[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 45395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22921]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD01-98-127]
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 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 Algernon J. Keith, 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.

Table 1--Fireworks Displays

August

5. Summer Music Fireworks
Date: August 23, 1998
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Niantic River, Harness Park, Waterford, CT.
Lat: 41 deg.17.35 N, Long; 072 deg.21.20 W (NAD 1983)
10. Norwich Harbor Day Fireworks
Date: August 30, 1998
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Norwich Harbor, off American Wharf Marina, Norwich CT.
Lat: 40 deg.31.16 N, Long: 072 deg.04.83 W (NAD 1983)

September

2. Taste of Italy
Date: September 12, 1998
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Norwich Harbor, off Norwich Marina, Norwich, CT
Lat: 40 deg.59.5 N, Long: 072 deg.06.5 W (NAD 1983)

    Dated: August 11, 1998.
Robert F. Duncan,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Acting Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 98-22921 Filed 8-25-98; 8:45 am]
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