Document ID: USCG-2014-0929-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2014-10-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63818-63819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25501]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0929]
RIN 1625-AA00

Safety Zone, Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan Including 
Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and 
Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of the Safety Zone; 
Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River, 
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, Calumet-Saganashkee 
Channel on all waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from Mile 
Marker 296.1 to Mile Marker 296.7 at specified times from October 8, 
2014 to November 26, 2014. This action is necessary to protect the 
waterway, waterway users, and vessels from the hazards associated with 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' installation of a new permanent fish 
barrier.
    During the enforcement periods listed below, entry into, 
transiting, mooring, laying-up or anchoring within the enforced area of 
this safety zone by any person or vessel is prohibited unless 
authorized by the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, or his or her 
designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.930 will be enforced 
intermittently from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Monday through Friday, from 
October 8, 2014 through November 26, 2014.

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    This schedule supersedes the previously published schedule for 
enforcement of 33 CFR 165.930 due to the installation of a new 
permanent fish barrier (USCG 2011-0228, published in the Federal 
Register June 16, 2014 at 79 FR 34231). The Captain of the Port 
suspends this previously issued schedule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, call or email MST1 John Ng, Waterways Department, Coast Guard 
Marine Safety Unit Chicago, telephone 630-986-2155, email address 
john.h.ng@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of 
the Safety Zone; Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including 
Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, 
Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL, listed in 33 CFR 165.930. 
Specifically, the Coast Guard will enforce this safety zone on all 
waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal between Mile Marker 296.1 
to Mile Marker 296.7. Enforcement will occur intermittently from 7 a.m. 
to 4 p.m. on Monday through Friday, from October 8, 2014 through 
November 26, 2014.
    This enforcement action is necessary because the Captain of the 
Port Lake Michigan, has determined that the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' installation of a new permanent fish barrier poses risks to 
life and property. Because of these risks, it is necessary to control 
vessel movement during the operations to prevent injury and property 
loss.
    In accordance with the general regulations in Sec.  165.23 of this 
part, entry into, transiting, mooring, laying up, or anchoring within 
the enforced area of this safety zone by any person or vessel is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan 
or his or her designated representative.
    Vessels that wish to transit through the safety zone may request 
permission from the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a designated 
on scene representative. Requests must be made in advance and approved 
by the Captain of the Port before transits will be authorized. 
Approvals will be granted on a case by case basis. The Captain of the 
Port representative may be contacted via U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake 
Michigan on VHF channel 16.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.930 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this publication in the Federal Register, 
the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, will also provide notice through 
other means, which may include Broadcast Notice to Mariners, Local 
Notice to Mariners, local news media, distribution in leaflet form, and 
on-scene oral notice. Additionally, the Captain of the Port Lake 
Michigan, may notify representatives from the maritime industry through 
telephonic and email notifications.

    Dated: October 8, 2014.
K.M. Moser,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2014-25501 Filed 10-24-14; 8:45 am]
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