WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Coast Guard has issued a rule called: Special Local Regulation; 4th of July Fireworks, Lower East River & Upper New York Bay, Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 13 by Jonathan Andrechik, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector New York.
Summary: The Coast Guard is establishing a special local regulation on the navigable waters of the Lower East River and New York Harbor, NY, for a 4th of July fireworks display. This special local regulation allows the Coast Guard to control vessel movement and prohibit all vessel traffic from entering the fireworks barge buffer zone and establish four separate viewing areas. This rule is necessary to provide for the safe...