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believe this rule has implications for 

federalism or Indian tribes, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their discretionary regulatory actions. In 

particular, the Act addresses actions 

that may result in the expenditure by a 

State, local, or tribal government, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector of 

$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or 

more in any one year. Though this rule 

will not result in such an expenditure, 

we do discuss the effects of this rule 

elsewhere in this preamble. 

F. Environment 

We have analyzed this rule under 

Department of Homeland Security 

Management Directive 023–01 and 

Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, 

which guide the Coast Guard in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and have 

determined that this action is one of a 

category of actions that do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. This rule involves the 

establishment of a safety zone for a 

bridge based pyrotechnics display on 

the Main Branch of the Chicago River in 

Chicago, IL. It is categorically excluded 

from further review under paragraph 

34(g) of Figure 2–1 of the Commandant 

Instruction. A Record of Environmental 

Consideration (REC) supporting this 

determination is available in the docket 

where indicated in the ADDRESSES

section of this preamble. We seek any 

comments or information that may lead 

to the discovery of a significant 

environmental impact from this rule. 

G. Protest Activities 

The Coast Guard respects the First 

Amendment rights of protesters. 

Protesters are asked to contact the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

coordinate protest activities so that your 

message can be received without 

jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places or vessels. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR parts 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T09–0917 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T09–0614 Safety Zone; Main Branch 

of the Chicago River, Oktoberfest, Chicago, 

IL. 

(a) Location. All U.S. navigable waters 

of the Main Branch of the Chicago River, 

between the Wells Street Bridge and 

Wabash Avenue Bridge in Chicago, IL. 

(b) Enforcement period. This rule will 

be enforced from 7:15 p.m. through 7:45 

p.m. on October 13, 2017. 

(c) Regulations. (1) In accordance with 

the general regulations in § 165.23 of 

this part, entry into, transiting, or 

anchoring within this safety zone is 

prohibited unless authorized by the 

Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a 

designated on-scene representative. 

(2) This safety zone is closed to all 

vessel traffic, except as may be 

permitted by the Captain of the Port 

Lake Michigan or a designated on-scene 

representative. 

(3) The ‘‘on-scene representative’’ of 

the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan 

is any Coast Guard commissioned, 

warrant or petty officer who has been 

designated by the Captain of the Port 

Lake Michigan to act on his or her 

behalf. 

(4) Vessel operators desiring to enter 

or operate within the safety zone shall 

contact the Captain of the Port Lake 

Michigan or an on-scene representative 

to obtain permission to do so. 

The Captain of the Port Lake 

Michigan or an on-scene representative 

may be contacted via VHF Channel 16 

or contact Sector Lake Michigan at (414) 

747–7182. Vessel operators given 

permission to enter or operate in the 

safety zone must comply with all 

directions given to them by the Captain 

of the Port Lake Michigan, or an onscene representative. 

Dated: October 5, 2017. 

Thomas J. Stuhlreyer, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Lake Michigan. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22219 Filed 10–12–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2017–0942] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone; Upper Mississippi River, 

St. Louis, MO 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary safety zone for 

all navigable waters on the Upper 

Mississippi River between mile marker 

(MM) 183.7 and MM 185.1. This 

temporary safety zone is necessary to 

provide for the safety of life and 

property on all navigable waters near St. 

Louis, MO for dredging being conducted 

in the navigational channel at the lower 

entrance of the Chain of Rocks Canal by 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

During the period of enforcement, entry 

into the safety zone is prohibited unless 

specifically authorized by the Captain of 

the Port Sector Upper Mississippi River 

(COTP) or other designated 

representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective without 

actual notice from October 13, 2017 

through 7 a.m. on October 21, 2017. For 

the purposes of enforcement, actual 

notice will be used from 5 p.m. on 

October 8, 2017 through October 13, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2017– 

0942 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 LCDR Sean Peterson, Chief of 

Prevention, Sector Upper Mississippi 

River, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 314– 

269–2332, email Sean.M.Peterson@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

COTP Captain of the Port Sector Upper 

Mississippi River 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

§ Section 

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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 because it is 

impracticable. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

notified the Coast Guard on September 

28, 2017 that dredging would begin 

October 8, 2017 at 5 p.m. at the lower 

entrance to the Chain of Rocks Canal, 

which would obstruct the navigational 

channel to vessel traffic. Due to the risks 

associated with this work in the 

navigational channel, a safety zone is 

needed. We must establish this 

temporary safety zone by October 8, 

2017 and lack sufficient time to provide 

a reasonable comment period and then 

consider those comments before issuing 

the rule. 

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. 

Delaying the effective date of the rule is 

contrary to the public interest because 

immediate action is necessary to 

prevent possible loss of life and 

property from the hazards associated 

with dredging in the navigational 

channel. 

III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule 

The Coast Guard is issuing this rule 

under authority in 33 U.S.C. 1231. The 

Captain of the Port Sector Upper 

Mississippi River (COTP) has 

determined that potential hazards 

associated with dredging in the 

navigational channel from 5 p.m. on 

October 8, 2017 through 7 a.m. on 

October 21, 2017 will be a safety 

concern for all navigable waters of the 

Upper Mississippi River between mile 

marker (MM) 183.7 and MM 185.1. The 

purpose of this rule is to ensure safety 

of life on the navigable waters in the 

temporary safety zone before, during, 

and after the dredging. 

IV. Discussion of the Rule 

This rule establishes a safety zone 

each day from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. 

beginning on October 8, 2017 and 

ending on October 21, 2017, or until 

conditions allow for safe navigation, 

whichever occurs earlier. The safety 

zone will cover all navigable waters 

between MM 183.7 and MM 185.1 on 

the Upper Mississippi River in St. 

Louis, MO. The safety zone is intended 

to ensure the safety of vessels and these 

navigable waters during channel 

dredging operations. No vessel or 

person will be permitted to enter the 

safety zone without obtaining 

permission from the COTP or a 

designated representative. Exact times 

of the closures and any changes to the 

planned schedule will be 

communicated to mariners using 

Broadcast and Local Notice to Mariners. 

V. Regulatory Analyses 

We developed this rule after 

considering numerous statutes and 

Executive Orders related to rulemaking. 

Below we summarize our analyses 

based on a number of these statutes and 

Executive Orders, and we discuss First 

Amendment rights of protestors. 

A. Regulatory Planning and Review 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to assess the costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits. 

Executive Order 13771 directs agencies 

to control regulatory costs through a 

budgeting process. This rule has not 

been designated a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action,’’ under Executive 

Order 12866. Accordingly, this rule has 

not been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and 

pursuant to OMB guidance it is exempt 

from the requirements of Executive 

Order 13771. 

This regulatory action determination 

is based on the size, location, duration, 

and time-of-year of the safety zone. This 

temporary final rule establishes a safety 

zone impacting a mile and a half area 

on the Upper Mississippi River for a 

limited time period of fourteen hours on 

fourteen separate days. During the 

enforcement period, vessels are 

prohibited from entering into or 

remaining within the safety zone unless 

specifically authorized by the COTP or 

other designated representative. 

Additionally, notice of the safety zone 

or any changes in the planned schedule 

will be made via Broadcast and Local 

Notice to Mariners. Entry into this safety 

zone may be requested from the COTP 

or other designated representative and 

will be considered on a case-by-case 

basis. 

B. Impact on Small Entities 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 

1980, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, as amended, 

requires Federal agencies to consider 

the potential impact of regulations on 

small entities during rulemaking. The 

term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises small 

businesses, not-for-profit organizations 

that are independently owned and 

operated and are not dominant in their 

fields, and governmental jurisdictions 

with populations of less than 50,000. 

The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 

605(b) that this rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

While some owners or operators of 

vessels intending to transit the safety 

zone may be small entities, for the 

reasons stated in section V.A. above, 

this rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on any vessel owner 

or operator. 

Under section 213(a) of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121), 

we want to assist small entities in 

understanding these rules. If the rule 

would affect your small business, 

organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction and you have questions 

concerning its provisions or options for 

compliance, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

Small businesses may send comments 

on the actions of Federal employees 

who enforce, or otherwise determine 

compliance with, Federal regulations to 

the Small Business and Agriculture 

Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman 

and the Regional Small Business 

Regulatory Fairness Boards. The 

Ombudsman evaluates these actions 

annually and rates each agency’s 

responsiveness to small business. If you 

wish to comment on actions by 

employees of the Coast Guard, call 1– 

888–REG–FAIR (1–888–734–3247). The 

Coast Guard will not retaliate against 

small entities that question or complain 

about this rule or any policy or action 

of the Coast Guard. 

C. Collection of Information 

This rule will not call for a new 

collection of information under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520). 

D. Federalism and Indian Tribal 

Governments 

A rule has implications for federalism 

under Executive Order 13132, 

Federalism, if it has a substantial direct 

effect on the States, on the relationship 

between the national government and 

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power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government. We have 

analyzed this rule under that Order and 

have determined that it is consistent 

with the fundamental federalism 

principles and preemption requirements 

described in Executive Order 13132. 

Also, this rule does not have tribal 

implications under Executive Order 

13175, Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments, 

because it does not have a substantial 

direct effect on one or more Indian 

tribes, on the relationship between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes, 

or on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities between the Federal 

Government and Indian tribes. If you 

believe this rule has implications for 

federalism or Indian tribes, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their discretionary regulatory actions. In 

particular, the Act addresses actions 

that may result in the expenditure by a 

State, local, or tribal government, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector of 

$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or 

more in any one year. Though this rule 

will not result in such an expenditure, 

we do discuss the effects of this rule 

elsewhere in this preamble. 

F. Environment 

We have analyzed this rule under 

Department of Homeland Security 

Management Directive 023–01 and 

Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, 

which guide the Coast Guard in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and have 

determined that this action is one of a 

category of actions that do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. This rule involves a safety 

zone lasting fourteen hours on fourteen 

separate nights that will prohibit entry 

from MM 183.7 to MM 185.1 on the 

UMR from October 8, 2017 to October 

21, 2017. It is categorically excluded 

from further review under paragraph 

34(g) of Figure 2–1 of the Commandant 

Instruction. A Record of Environmental 

Consideration supporting this 

determination is available in the docket 

where indicated under ADDRESSES. 

G. Protest Activities 

The Coast Guard respects the First 

Amendment rights of protesters. 

Protesters are asked to contact the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

coordinate protest activities so that your 

message can be received without 

jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places or vessels. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, and 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T08–0942 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.08–0942 Safety Zone; Upper 

Mississippi River, St. Louis, MO. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All navigable waters of the 

Upper Mississippi River between mile 

marker (MM) 183.7 to MM 185.1, St. 

Louis, MO. 

(b) Definitions. As used in this 

section, designated representative 

means a Coast Guard Patrol 

Commander, including a Coast Guard 

coxswain, petty officer, or other officer 

operating a Coast Guard vessel and a 

Federal, State, and local officer 

designated by or assisting the Captain of 

the Port Sector Upper Mississippi River 

(COTP) in the enforcement of the safety 

zone. 

(c) Regulations. (1) Under the general 

safety zone regulations in § 165.23 of 

this part, you may not enter the safety 

zone described in paragraph (a) of this 

section unless authorized by the COTP 

or a designated representative. 

(2) To seek permission to enter, 

contact the COTP or the COTP’s 

representative via VHF–FM channel 16, 

or through Coast Guard Sector Upper 

Mississippi River by telephone at 314– 

269–2332. Those in the safety zone must 

comply with all lawful orders or 

directions given to them by the COTP or 

a designated representative. 

(d) Enforcement period. This section 

will be enforced from 5 p.m. on October 

8, 2017, through 7 a.m. on October 21, 

2017. It will be enforced daily from 5 

p.m. through 7 a.m. 

(e) Informational broadcasts. The 

COTP or a designated representative 

will inform the public through 

broadcast notices to mariners of the 

enforcement period for the safety zone 

as well as any changes in the dates and 

times of enforcement. 

Dated: October 6, 2017. 

Scott A. Stoermer, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Sector Upper Mississippi River. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22168 Filed 10–12–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2017–0947] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone, Delaware River; Dredging 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing temporary safety zones in 

portions of New Castle Range and 

Cherry Island Range on the Delaware 

River as well as the Christina River in 

order to facilitate the annual 

maintenance dredging of the Federal 

Navigation Channel. The safety zones 

will be established for the waters in the 

vicinity of the dredge, dredge 

equipment, and associated pipeline. 

This regulation is necessary to provide 

for the safety of life on navigable waters 

of the Delaware River and the Christina 

River in the vicinity of dredging activity 

and is intended to protect mariners from 

the hazards associated with pipe-laying 

and dredging operations. 

DATES: This rule is effective without 

actual notice from October 13, 2017 

through January 10, 2018. For the 

purposes of enforcement, actual notice 

will be used from October 6, 2017, 

through October 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2017– 

0947 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 Petty Officer Edmund Ofalt, 

Waterways Management Branch, U.S. 

Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay; 

telephone (215) 271–4814, email 

Edmund.J.Ofalt@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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