[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 30142-30143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14703]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD01-98-057]
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 chronologically by month with their 
corresponding number listed in the special local regulations, 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 Mark A. Cawthorn, 
Office of Search and Rescue Branch, First Coast Guard District at (617) 
223-8460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice implements the special local

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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

May

1. Hull Memorial Day Festival, Date: May 30, 1998, Time: 8 p.m. to 10 
p.m. Location: Off Nantasket Beach, Lat: 42 deg.16.6' N., Long: 
070 deg.51.5' W. (NAD 1983)

June

2. Barnum Festival Fireworks, Date: June 26, 1998, Time: 9 p.m. to 9:30 
p.m., Location: Seaside Park, Bridgeport Harbor, Lat: 43 deg.11.5' N., 
Long: 073 deg..09.5' W. (NAD 1983)

    Dated: May 24, 1998.
James D. Garrison,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, First Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 98-14703 Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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