[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 120 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37439]
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[FR Doc No: 2022-13339]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0239]


Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard 
District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce safety zones for five fireworks 
displays as described in the table to 33 CFR 165.506 on multiple dates 
on and around July 4, 2022. Our regulation for marine events within the 
Fifth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated areas for these 
fireworks displays. During the enforcement periods, vessels may not 
enter, remain in, or transit through the safety zones unless authorized 
by the Captain of the Port or designated Coast Guard patrol personnel 
on-scene.

DATES: The regulations in table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 
165.506, will be enforced for the safety zones identified in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for the dates and times 
specified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, you may call or email Petty Officer Thomas 
Welker, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management 
Division, telephone 215-271-4814, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zones established in table 
1 to paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506, for the following five 
fireworks displays during the dates, times, and at the locations listed 
in the following table:

 Dates and Times of Enforcement of Certain 33 CFR 165.506 Safety Zones for Fireworks Displays in the Coast Guard
                                   Sector Delaware Bay COTP Zone in July 2022
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                Date                          Time                  Location                 Safety zone
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July 1, 2022.......................  9:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m  Delaware River,         All waters of Delaware
                                                              Philadelphia, PA;       River, adjacent to Penn's
                                                              Safety Zone.            Landing, Philadelphia, PA,
                                                                                      within a 500-yard radius
                                                                                      of a fireworks barge at
                                                                                      approximate position
                                                                                      latitude 39[deg]56'49'' N,
                                                                                      longitude 075[deg]08'11''
                                                                                      W.
July 4, 2022.......................  9 p.m. to 10 p.m......  Little Egg Harbor,      All waters of Little Egg
                                                              Parker Island, NJ;      Harbor within a 500-yard
                                                              Safety Zone.            radius of the fireworks
                                                                                      barge in approximate
                                                                                      position latitude
                                                                                      39[deg]34'18'' N,
                                                                                      longitude 074[deg]14'43''
                                                                                      W, approximately 50 yards
                                                                                      north of Parkers Island.
July 4, 2022.......................  9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m...  Delaware River,         All waters of Delaware
                                                              Philadelphia, PA;       River, adjacent to Penn's
                                                              Safety Zone.            Landing, Philadelphia, PA,
                                                                                      within a 500-yard radius
                                                                                      of a fireworks barge at
                                                                                      approximate position
                                                                                      latitude 39[deg]56'49'' N,
                                                                                      longitude 075[deg]08'11''
                                                                                      W.
July 4, 2022.......................  8:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.  Delaware Bay, Lewes,    All waters of Delaware Bay
                                                              DE; Safety Zone.        off Lewes, DE, within a
                                                                                      350 yard radius of the
                                                                                      barge anchored in
                                                                                      approximate position
                                                                                      38[deg]47'12'' N,
                                                                                      075[deg]07'48'' W.
July 4, 2022 or rain date of July    9 p.m. to 10 p.m......  North Atlantic Ocean,   The waters of the North
 5, 2022.                                                     Avalon, NJ; Safety      Atlantic Ocean within a
                                                              Zone.                   500-yard radius of the
                                                                                      fireworks barge in
                                                                                      approximate location
                                                                                      latitude 39[deg]06'19.5''
                                                                                      N, longitude
                                                                                      074[deg]42'02.15'' W, in
                                                                                      the vicinity of the
                                                                                      shoreline at Avalon, NJ.
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    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 notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, 
the Coast Guard will provide notification of this enforcement period 
via broadcast notice to mariners.

    Dated: June 16, 2022.
Jonathan D. Theel,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Delaware Bay.
[FR Doc. 2022-13339 Filed 6-22-22; 8:45 am]
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