Document ID: USCG-2010-0790-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Security Zones: Mackinac Bridge, Straits of Mackinac, Michigan (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2010-09-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 2, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 170)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 53870-53871]
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-2010-0790]

 
Security Zone, Mackinac Bridge, Straits of Mackinac, Michigan

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Mackinac Bridge Walk security 
zone on the Straits of Mackinac from 6 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. on 
September 6, 2010. This action is necessary to protect pedestrians 
during the event from an accidental or intentional allision between a 
vessel and the bridge. During the enforcement period, navigational and 
operational restrictions will be placed on all vessels and persons 
transiting through the Straits area, under and around the Mackinac 
Bridge, located between Mackinaw City, MI, and St. Ignace, MI. All 
vessels and persons must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port 
(COTP) or a designated representative to enter or move within the 
security zone.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.928 will be enforced from 6 a.m. 
through 11:59 p.m. on September 6, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary rule, call or e-mail BMC Gregory Ford, Marine Event 
Coordinator, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie; telephone 906-
635-3222, e-mail Gregory.C.Ford@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the security 
zone for the annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk in 33 CFR 165.928 on 
September 6, 2010, from 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
    Under provisions of 33 CFR 165.928, a vessel or person may not 
enter or move within the regulated area, unless permission is received 
from the COTP or a designated representative. The Coast Guard may be 
assisted by other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in 
enforcing this regulation.
    This notice is issued under the authority of 33 CFR 165.928 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice

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in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the maritime 
community with advance notification of this enforcement period via a 
Local Broadcast Notice to Mariners. If the COTP determines that the 
regulated area need not be enforced for the full duration stated in 
this notice, he may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant general 
permission to enter the regulated area.

    Dated: August 24, 2010.
J.C. McGuiness,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sault Sainte Marie.
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