Document ID: USCG-2018-0350-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone- Michigan City Summerfest Fireworks, Lake Michigan
Posted Date: 2018-05-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 23583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10891]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0350]

Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain 
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone--Michigan City Summerfest Fireworks, 
Lake Michigan

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone in 33 CFR 165.929 
for the Michigan City Summerfest Fireworks on a portion of Lake 
Michigan on July 4, 2018. This action is necessary and intended to 
ensure safety of life and property on navigable waters prior to, 
during, and immediately after the fireworks display. 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.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.929 will be enforced for safety 
zone listed as (e)(35) in Table 165.929 from 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. on 
July 4, 2018.

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, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone (630) 986-2155, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Michigan 
City Summerfest safety zone listed as item (e)(35) in Table 165.929 of 
33 CFR 165.929 from 9 p.m. until 10 p.m. on July 4, 2018. This action 
is being taken to provide for the safety of life on a navigable 
waterway during the fireworks display. This safety zone encompasses all 
waters of Michigan City Harbor and Lake Michigan within the arc of a 
circle with a 1,000 foot radius from the launch site located in 
position 41[deg]43.700' N, 086[deg]54.617' W. Entry into, transiting, 
or anchoring within the safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by 
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 notice in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will 
provide the maritime community with advance notification of this safety 
zone enforcement period via Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local 
Notice to Mariners. The Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, or a 
designated on-scene representative may be contacted via Channel 16, 
VHF-FM or at (414) 747-7182.

    Dated: May 3, 2018.
Thomas J. Stuhlreyer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2018-10891 Filed 5-21-18; 8:45 am]
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