Document ID: USCG-2017-0737-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Point to LaPointe Swim; LaPointe, WI
Posted Date: 2017-07-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 145 (Monday, July 31, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 35443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16063]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0737]

Safety Zones; Point to LaPointe Swim; LaPointe, WI

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Point to 
LaPointe Swim in LaPointe, WI from 7 a.m. through 10:30 a.m. on July 
29, 2017. This action is necessary to protect participants and 
spectators during the Point to LaPointe Swim. During the enforcement 
period, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Duluth or her 
designated on-scene representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.943(b) will be enforced from 7 
a.m. through 10:30 a.m. on July 29, 2017, for the Point to LaPointe 
Swim safety zone, Sec.  165.943(a)(7).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
of enforcement, call or email LT John Mack, Chief of Waterways 
Management, Coast Guard; telephone (218)725-3818, email 
john.v.mack@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
for the annual Point to LaPointe Swim in 33 CFR 165.943(a)(7) from 7 
a.m. through 10:30 a.m. on July 29, 2017, on all waters between 
Bayfield, WI and Madeline Island, WI within an imaginary line created 
by the following coordinates: 46[deg]48'50.97'' N., 090[deg]48'44.28'' 
W., moving southeast to 46[deg]46'44.90'' N., 090[deg]47'33.21'' W., 
then moving northeast to 46[deg]46'52.51'' N. 090[deg]47'17.14'' W., 
then moving northwest to 46[deg]49'03.23'' N. 090[deg]48'25.12'' W. and 
finally running back to the starting point.
    Entry into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Duluth or her 
designated on-scene representative. The Captain of the Port's 
designated on-scene representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16 
or via telephone at (715) 779-5100. This notice of enforcement is 
issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.943 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In 
addition to this publication in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard 
will provide the maritime community with advance notification of the 
enforcement of this safety zone via Broadcast Notice to Mariners. The 
Captain of the Port Duluth or her on-scene representative may be 
contacted via VHF Channel 16 or via telephone at (715) 779-5100.

    Dated: July 26, 2017.
E.E. Williams,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Duluth.
[FR Doc. 2017-16063 Filed 7-28-17; 8:45 am]
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