Document ID: USCG-2011-0578-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Safety Zones: Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2011-07-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17795]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2011-0578]
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 August 3, 2011 through August 31, 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. During the aforementioned period, 
the Coast Guard will enforce restrictions upon, and control movement 
of, vessels in a specified area in Chicago Harbor. During the 
enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone 
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 9:15 p.m. on August 3, 2011 to 9:45 
p.m. on August 31, 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 August 3, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. through 
9:45 p.m.; on August 6, 2011 from 10: p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on 
August 10, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on August 13, 2011 
from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on August 17, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. 
through 9:45 p.m.; on August 20, 2011 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; 
on August 24, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on August 27, 2011 
from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; and on August 31, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. 
through 9:45 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 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 the 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 this safety zone 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 29, 2011.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2011-17795 Filed 7-14-11; 8:45 am]
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