Document ID: USCG-2013-0320-0005
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2014-04-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 22415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09058]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0320]

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 within the Chicago Harbor during specified periods from May 24, 
2014, through January 1, 2015. This action is necessary and intended to 
ensure safety of life on the navigable waters of the United States 
immediately prior to, during, and immediately after various firework 
events. During the enforcement periods listed below, no person or 
vessel may enter the safety zone without permission of the Captain of 
the Port, Lake Michigan.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.931 will be enforced at specified 
times between 10 p.m. on May 24, 2014, through 12:30 a.m. on January 1, 
2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email MST1 John Ng, Waterways Management Division, Marine 
Safety Unit Chicago, telephone 630-986-2122, email address 
john.h.ng@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zone; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL listed in 33 CFR 
165.931, on each Saturday from 10 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. and each 
Wednesday from 9:15 p.m. until 9:45 p.m. during the period starting May 
24, 2014, through August 30, 2014. Additionally, on the dates below 
during this period, this safety zone will be enforced with the 
following adjustments in times:
     Friday, July 4, 2014, from 9:15 p.m. until 10 p.m.;
     Saturday, August 9, 2014, from 9:15 p.m. until 9:45 p.m.;
     Saturday, October 25, 2014, from 9 p.m. until 10:30 p.m.; 
and
     Wednesday, December 31, 2014, from 11:45 p.m. until 12:30 
a.m. on Thursday, January 1, 2015.
    This safety zone encompasses the waters of Lake Michigan within 
Chicago Harbor bounded by coordinates beginning at 41[deg]53'26.5'' N, 
087[deg]35'26.5'' W; then south to 41[deg]53'7.6'' N, 087[deg]35'26.3'' 
W; then west to 41[deg]53'7.6'' N, 087[deg]36'23.2'' W; then north to 
41[deg]53'26.5'' N, 087[deg]36'24.6'' W; then east back to the point of 
origin (NAD 83). All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of 
the Port, Lake Michigan, or his 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 his on-scene representative.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.931 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. If the Captain of the Port, Lake 
Michigan, determines that the safety zone need not be enforced for the 
full duration stated in this notice, he may use a Broadcast Notice to 
Mariners to grant general permission to enter the safety zone. The 
Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, or his on-scene representative may 
be contacted via VHF Channel 16.

    Dated: April 10, 2014.
K.M. Moser,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2014-09058 Filed 4-21-14; 8:45 am]
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