Document ID: USCG-2012-0375-0004
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, WI (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2013-05-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 28742-28743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11626]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0375]

Safety Zone; Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, WI

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the 2013 
Pridefest

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fireworks on June 8, 2013, from 9:15 p.m. until 10:15 p.m. If the 
fireworks display is cancelled due to inclement weather, then the zone 
will be enforced on June 9, 2013, from 9:15 p.m. until 10:15 p.m. This 
action is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life on the 
navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after 
the fireworks display. During the aforementioned periods, the Coast 
Guard will enforce restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels 
in the safety zone. No person or vessel may enter the safety zone while 
it is being enforced without permission of the Captain of the Port, 
Lake Michigan.

DATES: This regulation will be enforced from 9:15 p.m. until 10:15 p.m. 
on June 8, 2013. If the fireworks display is cancelled due to inclement 
weather, then the zone will be enforced on June 9, 2013, from 9:15 p.m. 
until 10:15 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email MST1 Joseph McCollum, Prevention Department, Coast Guard 
Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI at (414) 747-7148, email 
joseph.p.mccollum@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.935, Safety Zone, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, WI, 
for the 2013 Pridefest fireworks. This zone will be enforced from 9:15 
p.m. until 10:15 p.m. on June 8, 2013. If the fireworks display is 
cancelled due to inclement weather, then the zone will be enforced on 
June 9, 2013, from 9:15 p.m. until 10:15 p.m.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, 
Lake Michigan, or his or her on-scene representative to enter, move 
within, or exit the safety zone. Vessels and persons granted permission 
to enter the safety zone shall obey all lawful orders or directions of 
the Captain of the Port, 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 165.935 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 the enforcement period via broadcast Notice to Mariners 
or Local Notice to Mariners. If the Captain of the Port, 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, Lake Michigan, or his or her on-scene 
representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16.

    Dated: May 6, 2013.
M. W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2013-11626 Filed 5-15-13; 8:45 am]
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