[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38941-38943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16746]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0527]


Safety Zones; Recurring Events in Captain of the Port Boston Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zones in the Captain 
of the Port Boston Zone on the specified dates and times listed below. 
This action is necessary to ensure the protection of the maritime 
public and event participants from the hazards associated with these 
annual recurring events. Under the provisions of our regulations, no 
person or vessel, except for the safety vessels assisting with the 
event may enter the safety zones unless given permission from the COTP 
or the designated on-scene representative. The Coast Guard may be 
assisted by other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in 
enforcing this regulation.

DATES: The regulation for the safety zones described in 33 CFR 165.118 
will be enforced on July 3, 2015 between 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., on 
July 4, 2015 from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., on July 10, 2015 from 6:00 
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and on July 11, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 
as listed in the table located in the Supplementary Information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, call or email Mr. Mark Cutter, Coast Guard Sector Boston 
Waterways Management Division, telephone 617-223-4000, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones listed in 33 CFR 165.118 on the specified dates and times as 
indicated in Table 1 below.

                                 Table 1
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7.1 City of Lynn 4th of July              Event Type: Firework
 Celebration Fireworks.                   Display.
                                          Sponsor: City of Lynn.
                                          Date: July 3, 2015.
                                          Time: 7:00 p.m. to
                                          11:00 p.m.

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                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Nahant Bay, within a 350-
                                          yard radius of the fireworks
                                          barge located at position
                                          42[deg]27.62' N.,
                                          070[deg]55.58' W. (NAD 83).
7.4 Weymouth 4th of July Celebration      Event Type: Fireworks
 Fireworks.                               Display.
                                          Sponsor: Town of
                                          Weymouth 4th of July
                                          Committee.
                                          Date: July 3, 2015.
                                          Time: 8:30 p.m. to
                                          11:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Weymouth Fore River, within
                                          a 350-yard radius of the
                                          fireworks launch site located
                                          at position 42[deg]15.5' N.,
                                          070[deg]56.1' W. (NAD 83).
7.6 Beverly Farms 4th of July             Event Type: Fireworks
 Celebration Fireworks.                   Display.
                                          Sponsor: Farms-Pride
                                          4th of July Committee.
                                          Date: July 4, 2015.
                                          Time: 9:00 p.m. to
                                          11:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Manchester Bay within a 350-
                                          yard radius of the fireworks
                                          launch site near West Beach
                                          located at position
                                          42[deg]33.84' N.,
                                          070[deg]48.5' W. (NAD 83).
7.7 Boston Pops Fireworks..............   Event Type: Fireworks
                                          Display.
                                          Sponsor: Boston 4
                                          Celebrations.
                                          Date: July 4, 2015.
                                          Time: 9:45 p.m. to
                                          11:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of the Charles River within a
                                          350-yard radius of the
                                          fireworks barges located in
                                          the vicinity of position
                                          42[deg]21.47' N.,
                                          071[deg]05.03' W. (NAD 83).
7.8 City of Salem Fireworks............   Event Type: Fireworks
                                          Display.
                                          Sponsor: City of
                                          Salem.
                                          Date: July 4, 2015.
                                          Time: 9:45 p.m. to
                                          10:15 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Salem Harbor, within a 350-
                                          yard radius of the fireworks
                                          launch site located on Derby
                                          Wharf at position
                                          42[deg]31.15' N.,
                                          070[deg]53.13' W. (NAD 83).
7.9 Marblehead 4th of July Fireworks...   Event Type: Fireworks
                                          Display.
                                          Sponsor: Town of
                                          Marblehead.
                                          Date: July 4, 2015.
                                          Time: 9:30 p.m. to
                                          10:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Marblehead Harbor within a
                                          350-yard radius of the
                                          fireworks launch site located
                                          at position 42[deg]30.34' N.,
                                          070[deg]50.13' W. (NAD 83).
7.10 Plymouth 4th of July Fireworks....   Event Type: Fireworks
                                          Display.
                                          Sponsor: July 4
                                          Plymouth, Inc.
                                          Date: July 4th, 2015.
                                          Time: 9:00 p.m. to
                                          10:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Plymouth Harbor within a
                                          350-yard radius of the
                                          fireworks launch site located
                                          at position 42[deg]57.3' N.,
                                          070[deg]38.3' W. (NAD 83).
7.19 Swim Across America Boston........   Event Type: Swim.
                                          Sponsor: Swim Across
                                          America.
                                          Date: July 10, 2015.
                                          Time: 6:00 a.m. to
                                          4:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Boston Harbor between Rowes
                                          Warf and Little Brewster
                                          Island within the following
                                          points (NAD 83):
                                         42[deg]21.4' N., 071[deg]03.0'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]21.5' N., 071[deg]02.9'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]19.8' N., 070[deg]53.6'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]19.6' N., 070[deg]53.4'
                                          W.
7.21 Swim Across America Nantasket        Event Type: Swim.
 Beach.
                                          Sponsor: Swim Across
                                          America.
                                          Date: July 11, 2015.
                                          Time: 8:30 a.m. to
                                          10:30 a.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Massachusetts Bay near
                                          Nantasket Beach within the
                                          following points (NAD 83):
                                         42[deg]16.7' N., 070[deg]51.9'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]16.9' N., 070[deg]51.3'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]16.3' N., 070[deg]50.5'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]16.1' N., 070[deg]51.0'
                                          W.
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    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.118 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this document in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced notification of 
enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners. If the COTP determines that the regulated areas 
need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this document, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated areas.


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    Dated: June 22, 2015.
C.C. Gelzer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Boston.
[FR Doc. 2015-16746 Filed 7-7-15; 8:45 am]
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