Document ID: USCG-2010-0823-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Safety Zones: Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago IL (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2010-09-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 185)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 58304-58305]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0823]
RIN 1625-AA00

 
Safety Zone; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, 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 Southeast Safety 
Zone in

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Chicago Harbor from September 18, 2010 through October 30, 2010. This 
action is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life on the 
navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after 
fireworks events. This rule will establish restrictions upon, and 
control movement of, vessels in a specified area immediately prior to, 
during, and immediately after fireworks events. During the enforcement 
period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zones without 
permission of the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.931 are enforced from 8:45 p.m. on 
September 18, 2010 until 9:15 p.m. on October 30, 2010.

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; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL, 33 CFR 165.931 
for the following events:
    (1) Navy Pier Fireworks; on September 18, 2010 from 8:45 p.m. 
through 9:15 p.m.; on September 25, 2010 from 8:45 p.m. through 9:15 
p.m.; on October 2, 2010 from 8:45 p.m. through 9:15 p.m.; on October 
9, 2010 from 8:45 p.m. through 9:15 p.m.; on October 16, 2010 from 8:45 
p.m. through 9:15 p.m.; on October 23, 2010 from 8:45 p.m. through 9:15 
p.m.; on October 30, 2010 from 8:45 p.m. through 9:15 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 165.931 Safety 
Zone, Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, 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: September 13, 2010.
L. Barndt,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2010-23890 Filed 9-23-10; 8:45 am]
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