[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17665-17667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8789]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD01-02-025]
RIN 2115-AA97


Special Local Regulations: Weymouth 4th of July Celebration--Fore 
River--Weymouth, MA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is proposing to amend its temporary special 
local regulations for the Weymouth Fourth of July Celebration in 
Weymouth, MA. The proposed rule would change the effective date of the 
special local regulations to occur annually on July 3, as opposed to 
annually on the Friday or Saturday prior to July 4. The special local 
regulations would continue to prohibit entry into or movement within a 
portion of the Weymouth Fore River during the fireworks display.

DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Coast Guard on or 
before May 13, 2002.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments and related material to Marine Safety 
Office Boston, 455 Commercial Street, Boston, MA. Marine Safety Office 
Boston maintains the public docket for this rulemaking. Comments and 
material received from the public, as well as documents indicated in 
this preamble as being available in the docket, will become part of the 
docket and will be available for inspection or copying at Marine Safety 
Office Boston between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief Petty Officer Michael Popovich, 
Marine Safety Office Boston, Waterways Safety and Response Division, at 
(617) 223-3000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Information

    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
comments and related material. If you do so, please include your name 
and address, identify the docket number for this rulemaking (CGD01-02-
025), indicate the specific section of this document to which each 
comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. Please submit 
all comments and related material in an unbound format, no larger than 
8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying. If you would like to know 
your comments reached us, please enclose a stamped, self addressed 
postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and material 
received during the comment period. We may change this proposed rule in 
view of them.

Public Meeting

    We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. However, you may 
submit a request for a meeting by writing to Marine Safety Office 
Boston at the address under ADDRESSES explaining why one would be 
beneficial. If we determine that a public meeting would aid this 
rulemaking, we will hold one at a time and place announced by a 
separate notice in the Federal Register.

Background and Purpose

    This regulation proposes to change the effective date of the 
special local regulations for the Weymouth Fourth of July Fireworks 
from annually on the Friday or Saturday prior to July 4 to annually on 
July 3. This change is necessary because the sponsors of the event, the 
Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, have requested the change in event 
dates. The Coast Guard must change the effective date of the special 
local regulations to run concurrent with the actual event in order to 
protect the maritime public from the dangers posed by a fireworks 
display. We are not proposing any change in the size or location of the 
special local regulations. Marine traffic may continue to transit 
safely outside of the special local regulations during the effective 
periods. The Captain of the Port does not anticipate any negative 
impact on vessel traffic due to this event. Public notifications will 
be made prior to the effective period via safety marine information 
broadcasts and local notice to mariners.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This proposed rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 and does not require an 
assessment of potential costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of 
that Order. The Office of Management and Budget has not reviewed it 
under that Order. It is not significant under the regulatory policies 
and procedures of the Department of Transportation (DOT) (44 FR 11040, 
February 26, 1979).
    The Coast Guard expects the economic impact of this proposed rule 
to be so minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation under paragraph 10e 
of the regulatory policies and procedures of DOT is unnecessary.
    Although this proposed regulation will prevent traffic from 
transiting a portion of the Weymouth Fore River

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during the effective period, the effects of this regulation will not be 
significant for the following reasons: the minimal time that vessels 
will be restricted from the area, the fact that vessels may safely 
transit outside of the special local regulations, and the advance 
notifications which will be made to the local maritime community by 
safety marine information broadcasts and local notice to mariners.

Small Entities

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), the Coast 
Guard considered whether this proposed rule would have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The term 
``small entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit 
organizations that are independently owned and operated and are not 
dominant in their fields, and governmental jurisdictions with 
populations of less than 50,000.
    The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule will 
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. This rule will affect the following entities, some of which 
may be small entities: The owners or operators of vessels intending to 
transit or anchor in a portion of the Weymouth Fore River between 8:30 
p.m. and 11 p.m. on July 3, 2002. This special local regulations will 
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities for the following reasons: Vessel traffic can safely pass 
outside of the area affected by the special local regulations during 
the effective periods, the periods are limited in duration, and advance 
notifications will be made to the local maritime community by safety 
marine information broadcasts and local notice to mariners.
    If you think that your business, organization, or governmental 
jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity and that this proposed rule 
would have a significant economic impact on it, please submit a comment 
(see ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it qualifies and how and to 
what degree this rule would economically affect it.

Assistance for Small Entities

    Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we want to assist small 
entities in understanding this proposed rule so that they can better 
evaluate its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking. If the 
rule would affect your small business, organization, or governmental 
jurisdiction and you have questions concerning its provisions or 
options for compliance, please contact Chief Petty Officer Michael 
Popovich at the address listed under ADDRESSES.

Collection of Information

    This proposed rule would call for no new collection of information 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).

Federalism

    The Coast Guard analyzed this proposed rule under Executive Order 
13132 and has determined that this rule does not have implications for 
federalism under that Order.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538) 
governs the issuance of Federal regulations that require unfunded 
mandates. An unfunded mandate is a regulation that requires a State, 
local, or tribal government or the private sector to incur direct costs 
without the Federal Government's having first provided the funds to pay 
those costs. This proposed rule would not impose an unfunded mandate.

Taking of Private Property

    This proposed rule would not affect a taking of private property or 
otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630, 
Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected 
Property Rights.

Civil Justice Reform

    This proposed rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 
3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize 
litigation, eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.

Protection of Children

    The Coast Guard analyzed this proposed rule under Executive Order 
13045, Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and 
Safety Risks. This rule is not an economically significant rule and 
does not pose an environmental risk to health or risk to safety that 
may disproportionately affect children.

Environment

    The Coast Guard considered the environmental impact of this 
proposed rule and concluded that, under figure 2-1, (34)(h), of 
Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, this proposed rule is categorically 
excluded from further environmental documentation. A ``Categorical 
Exclusion Determination'' is available in the docket where indicated 
under ADDRESSES.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100

    Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and record keeping 
requirements, Waterways.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard proposes 
to amend 33 CFR part 100 as follows:

PART 100--REGATTAS AND MARINE PARADES  [AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 100 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233; 49 CFR 1.46.

    2. In Sec. 100.114, in the FIREWORKS DISPLAY TABLE, in the unit 
under ``July'', revise the entry for Massachusetts: 7.11 to read as 
follows:


Sec. 100.114  Fireworks displays within the First Coast Guard District.

    (a) * * *

                         Fireworks Display Table
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Massachusetts:
  027.11....................  July 4th............  Name: Weymouth 4th
                                                     of July Fireworks.
                                                    Sponsor: Town of
                                                     Weymouth
                                                     Harbormaster.
                                                    Time: 8:30 p.m. to
                                                     10:45 p.m.
                                                    Location: Weymouth
                                                     Fore River,
                                                     Weymouth, MA.
                                                    42 deg.15'30"N/70
                                                     deg.56'6"W (NAD
                                                     1983).
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    Dated: March 25, 2002.
M.E. Landry,
Commander, Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Acting, Boston, 
Massachusetts.
[FR Doc. 02-8789 Filed 4-10-02; 8:45 am]
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