[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54032-54033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21764]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2019-0744]
Safety Zone; 2019 Fleet Week Fireworks Display, San Francisco
Bay, San Francisco, CA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the 2019
Fleet Week Fireworks Display in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco
area of responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This
action is necessary to protect life and property of the maritime public
from the hazards associated with the fireworks display. During the
enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from
entering into, transiting through, or anchoring in the safety zone,
unless authorized by the Patrol
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Commander (PATCOM) or other federal, state, or local law enforcement
agencies on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the regulated
area.
DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 21, will
be enforced from 11 a.m. on October 12, 2019 through 9:40 p.m. on
October 12, 2019, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call or email Lieutenant Jennae Cotton, Waterways Management, U.S.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone (415) 399-3585, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone
established in 33 CFR 165.1191 Table 1, Item number 21 for the 2019
Fleet Week Fireworks Display from 11 a.m. on October 12, 2019 until
9:40 p.m. on October 12, 2019, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to
Mariners. The 2019 Fleet Week Fireworks Display will commence at
approximately 9 p.m. on October 12, 2019. This notice is issued under
authority of 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and
160.5; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
The safety zone will extend to all navigable waters of the San
Francisco Bay, from surface to bottom, within a circle formed by
connecting all points 100 feet out from the fireworks barge during the
loading, transit, and arrival of the fireworks barge from the loading
location to the display location and until the start of the fireworks
display. From 11 a.m. on October 12, 2019 until 5 p.m. on October 12,
2019, the fireworks barge will be loading pyrotechnics from Pier 50 in
San Francisco, CA. The fireworks barge will remain at the loading
location until its transit to the display location. From 7:30 p.m. to 8
p.m. on October 12, 2019 the loaded fireworks barge will transit from
Pier 50 to the launch site near Pier 3 in approximate position
37[deg]48'01'' N, 122[deg]23'27'' W (NAD 83) where it will remain until
the conclusion of the fireworks display. Upon the commencement of the
10-minute fireworks display, scheduled to begin at approximately 9 p.m.
on October 12, 2019, the safety zone will increase in size and
encompass all navigable waters of San Francisco Bay, from surface to
bottom, within a circle formed by connecting all points 1,000 feet out
from the fireworks barge near Pier 3 in approximate position
37[deg]48'01'' N, 122[deg]23'27'' W (NAD 83). This safety zone will
terminate at 9:40 p.m. on October 12, 2019, or as announced via
Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard
plans to provide notification of the safety zone and its enforcement
period via the Local Notice to Mariners.
Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1191, unauthorized persons or
vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or
anchoring in the safety zone during all applicable effective dates and
times, unless authorized to do so by the PATCOM or other Official
Patrol, which is defined as a federal, state, or local law enforcement
agency on scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the regulated
area. Additionally, each person who receives notice of a lawful order
or direction issued by the PATCOM or Official Patrol shall obey the
order or direction. The PATCOM or Official Patrol may, upon request,
allow the transit of commercial vessels through regulated areas when it
is safe to do so.
If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area need
not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to
enter the regulated area.
Dated: September 30, 2019.
Howard H. Wright,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Alternate Captain of the Port, San
Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2019-21764 Filed 10-8-19; 8:45 am]
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