Homeland Security Department Docket USCG-2025-0782 Final Rule

2025-16567: Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the USCG East District (Formerly the Fifth Coast Guard District)-Beach Haven, NJ

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Summary

The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone in Little Egg Harbor, NJ, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during a barge-based fireworks display. Our regulation for marine events within the USCG East District (formerly the Fifth Coast Guard District) identifies the boundaries of the regulated area. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter, remain in, or transit through the regulated area, and anyone in the vicinity must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

477 words as published, August 28, 2025. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 41893] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-16567] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165 [Docket No. USCG-2025-0782] Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the USCG East District (Formerly the Fifth Coast Guard District)--Beach Haven, NJ

Agency

Coast Guard, DHS.

Action

Notification of enforcement of regulation. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone in Little Egg Harbor, NJ, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during a barge-based fireworks display. Our regulation for marine events within the USCG East District (formerly the Fifth Coast Guard District) identifies the boundaries of the regulated area. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter, remain in, or transit through the regulated area, and anyone in the vicinity must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.

Dates

The safety zone identified in entry 7 of table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) of 33 CFR 165.506 will be enforced from 9:00 p.m. through 10:15 p.m. on August 30, 2025.

For Further Information Contact

If you have questions about this notification of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Dominick Dobridge, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, Waterways Management Division, telephone 206-815-6688, option 3, or email [email protected].

Supplementary Information

The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in entry 7 of table 1 to paragraph (h)(1) to 33 CFR 165.506 from 9:00 p.m. through 10:15 p.m. on August 30, 2025. This enforcement period varies from the July dates provided in the table, but the enforcement periods for each safety zone in paragraph (h) of Sec. 165.506 are subject to change, as noted in 33 CFR 165.506(c). Activating the enforcement period is necessary to ensure safety of life on the navigable waters of the United States immediately prior to, during, and immediately after a barge-based fireworks display approximately 50 yards north of Parker Island, in Little Egg Harbor, NJ. The regulated area includes all waters of Little Egg Harbor within a 500-yard radius of the fireworks barge position. The approximate position for the barge is latitude 39[deg]34'18.77'' N, longitude 074[deg]14'36.2'' W. During the enforcement period, as reflected in Sec. 165.506(d), vessels may not enter, remain in, or transit through the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port or designated Coast Guard patrol personnel on-scene. In addition to this notification in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide notice of this enforcement period via Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast Notice to Mariners. Dated: August 21, 2025. Kate F. Higgins-Bloom, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Delaware Bay. [FR Doc. 2025-16567 Filed 8-27-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P

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Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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