Document ID: USCG-2011-0401-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Safety Zones: Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, WI (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2011-06-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 31853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13649]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[USCG-2011-0401]
RIN 1625-AA00

Safety Zone; Annual Events requiring safety zones in Milwaukee 
Harbor, Milwaukee, WI

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce this safety zone for annual 
fireworks events in the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan zone 
at various times from 9:15 p.m. on June 11, 2011 through 11 p.m. on 
June 29, 2011. 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 
zone without permission of the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake 
Michigan.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.935 will be enforceable at various 
times from 9:15 p.m. on June 11, 2011 through 11 p.m. on June 29, 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 
listed in 33 CFR 165.935, Safety Zones, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, 
WI, at the following time for the following events:
    (1) Pridefest fireworks display on June 11, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. 
through 10 p.m.
    (2) Polish Festival fireworks display on June 18,2011 from 10:15 
p.m. through 11 p.m.;
    (3) Summerfest fireworks display on June 29, 2011 from 9:15 p.m. 
through 10:30 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 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 165.935 Safety 
Zone, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, WI 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 or his or her on-scene 
representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16.

    Dated: May 23, 2011.
L. Barndt,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2011-13649 Filed 6-1-11; 8:45 am]
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