Document ID: USCG-2011-0578-0003
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Safety Zones: Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago, IL (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2011-08-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52268-52269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21334]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2011-0578]
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 August 12, 2011 through August 14, 2011 and again 
from September 28, 2011 through October 1, 2011. 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 match race events. This rule will establish restrictions upon, 
and control movement of, vessels in a specified area immediately prior 
to, during, and immediately after match race events. During the 
enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone 
without the permission

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of the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.933 will be enforced daily from 8 
a.m. until 8 p.m. on August 12-14, 2011 and again from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
on September 28, 2011 through October 1, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or e-mail BM1 Adam Kraft, Prevention Department, Coast Guard 
Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI at 414-747-7154, e-mail 
Adam.D.Kraft@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety 
zone; 33 CFR 165.933-Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago, IL for 
the following events:
    (1) Chicago Match Race; on August 12, 2011 from 8 a.m. through 8 
p.m.; on August 13, 2011 from 8 a.m. through 8 p.m.; on August 14, 2011 
from 8 a.m. through 8 p.m.; on September 28, 2011 from 8 a.m. through 8 
p.m.; on September 29, 2011 from 8 a.m. through 8 p.m.; on September 
30, 2011 from 8 a.m. through 8 p.m.; and on October 1, 2011 from 8 a.m. 
through 8 p.m.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, 
Sector Lake Michigan, or his or her 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, Sector Lake Michigan, or his or 
her on-scene representative. While within a safety zone, all vessels 
shall operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.933 Safety 
Zone, Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago IL 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. The Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan, will issue a 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners notifying the public when enforcement of 
the safety zone established by this section is suspended. If the 
Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan, determines that the safety 
zone need not be enforced for the full duration stated in this notice, 
he or she may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general 
permission to enter the safety zone. The Captain of the Port, Sector 
Lake Michigan, or his or her on-scene representative may be contacted 
via VHF Channel 16.

    Dated: August 10, 2011.
M. W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2011-21334 Filed 8-19-11; 8:45 am]
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