Document ID: USCG-2011-0228-0019
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2013-07-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 40635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16251]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2011-0228]

Safety Zone; Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan Including 
Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and 
Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of the Safety Zone; 
Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River, 
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, Calumet-Saganashkee 
Channel on all waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from Mile 
Marker 296.1 to Mile Marker 296.7 at specified times on July 15 through 
July 19, 2013. This action is necessary to protect the waterways, 
waterway users, and vessels from hazards associated with the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers (USACE) dispersal barriers performance testing.
    During the enforcement periods listed below, entry into, 
transiting, mooring, laying-up or anchoring within the enforced area of 
this safety zone by any person or vessel is prohibited unless 
authorized by the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, or his designated 
representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.930 will be enforced at the times 
specified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email MST1 Joseph McCollum, Prevention Department, Coast Guard 
Sector Lake Michigan, telephone 414-747-7148, email address 
joseph.p.mccollum@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of 
the Safety Zone; Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including 
Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, 
Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL, listed in 33 CFR 165.930 for 
the USACE performance testing at the dispersal barriers. The Coast 
Guard will enforce this safety zone between Mile Marker 296.1 to Mile 
Marker 296.7 on all waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal 
according to the following schedule:
    (1) Dispersal Barrier performance testing schedule.
    July 15, 2013, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.;
    July 16, 2013, from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.;
    July 17, 2013, from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.;
    July 18, 2013, from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.;
    July 19, 2013, from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m.
    This enforcement action is necessary because the Captain of the 
Port, Lake Michigan has determined that the USACE Dispersal Barriers 
performance testing poses risks to life and property. Because of these 
risks, it is necessary to control vessel movement during the testing to 
prevent injury and property loss.
    In accordance with the general regulations in Sec.  165.23 of this 
part, entry into, transiting, mooring, laying up or anchoring within 
the enforced area of this safety zone by any person or vessel is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, 
or his designated representative. The Captain of the Port, Lake 
Michigan, or his designated representative may be contacted via the 
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan Command Center at 414-747-7182 or 
on VHF channel 16.
    This notice 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 
Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, will also provide notice through 
other means, which may include Broadcast Notice to Mariners, Local 
Notice to Mariners, local news media, distribution in leaflet form, and 
on-scene oral notice.
    Additionally, the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, may notify 
representatives from the maritime industry through telephonic and email 
notifications.

    Dated: June 21, 2013.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2013-16251 Filed 7-5-13; 8:45 am]
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