[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55057-55058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22300]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0812]


Safety Zone; Rio Vista Bass Derby Fireworks, Sacramento River, 
Rio Vista, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Rio Vista 
Bass Derby Fireworks Display in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco 
area of responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This 
action is necessary to protect life and property of the maritime public 
from the hazards associated with the fireworks display. During the 
enforcement period, unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from 
entering into, transiting through, or anchoring in the safety zone, 
unless authorized by the Patrol Commander (PATCOM) or other Federal, 
state, or local law enforcement agencies on scene to assist the Coast 
Guard in enforcing the regulated area.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.1191, Table 1, Item number 23, will 
be enforced from noon through 9:30 p.m. on October 12, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email Chief Warrant Officer Mickey Price, 
Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; telephone 
(415) 399-7442, email SFWaterways@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
established in 33 CFR 165.1191 Table 1, Item number 23, for the Rio 
Vista Bass Derby Fireworks Display from noon through 9:30 p.m. on 
October 12, 2019, or as announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners. 
This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 46 U.S.C. 
70034, 70051; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Department of 
Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

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    The safety zone will extend to all navigable waters of the 
Sacramento River, from surface to bottom, within a circle formed by 
connecting all points 100 feet out from the fireworks barge during the 
loading, transit, and arrival of the fireworks barge from the loading 
location to the display location and until the start of the fireworks 
display. From noon through 4 p.m. October 12, 2019, the fireworks barge 
will be loading pyrotechnics from the Dutra Group, 160 River Road, Rio 
Vista, CA. The fireworks barge will remain at the loading location 
until its transit to the display location. From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on 
October 12, 2019 the loaded fireworks barge will transit from the Dutra 
Group to the launch site off of Rio Vista, CA in approximate position 
38[deg]09'15.53'' N, 121[deg]41'17.01'' W (NAD 83), where it will 
remain until the conclusion of the fireworks display. During the15-
minute fireworks display, scheduled to begin at approximately 8:45 p.m. 
on October 12, 2019, and 30 minutes after the conclusion of the 
fireworks display, the safety zone will increase in size and encompass 
all navigable waters of the Sacramento River, from surface to bottom, 
within a circle formed by connecting all points 1000 feet out from the 
fireworks barge near Rio Vista, CA in approximate position 
38[deg]09'15.53'' N, 121[deg]41'17.01'' W (NAD 83). This safety zone 
will be enforced from noon until 9:30 p.m. on October 12, 2019, or as 
announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
    In addition to this notification in the Federal Register, the Coast 
Guard plans to provide notification of the safety zone and its 
enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 165.1191, unauthorized persons or 
vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or 
anchoring in the safety zone during all applicable effective dates and 
times, unless authorized to do so by the PATCOM or other Official 
Patrol defined as a Federal, state, or local law enforcement agency on 
scene to assist the Coast Guard in enforcing the regulated area. 
Additionally, each person who receives notice of a lawful order or 
direction issued by the PATCOM or Official Patrol shall obey the order 
or direction. The PATCOM or Official Patrol may, upon request, allow 
the transit of commercial vessels through regulated areas when it is 
safe to do so.
    If the Captain of the Port determines that the regulated area need 
not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice of 
enforcement, a Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be used to grant 
general permission to enter the regulated area.

    Dated: October 7, 2019.
Marie B. Byrd,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, San Francisco.
[FR Doc. 2019-22300 Filed 10-11-19; 8:45 am]
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