Document ID: USCG-2013-0020-0012
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Chicago Air and Water Show; Lake Michigan; Chicago, IL (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2013-06-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14953]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0020]

Safety Zone; Chicago Air and Water Show; Lake Michigan; Chicago, 
IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone on Lake Michigan 
near Chicago, Illinois for the Chicago Air and Water Show. This zone 
will be enforced from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on each day of August 14, 
15, 16, 17, and 18, 2013. This action is necessary and intended to 
ensure safety of life on the navigable waters during the 2013 Chicago 
Air and Water Show. 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 at the dates and times listed 
in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

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 165.929(a)(63) as well as the general regulations in 
33 CFR 165.929, Safety Zones; Annual events requiring safety zones in 
the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan zone, for the Chicago Air and 
Water Show. This zone will be enforced from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on 
each day of August 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, 2013.
    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 a designated representative. 
Vessels that wish to transit through the safety zones may request 
permission from the captain of the Port Lake Michigan. 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. 
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 165.929(a)(63), 
Safety Zones; Annual events requiring safety zones in the Captain of 
the Port Lake Michigan zone 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 this event via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. If the 
captain of the Port determines that the enforcement of these safety 
zones need not occur as stated in this notice, he or she might suspend 
such enforcement and notify the public of the suspension via a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners. The Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, 
or his or her on-scene representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 
16.

    Dated: June 3, 2013.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2013-14953 Filed 6-21-13; 8:45 am]
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