Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone-Tulip Time Festival Fireworks, 10412-10413 [2019-05357]
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schedule to determine whether a
permanent change to the schedule is
needed. This test deviation will modify
the existing deviation to allow the
bridge scheduled openings.
DATES: This deviation is effective
without actual notice from March 21,
2019 through August 26, 2019 at 7 a.m.
For the purposes of enforcement, actual
notice will be used from February 28,
2019 at 7 a.m., until March 21, 2019.
Comments and related material must
reach the Coast Guard on or before June
1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
2018–0729 using Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov.
See the ‘‘Public Participation and
Request for Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below for instructions on submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this test
deviation, call or email LT Samuel
Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Sector Miami
Waterways Management Division, U.S.
Coast Guard; telephone 305–535–4307,
email Samuel.Rodriguez-Gonzalez@
uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background, Purpose and Legal Basis
On August 30, 2018, the Coast Guard
published a Test Deviation entitled
‘‘Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Fort
Pierce, FL’’ in the Federal Register (83
FR 44233). We received 113 comments.
The Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT) owns the Fort
Pierce North Causeway A1A Bridge
(Banty Sanders) across the AICW, mile
964.8 in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County,
FL. The bridge has a vertical clearance
of 26 feet at mean high water in the
closed position and a horizontal
clearance of 90 feet. The bridge
currently operates under 33 CFR 117.5.
The duration of the initial test
deviation was 180 days. During the
initial test, the majority of comments
received were in support of scheduled
openings. However, most felt that the
bridge was still opening too frequently.
A review of the bridge tender logs did
not support the claim that the bridge
was opening too frequently. The logs
did show, however, that openings
tended to be twice per hour as opposed
to three times per hour. In addition, the
majority of comments recommended
scheduled openings during the evening
and on weekends.
In order to meet the reasonable needs
of navigation, while benefiting vehicle
transportation, the Coast Guard is
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publishing this alternate temporary
deviation to the proposed schedule
change to determine whether a
permanent change to the schedule is
appropriate to better balance the needs
of marine and vehicle traffic.
Under this temporary deviation, in
effect from 7 a.m. on February 28, 2019
to 7 a.m. on August 26, 2019, the draw
shall open on the hour and half-hour.
Vessels in distress, public vessels of the
United States, and tugs with tows must
be passed at any time.
This waterway is utilized by vessels
of the United States, commercial
vessels, as well as recreational vessels.
There is no alternate route for vessels
desiring to travel north in the AICW.
Vessels that may pass through the
bridge without a requested opening may
do so at any time.
The Coast Guard will also inform the
users of the waterways through our
Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners
of the change in operating schedule for
the bridge so that vessel operators can
arrange their transits to minimize any
impact caused by the temporary
deviation.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e),
the drawbridge must return to its regular
operating schedule immediately at the
end of the effective period of this
temporary deviation. This deviation
from the operating regulations is
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
II. Public Participation and Request for
Comments
We view public participation as
essential to effective rulemaking, and
will consider all comments and material
received during the comment period.
Your comment can help shape the
outcome of this rulemaking. If you
submit a comment, please include the
docket number for this rulemaking,
indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment
applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation.
We encourage you to submit
comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. If your material
cannot be submitted using https://
www.regulations.gov, contact the person
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document for
alternate instructions.
We accept anonymous comments. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov and will include
any personal information you have
provided. For more about privacy and
the docket, visit https://
www.regulations.gov/privacynotice.
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Documents mentioned in this
notification as being available in this
docket and all public comments, will be
in our online docket at https://
www.regulations.gov and can be viewed
by following that website’s instructions.
Additionally, if you go to the online
docket and sign up for email alerts, you
will be notified when comments are
posted or a final rule is published.
Dated: March 18, 2019.
Barry Dragon,
Director, Bridge Branch, Seventh Coast Guard
District.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG–2019–0145]
Safety Zones; Annual Events
Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone-Tulip
Time Festival Fireworks
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of enforcement of
regulation.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard will enforce
a safety zone on Lake Macatawa in
Holland, MI for the Tulip Time Festival
Fireworks on May 11, 2019 to provide
for the safety of life on navigable
waterways during this fireworks
display. This action is necessary and
intended to protect the safety of life and
property on navigable waters prior to,
during, and immediately after a
fireworks display. During the
enforcement period listed below vessels
and persons are prohibited from
transiting through, mooring, or
anchoring within the safety zone unless
authorized by the Captain of the Port
Lake Michigan or a designated
representative. The operator of any
vessel in the regulated area must
comply with directions from the Patrol
Commander or any Official Patrol
displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR
165.929(c)(1) will be enforced from 9:30
p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on May 11,
2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions about this notice of
enforcement, call or email marine event
coordinator MSTC Kaleena Carpino,
Prevention Department, Coast Guard
Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI;
telephone (414) 747–7148, email D09SUMMARY:
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uscg.mil.
ACTION:
The Coast
Guard will enforce Safety Zone; Tulip
Time Festival Fireworks listed as (c)(1)
in Table 165.929 of 33 CFR 165.929 on
May 11, 2019 from 9:30 p.m. through
10:30 p.m. This safety zone will
encompass all of Lake Macatawa within
the arc of a circle with a 1,000-foot
radius from a center point launch
position at 42°47.496′ N, 086°07.348′ W
(NAD 83). This action is being taken to
provide for the safety of life and
property on navigable waterways prior
to, during, and immediately after this
fireworks display.
Pursuant to 33 CFR 165.930, entry
into, transiting, or anchoring within the
safety zone during an enforcement
period is prohibited unless authorized
by the Captain of the Port Lake
Michigan, or his designated on-scene
representative. Those seeking
permission to enter the safety zone may
request permission from the Captain of
Port Lake Michigan via channel 16,
VHF–FM. If you are the operator of a
vessel in the regulated area during the
enforcement period you must comply
with directions from the Patrol
Commander or any Official Patrol
displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
This notice of enforcement is issued
under the authority of 33 CFR 165.929
and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this
notice of enforcement in the Federal
Register, the Coast Guard will provide
notification of this enforcement period
via the Local Notice to Mariners and
Broadcast Notice to Mariners. The
Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or his
or her designated on-scene
representative may be contacted via
VHF Channel 16 or at (414) 747–7182.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 15, 2019.
Thomas J. Stuhlreyer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Lake Michigan.
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Safety Zone; Commandant’s State of
the Coast Guard Address, San Pedro,
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AGENCY:
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Temporary final rule.
The U.S. Coast Guard is
establishing a temporary safety zone in
the Port of Los Angeles around a portion
of Reservation Point on U. S. Coast
Guard Base Los Angeles—Long Beach,
in support of the U. S. Coast Guard
aviation and waterborne asset
demonstration for the Commandant’s
State of the Coast Guard Address. This
action is necessary to protect for the
safety of life on these navigable waters
in the area of the Coast Guard asset
demonstration. Entry of persons or
vessels into this temporary safety zone
is prohibited unless specifically
authorized by the Captain of the Port
(COTP), Los Angeles—Long Beach, or
her designated representative.
DATES: This rule is effective from 12:01
a.m. through 11:59 p.m. on March 21,
2019.
ADDRESSES: To view documents
mentioned in this preamble as being
available in the docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2018–
1119 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click
‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket
Folder on the line associated with this
rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this rule, call or
email Waterways Management, U.S.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles—Long
Beach; telephone (310) 521–3860, or
email D11-SMB-SectorLALB-WWM@
uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Table of Abbreviations
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
DHS Department of Homeland Security
E.O. Executive order
FR Federal Register
LLNR Light List Number
NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
Pub. L. Public Law
§ Section
U.S.C. United States Code
II. Background Information and
Regulatory History
The Coast Guard is issuing this
temporary rule without prior notice and
opportunity to comment pursuant to
authority under section 4(a) of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5
U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision
authorizes an agency to issue a rule
without prior notice and opportunity to
comment when the agency for good
cause finds that those procedures are
‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that
good cause exists for not publishing a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
with respect to this rule. Publishing an
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NPRM would be impracticable because
there is not enough time for Notice and
Comment procedures before the event.
The date for the State of the Coast Guard
event was not set until February 15,
2019, and the Coast Guard’s normal
Security Zone and Safety Zone
processes were interrupted by the
extended government shutdown in the
beginning of 2019.
We are issuing this rule, and under 5
U.S.C. 553(d) (3), the Coast Guard finds
that good cause exists for making it
effective less than 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register, as
delaying the effective date of this rule
would be impracticable and potentially
threaten the Coast Guards ability to
enforce safety measures in to protect for
the safety of life in these navigable
waters in the area of the Coast Guard
asset demonstration.
III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule
The Coast Guard is issuing this rule
under authority in 46 U.S.C. 70034. The
Captain of the Port (COTP), Los
Angeles—Long Beach has determined
that potential hazards associated with
navigation safety that arise because of
the potentially hazardous conditions
associated with event safety due to the
expected high-speed maneuvers from
waterborne vessels and aircraft Search
and Rescue demonstration related to
this event along the main shipping
channel of the nation’s most
economically vital port complex. For
these reasons, the Coast Guard believes
that a safety zone is necessary to ensure
the safety of, and reduce the risk to, the
public, and the participants of the event
in the Port of Los Angeles.
IV. Discussion of the Rule
This rule establishes a temporary
safety zone on March 21, 2019,
encompassing all navigable waters from
the surface to the sea floor within 500foot radius in approximate position:
33°43.241′ N, 118°15.942′ W. All
coordinates displayed are referenced by
North American Datum of 1983, World
Geodetic System, 1984. This temporary
safety zone will only be enforced
between 7:00 a.m. PST and 5:00 p.m.
PST March 21, 2019. During the
enforcement period, vessels are
prohibited from entering into, transiting
through, or remaining within the
designated area unless authorized by the
Captain of the Port or her designated
representative. Sector Los Angeles—
Long Beach may be contacted on VHF–
FM Channel 16 or (310) 521–3801. The
general boating public will be notified
prior to the enforcement of the
temporary safety zone via Broadcast
Notice to Mariners.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2019-0145]
Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone-Tulip Time Festival Fireworks
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone on Lake Macatawa in
Holland, MI for the Tulip Time Festival Fireworks on May 11, 2019 to
provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this
fireworks display. This action is necessary and intended to protect the
safety of life and property on navigable waters prior to, during, and
immediately after a fireworks display. During the enforcement period
listed below vessels and persons are prohibited from transiting
through, mooring, or anchoring within the safety zone unless authorized
by the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a designated
representative. The operator of any vessel in the regulated area must
comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol
displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.929(c)(1) will be enforced from
9:30 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on May 11, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice of enforcement, call or email marine event coordinator MSTC
Kaleena Carpino, Prevention Department, Coast Guard Sector Lake
Michigan, Milwaukee, WI; telephone (414) 747-7148, email D09-
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SMB-SECLakeMichigan-WWM@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce Safety Zone;
Tulip Time Festival Fireworks listed as (c)(1) in Table 165.929 of 33
CFR 165.929 on May 11, 2019 from 9:30 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. This
safety zone will encompass all of Lake Macatawa within the arc of a
circle with a 1,000-foot radius from a center point launch position at
42[deg]47.496' N, 086[deg]07.348' W (NAD 83). This action is being
taken to provide for the safety of life and property on navigable
waterways prior to, during, and immediately after this fireworks
display.
Pursuant to 33 CFR 165.930, entry into, transiting, or anchoring
within the safety zone during an enforcement period is prohibited
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, or his
designated on-scene representative. Those seeking permission to enter
the safety zone may request permission from the Captain of Port Lake
Michigan via channel 16, VHF-FM. If you are the operator of a vessel in
the regulated area during the enforcement period you must comply with
directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying
a Coast Guard ensign.
This notice of enforcement is issued under the authority of 33 CFR
165.929 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement
in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide notification of
this enforcement period via the Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast
Notice to Mariners. The Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or his or her
designated on-scene representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16
or at (414) 747-7182.
Dated: March 15, 2019.
Thomas J. Stuhlreyer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
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