Document ID: USCG-2020-0299-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Recurring Safety Zones in Captain of the Port Sault Sainte Marie Zone for Events in July
Posted Date: 2020-06-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 126 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14136]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2020-0299]

Safety Zones; Recurring Safety Zones in Captain of the Port Sault 
Sainte Marie Zone for Events in July

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will establish a safety zone for the Mackinac 
Island 4th of July fireworks. Our regulation for safety zones within 
the Captain of the Port Sault Sainte Marie Zone identifies the 
regulated area for this safety zone. This action is necessary and 
intended to protect the safety of life and property on navigable waters 
prior to, during, and immediately after firework displays. During the 
enforcement periods listed below, entry into, transiting, or anchoring 
within the safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain 
of the Port Sault Sainte Marie or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.918 will be enforced on or around 
July 4, 2020, from thirty minutes before sunset to thirty minutes after 
the end of the fireworks display.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email BOSN4 Robert Gruschow, Waterways 
Management, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie; telephone 
(906)-253-2462, email Robert.A.Gruschow@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zones in 33 CFR 165.918 as per the time, dates, and locations in Table 
1 below.

                                 Table 1
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             Event                     Location            Event date
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(11) Mackinac Island Fourth of  All U.S. navigable      Beginning on or
 July Celebration Fireworks;     waters of Lake Huron    around July
 Mackinac Island, MI.            within an approximate   4th; 30 minutes
                                 750-foot radius from    before sunset
                                 the fireworks launch    and 30 minutes
                                 site, centered          after the end
                                 approximately 1000      of the
                                 yards west of Round     fireworks
                                 Island Passage Light,   display.
                                 at position
                                 45[deg]50'34.92'' N,
                                 084[deg]37'38.16'' W.
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    This action is being taken to protect the safety of life and 
property on navigable waters prior to, during, and immediately after 
firework displays. During the enforcement period, no vessel may transit 
this regulated area without approval from the Captain of the Port Sault 
Sainte Marie or a designated representative. Vessels and persons 
granted permission to enter the safety zone shall obey all lawful 
orders or directions of the Captain of the Port Sault Sainte Marie, or 
an on-scene representative.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.930 and 5 U.S.C. 552 (a). In addition to this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Coast Guard will also provide notice through other means, 
which will include Broadcast Notice to Mariners, Local Notice to 
Mariners, distribution in leaflet form, and on-scene oral notice. The 
Captain of the Port Sault Sainte Marie or a designated on-scene 
representative may be contacted via Channel 16, VHF-FM or at (906) 635-
3319.

    Dated: June 25, 2020.
P.S. Nelson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sault Sainte Marie.
[FR Doc. 2020-14136 Filed 6-29-20; 8:45 am]
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