Document ID: USCG-2019-0512-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone- Chicago Air and Water Show
Posted Date: 2019-06-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 29072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13267]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0512]

Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain 
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone--Chicago Air and Water Show

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for the Chicago Air 
and Water Show on a portion of Lake Michigan, from August 15, 2019 
through August 18, 2019. This action is intended to protect the safety 
of life on the navigable waterway immediately before, during, and after 
this event. During the enforcement period listed below, no vessel may 
transit this safety zone without approval from the Captain of the Port, 
Lake Michigan or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.929 will be enforced for the 
location listed in item (f)(9), Table 165.929 from 9 a.m. through 4 
p.m. on August 15, 2019; and from 8:30 a.m. through 5 p.m. from August 
16, 2019 through August 18, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT John Ramos, Waterways 
Management Division, Marine Safety Unit Chicago, at 630-986-2155, email 
address D09-DG-MSUChicago-Waterways@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zone; Chicago Air and Water Show listed as item (f)(9) in Table 165.929 
of 33 CFR 165.929. Section 165.929 lists many annual events requiring 
safety zones in the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan zone. This 
safety zone encompasses all waters and adjacent shoreline of Lake 
Michigan and Chicago Harbor bounded by a line drawn from 41[deg]55.900' 
N at the shoreline, then east to 41[deg]55.900' N, 087[deg]37.200' W, 
then southeast to 41[deg]54.000' N, 087[deg]36.000' W, then 
southwestward to the northeast corner of the Jardine Water Filtration 
Plant, then due west to the shore. This safety zone will be enforced 
from 9 a.m. through 4 p.m. on August 15, 2019; and from 8:30 a.m. 
through 5 p.m. from August 16, 2019 through August 18, 2019.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, 
Lake Michigan, or his or her designated on-scene representative to 
enter, move within, or exit this safety zone during the enforcement 
times listed in this notice of enforcement. Requests must be made in 
advance and approved by the Captain of the Port before transits will be 
authorized. Approvals will be granted on a case-by-case basis. 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 a designated on-scene representative.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.929, Safety Zones; Annual events requiring safety zones in the 
Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan zone, and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In 
addition to this publication in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard 
will provide the maritime community with advance notification of this 
enforcement period via Broadcast Notice to Mariners and Local Notice to 
Mariners. The Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan or a designated on-
scene representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16 or (414) 747-
7182.

    Dated: June 14, 2019.
Thomas J. Stuhlreyer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2019-13267 Filed 6-20-19; 8:45 am]
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