Document ID: USCG-2010-0223-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Safety Zones: Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2010-04-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 80)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 21993]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0223]
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 during multiple periods beginning on May 29, 
2010 and ending on June 30, 2010. This action is necessary and intended 
to ensure safety of life on the navigable waters immediately prior to, 
during, and immediately after fireworks events. This action 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 zone without permission of the Captain of the 
Port, Sector Lake Michigan.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.931 will be enforced on May 29, 
2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on June 05, 2010 from 10 p.m. 
through 10:30 p.m.; on June 12, 2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; 
on June 16, 2010 from 9:15 p.m. through 10:45 p.m.; on June 19, 2010 
from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on June 23, 2010 from 9:15 p.m. 
through 9:45 p.m.; on June 26, 2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on 
June 30, 2010 from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.

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, 33 CFR 165.931 for the following events:
    (1) Navy Pier Fireworks; on May 29, 2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 
p.m.; on June 05, 2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on June 12, 
2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on June 16, 2010 from 9:15 p.m. 
through 10:45 p.m.; on June 19, 2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; 
on June 23, 2010 from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on June 26, 2010 
from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on June 30, 2010 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 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 Safety 
Zone, Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago IL 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: April 8, 2010.
L. Barndt,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2010-9681 Filed 4-26-10; 8:45 am]
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