2024-19230: Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Displays Within the Puget Sound

Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2024) [Federal Register Volume 89, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2024)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 68782] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-19230] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165 [Docket No. USCG-2024-0752] Safety Zones; Annual Fireworks Displays Within the Puget Sound

Agency

Coast Guard, DHS.

Action

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

Summary

The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone regulation for the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters on the Possession Sound, Seattle, Washington during an annual fireworks display. This safety zone will consist of all navigable waters within a 450-yard radius surrounding the event's launch site. Our regulation for safety zones within the Captain of the Port Puget Sound (COTP) Area of Responsibility identifies the specific location for this launch site and the corresponding safety zone for the event.

Dates

The regulations in 33 CFR 165.1332 will be enforced from 7 through 10 p.m. for the safety zone identified in the table of Sec. 165.1332, for the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival event, on September 7, 2024.

For Further Information Contact

If you have questions about this notification of enforcement, call or email Mr. Jeffrey Zappen, Sector Puget Sound Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 206-217- 6076, or email [email protected].

Supplementary Information

The Coast Guard will enforce the regulations in 33 CFR 165.1332 for the safety zone identified in the table of Sec. 165.1332, for the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival on the Possession Sound, from 7 through 10 p.m. on September 7, 2024. This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this 1- day event at the following location: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event name (typically) Event location Latitude Longitude ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival...... Possession Sound.... 47[deg]56.900' N 122[deg]18.600' W ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The special requirements listed in Sec. 165.1332(b) related to fireworks barges and fireworks launch sites shall apply and be implemented during the specified enforcement period of this safety zone. During the specified enforcement period, no vessel operator may enter, transit, moor, or anchor within this safety zone unless authorized by the COTP or their designated representative(s). The Coast Guard may be assisted by other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this regulation. All vessel operators who desire to enter the safety zone must obtain permission from the COTP or their designated representative(s) by contacting either the on-scene patrol craft on VHF Ch. 13 or Ch 16, or calling Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound's Joint Harbor Operations Center telephone 206-217-6002. In addition to the notification of enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners, marine information broadcasts, and local radio stations and area newspapers. Dated: August 21, 2024. Mark A. McDonnell, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Puget Sound. [FR Doc. 2024-19230 Filed 8-27-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P