2010-15970. 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 from July 3, 2010 through August 15, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

If you have questions on this notice, call or e-mail LTJG Ashley M. Wanzer, Sector Seattle Waterways Management, Coast Guard; telephone [phone], [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Coast Guard will enforce 33 CFR 165.1332 for the following safety zones during the dates and times noted and with the changes mentioned below.

The following safety zones will extended their respective radius in yards from their respective launch site to the radius noted below and be enforced from 5 p.m. on July 3, 2010 through 1 a.m. on July 4, 2010:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Liberty Bay Fireworks	Liberty Bay	47° 43.917′ N	122° 39.133′ W	300
Langlie's Old Fashioned Independence Celebration	Indianola	47° 44.817′ N	122° 31.533′ W	250
Deer Harbor Annual Fireworks Display	Deer Harbor	48° 37.0′ N	123° 00.25′ W	200

The following safety zones will extended their respective radius in yards from their respective launch site to the radius noted below and be enforced from 5 p.m. on July 4, 2010 through 1 a.m. on July 5, 2010:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce	Port Angeles Harbor	48°07.033′ N	123°24.967′ W	150
Kirkland Fireworks	Kirkland , Lake Washington	47°40.583′ N	122°12.84′ W	250
Three Tree Point Community Fireworks	Three Tree Point	47°27.033′ N	122°23.15′ W	200
City of Renton Fireworks	Renton, Lake Washington	47°29.986′ N	122°11.85′ W	150
Steilacoom Annual Fireworks	Steilacoom	47°10.4′ N	122°36.2′ W	450
Tacoma Freedom Fair	Commencement Bay	47°16.817′ N	122°27.933′ W	300
City of Anacortes Fireworks	Fidalgo Bay	47°17.1′ N	122°28.4′ W	175
Fireworks Display	Henderson Bay	47°21.8′ N	122°38.367′ W	250
Des Moines Fireworks	Des Moines	47°24.117′ N	122°20.033′ W	150
Port Orchard Fireworks	Port Orchard	47°32.883′ N	122°37.917′ W	350
Bainbridge Island Fireworks	Eagle Harbor	47°37.267′ N	122°31.583′ W	300
Yarrow Point Community	Yarrow Point	47°38.727′ N	122°13.466′ W	150
City of Kenmore Fireworks	Lake Forest Park	47°39.0′ N	122°13.55′ W	150
Sheridan Beach Community	Lake Forest Park	47°44.783′ N	122°16.917′ W	100
Vashon Island Fireworks	Quartermaster Harbor	47°45.25′ N	122°15.75′ W	450
Kingston Fireworks	Appletree Cove	47°47.65′ N	122°29.917′ W	150
Brewster Fire Department Fireworks	Brewster	48°06.367′ N	119°47.15′ W	250
Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary	Port Townsend	48°08.067′ N	122°46.467′ W	175
Friday Harbor Independence	Friday Harbor	48°32.6′ N	122°00.467′ W	250
Roche Harbor Fireworks	Roche Harbor	48°36.7′ N	123°09.5′ W	150
Orcas Island	Orcas Island	48°41.317′ N	122°54.467′ W	250
Blast Over Bellingham	Bellingham Bay	48°44.933′ N	122°29.667′ W	450
City of Mount Vernon Fireworks	Edgewater Park	48°25.178′ N	122°20.424′ W	150
Chase Family Fourth at Lake Union	Lake Union	47°38.418′ N	122°20.111′ W	300

The following safety zone will be enforced from 5 p.m. on July 5, 2010 through 1 a.m. on July 6, 2010:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Alderbrook Resort & Spa Fireworks	Hood Canal	47°21.033′ N	123°04.1′ W	350

The following safety zone will be enforced from 5 p.m. on July 10, 2010 through 1 a.m. on July 11, 2010:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Mercer Island Celebration	Mercer Island	47°35.517′ N	122°13.233′ W	150

The following safety zone will be enforced from 5 p.m. on July 24, 2010 through 1 a.m. on July 25, 2010:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Whaling Days	Dyes Inlet	47°38.65′ N	122°41.35′ W	300

The following safety zone will be enforced from 5 p.m. on August 14, 2010 through 1 a.m. on August 15, 2010:

Event name	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius
Medina Days	Medina Park	47° 36.867′ N	122° 14.5′ W	150

The special requirements listed in 33 CFR 165.1332, published on June 15, 2010 in the Federal Register (75 FR 33700), 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 Seattle Joint Harbor Operations Center (JHOC) via telephone at 206-217-6002.

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 33 CFR 165 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. If the COTP or Designated Representative determines that the regulated area need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, a Broadcast Notice to Mariners will be issued to grant general permission to enter the regulated area.

Dated: June 18, 2010.

L.R. Tumbarello,

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