[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48766-48767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24601]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD01-97-097]
RIN 2115-AE46


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

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of implementation.

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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 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 notice 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 display listed 
below.

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Table 1--Fireworks Displays

September

1. Grand Fiesta Italiana
Date: September 6, 1997
Time: 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Bar Beach, Hempstead Harbor, Hempstead, NY
Lat: 40 deg.49'52''N, Long: 073 deg.39'10''W (NAD 1983)
2. Taste of Italy
Date: September 6, 1997
Rain date: September 7, 1997
Time: 8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Norwich Harbor, off Norwich Marina, Norwich, CT
Lat: 41-31-20N, Long: 072-06-48W (NAD 1983)
8. Renesselaer Festival
Date: September 20, 1957
Time: 8:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Location: Hudson River, below Dunn Memorial Bridge, Rensselaer, NY
Lat: 42 deg.38'23''N, Long: 073 deg.45'0''W (NAD 1983)
9. Deepavali Festival
Date: October 5, 1997
Time: 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Location: East River, below the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan, NY
Lat: 40 deg.43'10''N, Long: 074 deg.0'0''W (NAD 1983)

    Dated: August 29, 1997.
R. M. Larrabee,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 97-24601 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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