2012-13684. Safety Zones; Annual Firework Displays Within the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound Area of Responsibility

AGENCY:

Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION:

Notice of enforcement of regulation.

SUMMARY:

The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zones for annual firework displays in the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound area of responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This action is necessary to prevent injury and to protect life and property of the maritime public from the hazards associated with the firework displays. During the enforcement periods, entry into, transit through, mooring, or anchoring within these zones is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound or Designated Representative.

DATES:

The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1332 will be enforced during the dates and times noted below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

If you have questions on this notice, call or email ENS Anthony P. LaBoy, Sector Puget Sound Waterways Management, Coast Guard; telephone [phone], [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zones established for Annual Fireworks Displays within the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound Area of Responsibility in 33 CFR 165.1332 during the dates and times noted below.

The following safety zone will be enforced from 5:00 p.m. on June 30, 2012 through 1:00 a.m. on July 1, 2012:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Langlie's Old Fashioned Independence Celebration	Indianola	47°44.817′ N	122°31.533′ W	250 yds.

The following safety zones will be enforced from 5:00 p.m. on July 3, 2012 through 1:00 a.m. on July 4, 2012:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Liberty Bay Fireworks	Liberty Bay	47°43.917′ N	122°39.133′ W	300 yds.
Alderbrook Resort & Spa Fireworks	Hood Canal	47°21.033′ N	122°13.233′ W	350 yds.
Deer Harbor Annual Fireworks Display	Deer Harbor	48°37.000′ N	123°00.250′ W	150 yds.

The following safety zones will be enforced from 5:00 p.m. on July 4, 2012 through 1:00 a.m. on July 5, 2012.

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce	Port Angeles Harbor	48°07.033′ N	123°24.967′ W	300 yds.
Sheridan Beach Community	Lake Forest Park	47°44.783′ N	122°16.917′ W	200 yds.
Brewster Fire Department Fireworks	Brewster	48°06.367′ N	119°47.15′ W	250 yds.
City of Mount Vernon Fireworks	Edgewater Park	48°25.178′ N	122°20.424′ W	150 yds.
Tacoma Freedom Fair	Commencement Bay	47°16.817′ N	122°27.933′ W	300 yds.
City of Renton Fireworks	Renton, Lake Washington	47°30.386′ N	122°12.502′ W	150 yds.
Des Moines Fireworks	Des Moines	47°24.117′ N	122°20.033′ W	150 yds.
Vashon Island Fireworks	Quartermaster Harbor	47°24.0′ N	122°27.0′ W	450 yds.
City of Kenmore Fireworks	Lake Forest Park	47°45.25′ N	122°15.75′ W	300 yds.
Yarrow Point Community	Yarrow Point	47°38.727′ N	122°13.466′ W	150 yds.
Kirkland Fireworks	Kirkland, Lake Washington	47°40.583′ N	122°12.84′ W	250 yds.
Three Tree Point Community Fireworks	Three Tree Point	47°27.033′ N	122°23.15′ W	200 yds.
Kingston Fireworks	Appletree Cove	47°47.65′ N	122°29.917′ W	150 yds.
Bainbridge Island Fireworks	Eagle Harbor	47°37.142′ N	122°30.397′ W	300 yds.
City of Anacortes Fireworks	Fidalgo Bay	48°30.016′ N	122°36.154′ W	350 yds.
Chase Family Fourth at Lake Union	Lake Union	47°38.418′ N	122°20.111′ W	300 yds.
Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary	Port Townsend	48°08.413′ N	122°45.531′ W	200 yds.
Friday Harbor Independence Day Fireworks	Friday Harbor	48°32.600′ N	122°00.467′ W	250 yds.
Steilacom Independence Day Fireworks	Steilacom Bay	47°10.400′ N	122°36.200′ W	350 yds.
Port Orchard Independence Day Fireworks	Port Orchard Bay	47°32.883′ N	122°37.917′ W	350 yds.
East Sound Independence Day Fireworks	Orcas Island	48°41.317′ N	122°54.467′ W	150 yds.

The following safety zone will be enforced from 5:00 p.m. on July 7, 2012 through 1:00 a.m. on July 8, 2012:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Mercer Island Celebration	Mercer Island	47°35.517′ N	122°13.233′ W	450 yds.

The following safety zone will be enforced from 5:00 p.m. on July 27, 2012 through 1:00 a.m. on July 28, 2012:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Whaling Days	Dyes Inlet	47°38.65′ N	122°41.35′ W	450 yds.

The following safety zone will be enforced from 5:00 p.m. on August 11, 2012 through 1:00 a.m. on August 12, 2012:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Medina Days	Medina Park	47°36.867′ N	122°14.5′ W	300 yds.

The special requirements listed in 33 CFR 165.1332, which can be found in the Federal Register (75 FR 33698) published on June 15, 2010, apply to the activation and enforcement of these safety zones.

All vessel operators who desire to enter the safety zone must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port or Designated Representative by contacting either the on-scene patrol craft on VHF Ch 13 or Ch 16 or the Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Joint Harbor Operations Center (JHOC) via telephone at [phone].

The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation.

This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.1332 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with extensive advanced notification of the safety zones via the Local Notice to Mariners and marine information broadcasts on the day of the events.

Dated: May 22, 2012.

S.J. Ferguson,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Puget Sound.