[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48766-48767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24601]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 100
[CGD01-97-097]
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 before the scheduled start of the event until thirty minutes
after the last firework is exploded for each event listed in the table
below. The events are listed in the table below. 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 William H. Rypka, Office of Search and Rescue
branch, First Coast Guard District at (617) 223-8460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice 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.
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Table 1--Fireworks Displays
September
1. Grand Fiesta Italiana
Date: September 6, 1997
Time: 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Bar Beach, Hempstead Harbor, Hempstead, NY
Lat: 40 deg.49'52''N, Long: 073 deg.39'10''W (NAD 1983)
2. Taste of Italy
Date: September 6, 1997
Rain date: September 7, 1997
Time: 8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Norwich Harbor, off Norwich Marina, Norwich, CT
Lat: 41-31-20N, Long: 072-06-48W (NAD 1983)
8. Renesselaer Festival
Date: September 20, 1957
Time: 8:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Location: Hudson River, below Dunn Memorial Bridge, Rensselaer, NY
Lat: 42 deg.38'23''N, Long: 073 deg.45'0''W (NAD 1983)
9. Deepavali Festival
Date: October 5, 1997
Time: 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Location: East River, below the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan, NY
Lat: 40 deg.43'10''N, Long: 074 deg.0'0''W (NAD 1983)
Dated: August 29, 1997.
R. M. Larrabee,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 97-24601 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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