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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0548]
Safety Zone; Providence Fireworks, Providence, RI
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Providence
Fireworks on July 2, 2024, to provide the safety of life on navigable waterways during
this fireworks display. Our regulation for marine events within the First Coast Guard
District identifies the regulated area for this event in Providence, RI. During the
enforcement periods, 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 for the event 1.2 Providence Fireworks listed in Table to 33
CFR 165.173 will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. on July 2, 2024, or those
same hours on July 3, 2024, in the case of inclement weather on July 2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notification of enforcement, call or email MST2 Christopher Matthews, Waterways
Management Division, Sector Southeastern New England, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone
571-610-4969, email SENEWWM@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Providence Fireworks
regulated area in 33 CFR 165.173 from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on July 2, 2024, or those
same hours on July 3, 2024, in the case of inclement weather on July 2, 2024. This action

is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this 1-day
event. Our regulation for marine events within the First Coast Guard District, § 165.173,
which specifies the location of the regulated area for the Providence Fireworks which
encompasses portions of the Providence River. During the enforcement periods, as
reflected in § 165.173, if you are the operator of a vessel in the regulated area you must
comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a
Coast Guard ensign.
In addition to this notification of enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast
Guard plans to provide notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to
Mariners and marine information broadcasts.

C. Prindle,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard,
Captain of the Port Sector Southeastern New England.
[FR Doc. 2024-14373 Filed: 6/28/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/1/2024]