Document ID: USCG-2013-0020-0015
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Safety Zones: Chicago to Mackinac Race; Lake Michigan; Chicago, IL (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of enforcement of regulation.)
Posted Date: 2013-06-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15161]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0020]

Safety Zone; Chicago to Mackinac Race; Lake Michigan; Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone on Lake Michigan 
near Chicago, Illinois for the 105th Race to Mackinac. This zone will 
be enforced from 2 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on July 12, and from 9 a.m. 
until 3 p.m. on July 13, 2013. This action is necessary and intended to 
ensure safety of life on the navigable waters during the 105th Race to 
Mackinac. During the aforementioned periods, the Coast Guard will 
enforce restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels in the 
safety zone. No person or vessel may enter the safety zone while it is 
being enforced without permission of the Captain of the Port, Lake 
Michigan.

DATES: The safety zone in 33 CFR 165.929(a)(77) will be enforced from 2 
p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on July 12, and from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on July 
13, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email MST1 Joseph McCollum, Prevention Department, Coast Guard 
Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI at (414) 747-7148, email 
joseph.p.mccollum@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.929(a)(77) as well as the general regulations in 
33 CFR 165.929, Safety Zones; Annual events requiring safety zones in 
the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan zone, for the 105th Race to 
Mackinac. This zone will be enforced from 2 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on 
July 12, and from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on July 13, 2013.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, 
Lake Michigan, or the on-scene representative to enter, move within, or 
exit a 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, Lake Michigan, or a designated representative. Vessels 
that wish to transit through the safety zones may request permission 
from the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan. 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.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.929(a)(77), 
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 event via 
Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners that the 
regulation is in effect. The Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, or his 
or her on-scene representative may be contacted via Channel 16, VHF-FM.

    Dated: June 6, 2013.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2013-15161 Filed 6-24-13; 8:45 am]
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