[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36951-36952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12015]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0217]


Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard 
District--Avalon, NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the North Atlantic Ocean, Avalon, 
NJ; Safety Zone from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or a rain 
date of July 5, 2023, to provide for the safety of life

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on navigable waterways during a barge-based fireworks display. 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 regulations in 33 CFR 165.506 for Avalon, NJ will be 
enforced from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or a rain date of 
July 5, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, 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 1 for a barge-based fireworks 
display from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on July 4, 2023, or 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 the fireworks display. Our regulation for safety 
zones of fireworks displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District, table 1 
to paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506, entry 1, specifies the location 
of the regulated area as all waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, in the 
vicinity of the shoreline at Avalon, NJ, within a 500-yard radius of 
the fireworks barge position. The approximate position for the 
fireworks barge is latitude 39[deg]06'17.96'' N, longitude 
074[deg]42'05.47'' 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 30, 2023.
Jonathan D. Theel,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2023-12015 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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