[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: 33CFR165.168]
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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. 165.168 Safety Zones: New York Harbor, Western Long Island Sound, East
River, and Hudson River Fireworks.
(a) New York Harbor. Figure 1 of this section displays the safety
zone areas in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(9).
(1) Liberty Island Safety Zone: All waters of Upper New York Bay
within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position
4041[min]16.5[sec] N 07402[min]23[sec] W (NAD 1983), located
in Federal Anchorage 20-C, about 360 yards east of Liberty Island.
(2) Ellis Island Safety Zone: All waters of Upper New York Bay
within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge located between Federal
Anchorages 20-A and 20-B, in approximate position 4041[min]45[sec]
N 07402[min]09[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 365 yards east of Ellis
Island.
(3) South Beach, Staten Island Safety Zone: All waters of Lower New
York Bay within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate
position 4035[min]11[sec] N 07403[min]42[sec] W (NAD 1983),
about 350 yards east of South Beach, Staten Island.
(4) Raritan Bay Safety Zone: All waters of Raritan Bay in the
vicinity of the Raritan River Cutoff and Ward Point Bend (West) within a
240-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position
4030[min]04[sec] N 07415[min]35[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 240
yards east of Raritan River Cutoff Channel Buoy 2 (LLNR 36595).
(5) Coney Island Safety Zone: All waters of Lower New York Bay
within a 250-yard radius of the fireworks land shoot located on the
south end of Steeplechase Pier, Coney Island, in approximate position
4034[min]11[sec] N 07359[min]00[sec] W (NAD 1983).
(6) Arthur Kill, Elizabeth, New Jersey Safety Zone: All waters of
the Arthur Kill within a 150-yard radius of the fireworks land shoot
located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in approximate position
4038[min]50[sec] N 07410[min]58[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 675
yards west of Arthur Kill Channel Buoy 20 (LLNR 36780).
(7) South Ellis Island Safety Zone: All waters of Upper New York Bay
within
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a 240-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position
4041[min]39.9[min] N 07402[min]33.7[min] W (NAD 1983), about
260 yards south of Ellis Island.
(8) Rockaway Beach Safety Zone: All waters of the Atlantic Ocean
within a 360 yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position
4034[min]28.2[min] N 07350[min]00.0[min] W (NAD 1983), off
Beach 116th Street.
(9) Rockaway Inlet Safety Zone: All waters of Rockaway Inlet within
a 360 yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position
4034[min]19.1[min] N 07354[min]43.5[min] W (NAD 1983), about
1,200 yards south of Point Breeze.
(b) Western Long Island Sound. Figure 2 of this section displays the
safety zone areas in paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(10).
(1) Peningo Neck, Western Long Island Sound Safety Zone: All waters
of western Long Island Sound within a 300-yard radius of the fireworks
barge in approximate position 4056[min]21[sec] N
07341[min]23[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 525 yards east of Milton
Point, Peningo Neck, New York.
(2) Satans Toe, Western Long Island Sound Safety Zone: All waters of
western Long Island Sound within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks
barge in approximate position 4055[min]21[sec] N
07343[min]41[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 635 yards northeast of
Larchmont Harbor (East Entrance) Light 2 (LLNR 25720).
(3) Larchmont, Western Long Island Sound Safety Zone: All waters of
western Long Island Sound within a 240-yard radius of the fireworks
barge in approximate position 4054[min]45[sec] N
07344[min]55[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 450 yards southwest of the
entrance to Horseshoe Harbor.
(4) Manursing Island, Western Long Island Sound Safety Zone: All
waters of western Long Island Sound within a 360-yard radius of the
fireworks barge in approximate position 4057[min]47[sec] N
07340[min]06[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 380 yards north of Rye Beach
Transport Rock Buoy 2 (LLNR 25570).
(5) Glen Island, Western Long Island Sound Safety Zone: All waters
of western Long Island Sound within a 240-yard radius of the fireworks
barge in approximate position 4053[min]12[sec] N
07346[min]33[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 350 yards east of the
northeast corner of Glen Island, New York.
(6) Twin Island, Western Long Island Sound Safety Zone: All waters
of western Long Island Sound within a 200-yard radius of the fireworks
land shoot in approximate position 4052[min]10[sec] N
07347[min]07[sec] W (NAD 1983), at the east end of Orchard Beach,
New York.
(7) Davenport Neck, Western Long Island Sound Safety Zone: All
waters of western Long Island Sound within a 360-yard radius of the
fireworks barge in Federal Anchorage No. 1-A, in approximate position
4053[min]46[sec] N 07346[min]04[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 360
yards northwest of Emerald Rock Buoy (LLNR 25810).
(8) Glen Cove, Hempstead Harbor Safety Zone: All waters of Hempstead
Harbor within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate
position 4051[min]58[sec] N 07339[min]34[sec] W (NAD 1983),
about 500 yards northeast of Glen Cove Breakwater Light 5 (LLNR 27065).
(9) Bar Beach, Hempstead Harbor Safety Zone: All waters of Hempstead
Harbor within a 180-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate
position 4049[min]50[sec] N 07339[min]12[sec] W (NAD 1983),
about 190 yards north of Bar Beach, Hempstead Harbor, New York.
(10) Larchmont Harbor, Western Long Island Sound Safety Zone: All
waters of western Long Island Sound within a 240-yard radius of the
fireworks barge in approximate position 4055[min]21.8[sec] N
07344[min]21.7[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 540 yards north of Umbrella
Rock.
(c) East River. Figure 3 of this section displays the safety zone
areas in paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(4).
(1) Pier 14, East River Safety Zone: All waters of the East River
within a 180-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position
4042[min]07.5[sec] N 07400[min]06[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 250
yards southeast of Pier 14, Manhattan, New York.
(2) Wards Island, East River Safety Zone: All waters of the East
River within a 150-yard radius of the fireworks land shoot in
approximate position 4046[min]55.5[sec] N 07355[min]33[sec] W
(NAD 1983), about 200 yards northeast of the Triborough Bridge.
(3) Pier 16, East River Safety Zone: All waters of the East River
within a 180-yard radius of the fireworks barge in
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approximate position 4042[min]12.5[sec] N 07400[min]02.0[sec]
W (NAD 1983), about 200 yards east of Pier 16.
(4) Newtown Creek, East River Safety Zone: All waters of the East
River within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate
position 4044[min]24.0[min] N 07358[min]00.0[sec] W (NAD
1983), about 785 yards south of Belmont Island.
(d) Hudson River. Figure 4 of this section displays the safety zone
areas in paragraphs (d)(1) through (d)(11).
(1) Pier 60, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of the Hudson
River within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate
position 4044[min]49[sec] N 07401[min]02[sec] W (NAD 1983),
about 500 yards west of Pier 60, Manhattan, New York.
(2) The Battery, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of the Hudson
River and Anchorage Channel within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks
barge in approximate position 4042[min]00[sec] N
07401[min]17[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 500 yards south of The
Battery, Manhattan, New York.
(3) Battery Park City, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of the
Hudson River within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in
approximate position 4042[min]39[sec] N 07401[min]21[sec] W
(NAD 1983), about 480 yards southwest of North Cove Yacht Harbor,
Manhattan, New York.
(4) Pier 90, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of the Hudson
River within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate
position 4046[min]11.8[min]N 07400[min]14.8[min] W (NAD 1983),
about 375 yards west of Pier 90, Manhattan.
(5) Yonkers, New York, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of the
Hudson River within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in
approximate position 4056[min]14.5[sec] N 07354[min]33[sec] W
(NAD 1983), about 475 yards northwest of the Yonkers Municipal Pier, New
York.
(6) Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, Hudson River Safety Zone: All
waters of the Hudson River within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks
barge in approximate position 4059[min]44.5[sec] N
07353[min]28[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 425 yards west of Hastings-
on-Hudson, New York.
(7) Pier D, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of the Hudson River
within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position
4042[min]57.5[sec] N 07401[min]34[sec] W (NAD 1983), about 375
yards southeast of Pier D, Jersey City, New Jersey.
(8) Pier 54, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of the Hudson
River within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate
position 4044[min]31[sec] N 07401[min]00[sec] W (NAD 1983),
about 380 yards west of Pier 54, Manhattan.
(9) Pier 84, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of the Hudson
River within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate
position 4045[min]56.9[sec] N 07400[min]25.4[sec] W (NAD
1983), about 380 yards west of Pier 84, Manhattan.
(10) Peekskill Bay, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of
Peekskill Bay within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in
approximate position 4117[min]16[sec] N 07356[min]18[sec] W
(NAD 1983), about 670 yards north of Travis Point.
(11) Jersey City, Hudson River Safety Zone: All waters of the Hudson
River within a 360-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate
position 4042[min]37.3[sec] N 07401[min]41.6[sec] W (NAD
1983), about 420 yards east of Morris Canal Little Basin.
(e) Notification. Coast Guard Activities New York will cause notice
of the activation of these safety zones to be made by all appropriate
means to effect the widest publicity among the affected segments of the
public, including publication in the local notice to mariners, marine
information broadcasts, and facsimile. Fireworks barges used in these
locations will also have a sign on their port and starboard side labeled
``FIREWORKS--STAY AWAY''. This sign will consist of 10" high by 1.5"
wide red lettering on a white background. Shore sites used in these
locations will display a sign labeled ``FIREWORKS--STAY AWAY'' with the
same dimensions.
(f) Effective Period. This section is effective from 6 p.m. (e.s.t.)
to 1 a.m. (e.s.t.) each day a barge with a ``FIREWORKS--STAY AWAY'' sign
on the port and starboard side is on-scene or a ``FIREWORKS--STAY AWAY''
sign is posted in a location listed in paragraphs (a) through (d) of
this section. Vessels may enter, remain in, or transit through these
safety zones during this time frame if authorized by the
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Captain of the Port New York or designated Coast Guard patrol personnel
on scene.
(g) Regulations. (1) The general regulations contained in 33 CFR
165.23 apply.
(2) 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.
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[CDG01-00-004, 65 FR 43239, July 13, 2000, as amended by CGDO1-00-221,
66 FR 16000, Mar. 22, 2001]