
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44287-44288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18389]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0656]


Safety Zones; Recurring Events in Captain of the Port Boston Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zones in the Captain of 
the Port Boston Zone on the specified dates and times listed below. 
This action is necessary to ensure the protection of the maritime 
public and event participants from the hazards associated with this 
annual recurring event. No person or vessel, except for the safety 
vessels assisting with the event may enter the safety zones unless 
given permission from the COTP or the designated on-scene 
representative. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.

DATES: The regulation for the safety zones described in 33 CFR 165.118 
will be enforced between August 1, 2015,

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and August 15, 2015, on the date and times listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Mr. Mark Cutter, Coast Guard Sector Boston Waterways 
Management Division, telephone 617-223-4000, email 
Mark.E.Cutter@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones listed in 33 CFR 165.118 on the specified dates and times as 
indicated in Table 1 below. This regulation was published in the 
Federal Register on November 8, 2013 (78 FR 67028).

                                 Table 1
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7.13 Yankee Homecoming Fireworks.......   Event Type: Fireworks
                                          Display.
                                          Sponsor: Yankee
                                          Homecoming.
                                          Date: August 1, 2015.
                                          Time: 9:15 p.m. to
                                          10:15 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of the Merrimack River, within
                                          a 350-yard radius of the
                                          fireworks launch site located
                                          at position 42[deg]48.97' N.,
                                          070[deg]52.68' W. (NAD 83).
8.1 Beverly Homecoming Fireworks.......   Event Type: Fireworks
                                          Display.
                                          Sponsor: Beverly
                                          Harbormaster.
                                          Date: August 9, 2015.
                                          Time: 9:00 p.m. to
                                          11:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Beverly Harbor within a 350-
                                          yard radius of the fireworks
                                          barge located at position
                                          42[deg]32.62' N.,
                                          070[deg]52.15' W. (NAD 83).
8.5 Celebrate the Clean Harbor Swim....   Event Type: Swim.
                                          Sponsor: New England
                                          Open Water Swimming
                                          Association.
                                          Date: August 15, 2015.
                                          Time: 9:00 a.m. to
                                          12:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Gloucester Harbor within
                                          the following points (NAD 83):
                                            42[deg]35.3' N.,
                                             070[deg]39.8' W.
                                         42[deg]35.9' N., 070[deg]39.2'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]35.9' N., 070[deg]39.8'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]35.3' N., 070[deg]40.2'
                                          W.
8.6 Boston Light Swim..................   Event Type: Swim.
                                          Sponsor: Boston Light
                                          Swim.
                                          Date: August 15, 2015.
                                          Time: 7:00 a.m. to
                                          12:00 p.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Boston Harbor between the L
                                          Street Bath House and Little
                                          Brewster Island within the
                                          following points (NAD 83):
                                            42[deg]19.7' N.,
                                             071[deg]02.2' W.
                                         42[deg]19.9' N., 071[deg]10.7'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]19.8' N., 070[deg]53.6'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]19.6' N., 070[deg]53.4'
                                          W.
8.8 The Boston Triathlon...............   Event Type: Swim.
                                          Sponsor: Ethos.
                                          Date: August 9, 2015.
                                          Time: 8:00 a.m. to
                                          10:00 a.m.
                                          Location: All waters
                                          of Columbus Park, Boston, Ma
                                          within the following points
                                          (NAD 83):
                                            42[deg]19.6' N.,
                                             071[deg]02.9' W.
                                         42[deg]19.6' N., 071[deg]02.6'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]19.4' N., 071[deg]02.6'
                                          W.
                                         42[deg]19.4' N., 071[deg]02.8'
                                          W.
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    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.118 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide mariners with advanced notification of 
enforcement periods via the Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners. If the COTP determines that the regulated areas 
need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant general permission to 
enter the regulated areas.

    Dated: July 9, 2015.
C.C. Gelzer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Boston.
[FR Doc. 2015-18389 Filed 7-24-15; 8:45 am]
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