2024-12642. Safety Zone; Washington Channel, Upper Potomac River, Washington, DC

AGENCY:

Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION:

Notification of enforcement of regulation.

SUMMARY:

The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for a fireworks display at “The Wharf DC,” in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2024, with a rain date of June 19, 2024, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulations identify the precise location. During the enforcement period, vessels may not enter, remain in, or transit through the safety zone unless authorized to do so by the Captain of the Port (COTP) or his representative, and vessels in the vicinity must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

DATES:

The regulation for the location identified in line no. 1 of table 2 to 33 CFR 165.506(h)(2) will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on June 14, 2024. In the event of inclement weather, the regulation will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on June 19, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

If you have questions about this notification of enforcement, call or email MST2 Hollie Givens, Sector Maryland—NCR, Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard: telephone [phone], email [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone regulation for a fireworks display at The Wharf DC from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on June 14, 2024. In the event of inclement weather, the regulation will be in effect from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on June 19, 2024. This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation, “Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard District,” at 33 CFR 165.506, table 2 to paragraph (h)(2) specifies the location of the safety zone for the fireworks show, which encompasses portions of the Washington Channel in the Upper Potomac River. As reflected in 33 CFR 165.23, vessels in the vicinity of the safety zone, may not enter, remain in, or transit through the safety zone during the enforcement period unless authorized to do so by the COTP or his representative, and they must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

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.

Dated: June 5, 2024.

David E. O'Connell,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Maryland—National Capital Region.