[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48848-48849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12642]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2024-0452]


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

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (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 14, 2024, with 
a rain date of June 19, 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 Captain of the Port (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 14, 2024. In the event of inclement weather, the 
regulation will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on June 19, 
2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this

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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 14, 2024. In the event of inclement weather, the 
regulation will be in effect from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on June 
19, 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: June 5, 2024.
David E. O'Connell,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Maryland--
National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2024-12642 Filed 6-7-24; 8:45 am]
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