building, 408 
Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 02110-3350, or may be hand delivered to Room 
734 at the same address, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except federal holidays. Comments will become part of this 
docket and will be available for inspection or copying at the above 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander William H. Rypka, 
Office of Search and Rescue branch, First Coast Guard District at (617) 
223-8460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document implements the special local 
regulations in 33 CFR 100.114 (62 FR 30988; June 6, 1997). All vessels 
are prohibited from entering a 500 yard radius of navigable water 
surrounding the launch platform used in each fireworks displayed listed 
below.

Table 1--Fireworks Displays

August
2. Summer Music Fireworks
    Date: August 23, 1997
    Time: 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
    Location: Niantic River, Harkness Park, Waterford, CT
    Lat: 41 18.2N, Long: 072 06.5W (NAD 1983)
4. Fall River Celebrates America Fireworks
    Date: August 9, 1997
    Time: 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
    Location: Taunton River, Vicinity of buoy #17, Fall River, MA
    Lat: 41-33N Long: 071-10W (NAD 1983)
6. Oaks Bluff Fireworks
    Date: August 22, 1997
    Time: 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
    Location: Oaks Bluff Beach, Oaks Bluff, MA
    Lat: 41-27N Long: 070-33W (NAD 1983)
8. Gloucester Fireworks
    Date: August 30, 1997
    Rain Date: August 30, 1997
    Time: 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
    Location: Gloucester Harbor, Gloucester, MA
    Lat: 42 36''18''N Long: 070 40''34''W (NAD 1983)
    Including the Northwest Shoreline of Ten Pound Island.
9. Salute to Summer
    Date: August 29, 1997
    Time: 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
    Location: Narragansett Bay, East Passage, off Coasters Harbor 
Island, Newport, RI
    Lat: 41-30N Long: 071-20W (NAD 1983)
10. Norwich Harbor Day Fireworks
    Date: August 31, 1997
    Time: 8:45 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
    Location: Norwich Harbor, off American Wharf Marina, Norwich, CT
    Lat: 41-31.22N Long: 72-04.50W (NAD 1983)

    Dated: August 8, 1997.
R.M. Larrabee,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 97-22672 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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