[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44140-44141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18519]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2010-0648]
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 Chicago Harbor during August 4, 2010 through August 29, 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 will be enforced as detailed
below from 9:15 p.m. on August 4, 2010, to 9:45 p.m. on August 29,
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
[email protected].
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 August 4, 2010 from 9:15 p.m. through
9:45 p.m.; on August 07, 2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on
August 11, 2010 from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on August 14, 2010
from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on August 18, 2010 from 9:15 p.m.
through 9:45 p.m.; on August 21, 2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.;
on August 24, 2010 from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on August 25, 2010
from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.; on August 26, 2010 from 9:15 p.m.
through 9:45 p.m.; on August 27, 2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.;
on August 28, 2010 from 10 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.; on August 29, 2010
from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 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,
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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: July 6, 2010.
L. Barndt,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2010-18519 Filed 7-27-10; 8:45 am]
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