[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66995-66996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33464]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD01-97-120]
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

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before the scheduled start of the event until thirty minutes after the 
last firework is exploded for each event listed in the table below in 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 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 Guy A. McArdle, 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 display listed 
below.

Table 1--Fireworks Displays

December

1. First Night Fireworks
    Date: December 31, 1997.
    Time: 12:00 a.m. (midnight) to 12:15 a.m.
    Location: Off Waterfront Park, between Commercial and Long Wharf's.
    Lat: 42 deg.21.7N, Long: 071 deg.02.8''W (NAD 1983).
2. First Night Martha's Vineyard
    Date: December 31, 1997.
    Time: 9:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
    Location: Vineyard Haven Harbor.
    Lat: 41-27N, Long: 070-35W (NAD 1983).
4. City of New Bedford First Night
    Date: December 31, 1997.
    Time: 12:00 a.m. (midnight) to 12: 30 a.m.
    Location: New Bedford Harbor, vicinity of state pier.
    Lat: 41-38N, Long: 070-55W (NAD 1983).

    Dated: December 2, 1997.
R.M. Larrabee,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 97-33464 Filed 12-22-97; 8:45 am]
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