[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13590]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0437]


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

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Metedeconk River, Brick 
Township, NJ Safety Zone for fireworks displays on four separate 
periods. The safety zone will be enforced on July 6, 2023, July 13, 
2023, July 20, 2023, and July 27, 2023, or on a rain date of August 10, 
2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during 
each of the four separate land-based fireworks displays. Our regulation 
for marine events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the 
boundaries of the regulated area for this event near the shoreline at 
Brick Township, NJ. 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 portion of the regulation 33 CFR 165.506 for Brick Township, 
NJ, will be enforced for the location identified in entry 5 of table 1 
to paragraph (h)(1), from 9 through 9:45 p.m. on July 6, 2023, July 13, 
2023, July 20, 2023, and July 27, 2023, or on a rain date of August 10, 
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. 5 for four periods, for 
four separate land-based fireworks displays. The enforcement periods 
will be from 9 through 9:45 p.m. on July 6, 2023, July 13, 2023, July 
20, 2023, and July 27, 2023, or on a rain date of August 10, 2023. This 
action is necessary to ensure the 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 5 specifies the location of 
the regulated area as all waters of the Metedeconk River within a 300-
yard radius of the fireworks launch platform in approximate position 
latitude 40[deg]03'23'' N, longitude 074[deg]06'39'' W, near the 
shoreline at Brick Township, NJ. During the enforcement period, as 
reflected in section 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: June 21, 2023.
Kate F. Higgins-Bloom,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2023-13590 Filed 6-26-23; 8:45 am]
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