Document ID: USCG-2016-0709-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Point to LaPointe Swim, Lake Superior, LaPointe, WI
Posted Date: 2016-08-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18480]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0709]

Safety Zones; Point to LaPointe Swim, Lake Superior, 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 on August 6, 2016. This action is 
necessary to protect participants and spectators during the Point to 
LaPointe Swim in Lake Superior between Bayfield, WI and LaPointe, WI. 
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 his designated on-scene representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.943(b) will be enforced from 7:15 
a.m. through 10:15 a.m. on August 6, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Lieutenant Junior Grade John Mack, 
Waterways Management Division, Coast Guard; telephone (218) 725-3818, 
email John.V.Mack@uscg.mil

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone 
for the annual Point to LaPointe Swim in 33 CFR 165.943(a)(7) from 7:15 
a.m. until 10:15 p.m. August 6, 2016. This safety zone will include 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 his 
designated on-scene representative. The Captain of the Port's 
designated on-scene representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.943 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 the enforcement of this safety zone via Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: July 29, 2016.
E. E. Williams,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Duluth.
[FR Doc. 2016-18480 Filed 8-5-16; 8:45 am]
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