Document ID: USCG-2011-0458-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Safety Zones: Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2011-06-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34854-34855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14829]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2011-0458]
RIN 1625-AA00

Safety Zone; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Navy Pier Southeast Safety 
Zone in Chicago Harbor from July 2, 2011 through July 30, 2011. This 
action is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life on the 
navigable waters of the United States immediately prior to, during, and 
immediately after fireworks events. This rule will establish 
restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels in a specified area 
immediately prior to, during, and immediately after fireworks events. 
During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the safety 
zones without permission of the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake 
Michigan.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.931 will be enforced at various 
times and on various dates between 10 p.m. on July 2, 2011 to 10:30 
p.m. on July 30, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or e-mail BM1 Adam Kraft, Prevention Department, Coast Guard 
Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI at 414-747-7154, e-mail 
Adam.D.Kraft@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zone; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL listed in 33 CFR 
165.931 for the following events:
    (1) Navy Pier Fireworks; on July 2, 2011 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 
p.m.; on July 4, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on July 6, 2011 
from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on July 9, 2011 from 10 p.m. through 
10:30 p.m.; on July 13, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on July 
16, 2011 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on July 20, 2011 from 9:15 
p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on July 23, 2011 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 
p.m.; on July 27, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; and on July 
30, 2011 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, 
Sector Lake Michigan, or his or her on-scene representative to enter, 
move within or exit the safety zone. Vessels and persons

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granted permission to enter the safety zone shall obey all lawful 
orders or directions of the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan, 
or his or her on-scene representative. While within a safety zone, all 
vessels shall operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe 
course.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.931 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with advance 
notification of these enforcement periods via broadcast Notice to 
Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. The Captain of the Port, Sector 
Lake Michigan, will issue a Broadcast Notice to Mariners notifying the 
public when enforcement of the safety zone established by this section 
is suspended. If the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan, 
determines that the safety zone need not be enforced for the full 
duration stated in this notice, he or she may use a Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners to grant general permission to enter the safety zone. The 
Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan, or his or her on-scene 
representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16.

    Dated: June 3, 2011.
L. Barndt,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2011-14829 Filed 6-14-11; 8:45 am]
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