[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 136 (Friday, July 18, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13570]



[[Page 33896]]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2025-0560]


Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard 
District, Ocean City, NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Ocean City 
``Night in Venice'' Fireworks Display to provide for the safety of life 
on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for marine 
events within the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated 
area for this event in Ocean City, NJ. During the enforcement periods, 
the operator of any vessel in the regulated area 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 event 13 in table 1 to 
paragraph (h)(1) will be enforced from 9:15 p.m. until 10 p.m., on July 
26, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notification of enforcement, call or email MST2 Emmanuel E. Melendez, 
Waterways Management Division, Sector Delaware Bay, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone 206-815-6688, option 3, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
in entry No. 13 of table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506 for a 
fireworks display on July 26, 2025, from 9:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. This 
action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable 
waterways during the fireworks display. The regulated area includes all 
waters of the Great Egg Harbor Bay within a 300-yard radius of the 
fireworks barge position. The approximate position for the display is 
latitude 39[deg]17'24'' N, longitude 074[deg]34'31'' W, adjacent to 
shoreline of Ocean City, NJ. 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 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.

Kate F. Higgins-Bloom,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2025-13570 Filed 7-17-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P