[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 45595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11335]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2024-0423]


Safety Zone; Washington Channel, Upper Potomac River, Washington, 
DC

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for a fireworks 
display at ``The Wharf DC,'' in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2024, to 
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this 
event. Our regulations identify the precise location. During the 
enforcement period, vessels may not enter, remain in, or transit 
through the safety zone unless authorized to do so by the COTP or his 
representative, and vessels in the vicinity must comply with directions 
from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast 
Guard ensign.

DATES: The regulation for the location identified in line no. 1 of 
table 2 to 33 CFR 165.506(h)(2) will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 
10:30 p.m. on June 25, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email MST2 Hollie Givens, Sector 
Maryland-NCR, Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard: 
telephone 410-576-2596, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
regulation for a fireworks display at The Wharf DC from 8:30 p.m. to 
10:30 p.m. on June 25, 2024. This action is being taken to provide for 
the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our 
regulation, ``Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays within the Fifth Coast 
Guard District,'' at 33 CFR 165.506, table 2 to paragraph (h)(2) 
specifies the location of the safety zone for the fireworks show, which 
encompasses portions of the Washington Channel in the Upper Potomac 
River. As reflected in 33 CFR 165.23, vessels in the vicinity of the 
safety zone, may not enter, remain in, or transit through the safety 
zone during the enforcement period unless authorized to do so by the 
COTP or his representative, and they must comply with directions from 
the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard 
ensign.
    In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine 
information broadcasts.

    Dated: May 17, 2024.
David E. O'Connell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Maryland-
National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2024-11335 Filed 5-22-24; 8:45 am]
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