[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR165.166]

[Page 645-646]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS--Table of 
Contents
 
 Subpart F--Specific Regulated Navigation Areas and Limited Access Areas
 
Sec. 165.166  Safety Zone: Macy's July 4th Fireworks, East River, NY.

    (a) Regulated Area. The following area is a safety zone: All waters 
of the East River east of a line drawn from the Fireboat Station Pier, 
Battery Park City, in approximate position 4042[min]15.4[sec] N 
07401[min]06.8[sec] W (NAD 1983) to Governors Island Light (2) 
(LLNR 35010), in approximate position 4041[min]34.4[sec] N 
07401[min]10.9[sec] W (NAD 1983); north of a line drawn from 
Governors Island, in approximate position 4041[min]25.3[sec] N 
07400[min]42.5[sec] W (NAD 1983) to the southwest corner of Pier 
9A, Brooklyn; south of a line drawn from East 47th Street, Manhattan 
through the southern point of Roosevelt Island to 46 Road, Brooklyn, and 
all waters of Newtown Creek west of the Pulaski Bascule Bridge.
    (b) Activation period. This section is activated annually from 6:30 
p.m. until 11:30 p.m. on July 4th. If the event is cancelled due to 
inclement weather

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then this section is in effect from 6:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. on July 
5th.
    (c) Regulations. (1) The general regulations contained in 33 CFR 
165.23 apply.
    (2) No vessels, except the Staten Island Ferries, will be allowed to 
transit the safety zone without the permission of the Captain of the 
Port, New York.
    (3) All persons and vessels shall comply with the instructions of 
the Coast Guard Captain of the Port or the designated on-scene patrol 
personnel. These personnel comprise commissioned, warrant, and petty 
officers of the Coast Guard. Upon being hailed by a U.S. Coast Guard 
vessel by siren, radio, flashing light, or other means, the operator of 
a vessel shall proceed as directed.
    (4) Vessels equal to or greater than 20 meters (65.6 feet) in 
length, carrying persons for the purpose of viewing the fireworks, may 
take position in an area inside the safety zone, at least 200 yards off 
the bulkhead on the west bank and just off the pierhead faces on the 
east bank of the East River between the Williamsburg Bridge and North 
9th Street, Brooklyn. This area is bound by the following points: 
4042[min]45.5[sec] N 07358[min]07.4[sec] W; thence to 
4042[min]50.4[sec] N 07358[min]23.2[sec] W; thence to 
4043[min]23.1[sec] N 07358[min]12.7[sec] W; thence to 
4043[min]21.5[sec] N 07357[min]45.7[sec] W; (NAD 1983) thence 
back to the point of beginning. All vessels must be in this location by 
6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) the day of the event.

[CGD01-00-242, 66 FR 20405, Apr. 23, 2001]