[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66995-66996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33464]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 100
[CGD01-97-120]
RIN 2115-AE46
Special Local Regulation: Fireworks Displays Within the First
Coast Guard District
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of implementation.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the dates and times of the
special local regulations contained in 33 CFR 100.114, Fireworks
Displays within the First Coast Guard District. All vessels will be
restricted from entering the area of navigable water within a 500 yard
radius of the fireworks launch platform for each event listed in the
table below. Implementation of these regulations is necessary to
control vessel traffic within the regulated area to ensure the safety
of spectators.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.114 are effective from
one hour
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before the scheduled start of the event until thirty minutes after the
last firework is exploded for each event listed in the table below in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The events are listed chronologically by
month with their corresponding number listed in the special local
regulation, 33 CFR 100.114.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed to Commander (osr), First Coast
Guard District, Captain John Foster Williams Federal Building, 408
Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 02110-3350, or may be hand delivered to Room
734 at the same address, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays. Comments will become part of this
docket and will be available for inspection or copying at the above
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lieutenant Commander Guy A. McArdle, Office of Search and Rescue
branch, First Coast Guard District at (617) 223-8460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document implements the special local
regulations in 33 CFR 100.114 (62 FR 30988; June 6, 1997). All vessels
are prohibited from entering a 500 yard radius of navigable water
surrounding the launch platform used in each fireworks display listed
below.
Table 1--Fireworks Displays
December
1. First Night Fireworks
Date: December 31, 1997.
Time: 12:00 a.m. (midnight) to 12:15 a.m.
Location: Off Waterfront Park, between Commercial and Long Wharf's.
Lat: 42 deg.21.7N, Long: 071 deg.02.8''W (NAD 1983).
2. First Night Martha's Vineyard
Date: December 31, 1997.
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Location: Vineyard Haven Harbor.
Lat: 41-27N, Long: 070-35W (NAD 1983).
4. City of New Bedford First Night
Date: December 31, 1997.
Time: 12:00 a.m. (midnight) to 12: 30 a.m.
Location: New Bedford Harbor, vicinity of state pier.
Lat: 41-38N, Long: 070-55W (NAD 1983).
Dated: December 2, 1997.
R.M. Larrabee,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 97-33464 Filed 12-22-97; 8:45 am]
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