81 FR 26470 - Safety Zone, Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 85 (May 3, 2016)

The Coast Guard will enforce the Navy Pier Southeast Safety Zone within the Chicago Harbor during specified times from April 23, 2016 through January 1, 2017. This action is necessary and intended to ensure the safety of life and property on navigable waters prior to, during, and immediately after the firework displays. During the enforcement periods listed below, the Coast Guard will enforce restrictions upon, and control movement of vessels that transit this regulated area with the approval from the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26470-26471]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10304]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0345]


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 within the Chicago Harbor during specified times from April 23, 
2016 through January 1, 2017. This action is necessary and intended to 
ensure the safety of life and property on navigable waters prior to, 
during, and immediately after the firework displays. During the 
enforcement periods listed below, the Coast Guard will enforce 
restrictions upon, and control movement of vessels that transit this 
regulated area with the approval from the Captain of the Port Lake 
Michigan.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.931 will be enforced at specified 
times between April 23, 2016 through January 1, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT Lindsay Cook, Waterways 
Management Division, Marine Safety Unit Chicago, at 630-986-2155, email 
address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce Safety Zone; 
Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL listed in 33 CFR 
165.931, on April 23,

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2016 from 10 p.m. until 10:45 p.m. and on each Saturday between May 28, 
2016 through September 3, 2016 from 10 p.m. until 10:45 p.m. and each 
Wednesday from June 1, 2016 through August 31, 2016 at 9:15 p.m. until 
10 p.m. Additionally, this safety zone will also be enforced on May 27, 
2016 from 9 p.m. until 10:30 p.m., on June 10, 2016 from 9:15 p.m. 
until 10 p.m., on July 4, 2016 from 9:15 p.m. until 10 p.m., on July 
28, 2016, July 29, 2016, September 10, 2016, and October 29, 2016 from 
9:15 p.m. until 10:30 p.m., and on December 31, 2016 from 11:45 p.m. 
until 12:30 a.m. on January 1, 2017.
    This safety zone encompasses all waters of Lake Michigan within 
Chicago Harbor bounded by coordinates beginning at 41[deg]53'26.5'' N, 
087[deg]35'26.5'' W; then south to 41[deg]53'7.6'' N, 087[deg]35'26.3'' 
W; then west to 41[deg]53'7.6'' N, 087[deg]36'23.2'' W; then north to 
41[deg]53'26.5'' N, 087[deg]36'24.6'' W; then east back to the point of 
origin (NAD 83). During the enforcement period, no vessel may transit 
this regulated area without approval from the Captain of the Port Lake 
Michigan (COTP) or a COTP designated representative. 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 or her on-scene representative.
    This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 
165.931 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. The Captain of the Port Lake 
Michigan or a designated on-scene representative may be contacted via 
Channel 16, VHF-FM.

    Dated: April 21, 2016.
A.B. Cocanour,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2016-10304 Filed 5-2-16; 8:45 am]
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