[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 34085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11316]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0227]


Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard 
District--Philadelphia, PA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Delaware River, Philadelphia, 
PA; Safety Zone for fireworks displays on three separate periods. The 
safety zone will first be enforced from 9:15 p.m. through 10 p.m. on 
June 24, 2023, and again, during those same hours, on June 25, 2023, or 
on a rain date of June 26, 2023. The third period the safety zone will 
be enforced will be from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or on a 
rain date of July 5, 2023. This is to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during each of the three separate barge-based 
fireworks displays. Our regulation for marine events within the Fifth 
Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in 
Philadelphia, PA. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel 
may enter, remain in, or transit through the regulated area, and anyone 
in the vicinity must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander 
or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulation 33 CFR 165.506 for Philadelphia, PA, will be 
enforced for the location identified in entry 10 of table 1 to 
paragraph (h)(1) from 9:15 p.m. through 10 p.m. on June 24, 2023, and 
for the same hours on June 25, 2023, or on a rain date of June 26, 
2023, and from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or on a rain date of 
July 5, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Dylan 
Caikowski, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management 
Division, telephone 215-271-4814, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506, entry No. 10 for 
three periods, for three separate barge-based fireworks displays. The 
first two enforcement periods will be 9:15 p.m. through 10 p.m. on June 
24, 2023, and 9:15 p.m. through 10 p.m. on June 25, 2023, or on a rain 
date of June 26, 2023. The third enforcement period will be from 9 p.m. 
to 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or on a rain date of July 5, 2023. This 
action is necessary to ensure safety of life on the navigable waters of 
the United States immediately prior to, during, and immediately after 
fireworks displays. Our regulation for safety zones of fireworks 
displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District, table 1 to paragraph 
(h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506, entry 10 specifies the location of the 
regulated area as all waters of the Delaware River, adjacent to Penn's 
Landing, Philadelphia, PA, within a 500-yard radius of the fireworks 
barge position. The approximate position for the displays is latitude 
39[deg]56'49'' N, longitude 075[deg]08'11'' W. During the enforcement 
period, as reflected in Sec.  165.506(d), vessels may not enter, remain 
in, or transit through the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain 
of the Port or designated Coast Guard patrol personnel on-scene.
    In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide notification of this enforcement period 
via Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: May 22, 2023.
Jonathan D. Theel,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2023-11316 Filed 5-25-23; 8:45 am]
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