78 FR 187 pg. 59240 - Safety Zone; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago, IL
Type: RULEVolume: 78Number: 187Page: 59240
Page: 59240Docket number: [Docket No. USCG-2013-0309]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-23383 Filed 9-25-13; 8:45 am]
Agency: Homeland Security Department
Sub Agency: Coast Guard
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2013-0309]
RIN 1625-AA00
Safety Zone; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago, IL
AGENCY:
Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION:
Notice of enforcement of regulation.
SUMMARY:
The Coast Guard will enforce the Navy Pier East Safety Zone in Chicago Harbor from 9:15 p.m. until 9:55 p.m. on September 26, 2013. This action is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life on the navigable waters of the United States immediately prior to, during, and immediately after a fireworks display. Enforcement of this safety zone will establish restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels in a specified area immediately prior to, during, and immediately after a fireworks display. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the safety zone without permission of the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
DATES:
The regulations in 33 CFR 165.933 will be enforced from 9:15 p.m. until 9:55 p.m. on September 26, 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; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago, IL listed in 33 CFR 165.933 for a fireworks display from a barge located between the Navy Pier in Chicago, IL and the breakwall to the east of Navy Pier. This zone will be enforced from 9:15 p.m. until 9:55 p.m. on September 26, 2013.
All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, or his 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, Lake Michigan, or his on-scene representative.
This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.933 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 enforcement period via broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. If the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, determines that the safety zone 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 safety zone. The Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, or his on-scene representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16.
Dated: September 13, 2013.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2013-23383 Filed 9-25-13; 8:45 am]
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