Document ID: USCG-2012-0309-0002
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago, IL (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-09-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 59240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23383]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0309]
RIN 1625-AA00

Safety Zone; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, 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 East Safety Zone in 
Chicago Harbor from 9:15 p.m. until 9:55 p.m. on September 26, 2013. 
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 a fireworks display. Enforcement of this safety zone 
will establish restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels in a 
specified area immediately prior to, during, and immediately after a 
fireworks display. During the enforcement period, 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 165.933 will be enforced from 9:15 
p.m. until 9:55 p.m. on September 26, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email MST1 Joseph McCollum, Prevention Department, Coast Guard 
Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI at 414-747-7148, email 
Joseph.P.Mccollum@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zone; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago, IL listed in 33 CFR 
165.933 for a fireworks display from a barge located between the Navy 
Pier in Chicago, IL and the breakwall to the east of Navy Pier. This 
zone will be enforced from 9:15 p.m. until 9:55 p.m. on September 26, 
2013.
    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 165.933 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 this enforcement period 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: September 13, 2013.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2013-23383 Filed 9-25-13; 8:45 am]
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