Document ID: USCG-2019-0210-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone- Start of the Chicago to Mackinac Race
Posted Date: 2019-04-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16210-16211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07820]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0210]

Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain 
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone--Start of the Chicago to Mackinac Race

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Start of 
the Chicago to Mackinac Race on a portion of Lake Michigan on July 13, 
2019. This action is intended to protect the safety of life and 
property on the navigable waterway immediately before, during, and 
after this event. During the enforcement period listed below, entry 
into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone is prohibited 
unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a 
designated representative.

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DATES: The regulations in 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 165.929 
will be enforced for the location listed in item (e)(45) in Table 
165.929 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 13, 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, telephone 630-986-
2155, email address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zone; Start of the Chicago to Mackinac Race listed as item (e)(45) 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 of Lake Michigan in the 
vicinity of the Chicago Harbor Entrance at Chicago IL, within a 
rectangle that is bounded by a line drawn from 41[deg]53.251 N, 
087[deg]35.393 W then East to 41[deg]53.251 N, 087[deg]34.352 W then 
South to 41[deg]52.459 N, 087[deg]34.364 W then West to 41[deg]52.459 
N, 087[deg]35.393 W then North back to the point of origin. This safety 
zone will be enforced on July 13, 2019, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port 
Lake Michigan, or his 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 his 
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 notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, the 
Captain of the Port Lake Michigan will provide the maritime community 
with advance notification of this safety zone 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: April 15, 2019.
Thomas J. Stuhlreyer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2019-07820 Filed 4-17-19; 8:45 am]
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