82 FR 21695 - Safety Zone, Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago, IL

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 89 (May 10, 2017)

The Coast Guard will enforce the Navy Pier East Safety Zone within the Chicago Harbor on June 27, 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 fireworks display. During the enforcement period 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 82, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 10, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21695-21696]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09444]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0309]


Safety Zone, Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, 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 East Safety Zone 
within the Chicago Harbor on June 27, 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 fireworks display. 
During the enforcement period 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 165.933 will be enforced from 8:45 p.m. 
until 9:45 p.m. on June 27, 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 East, Chicago, IL listed in 33 CFR 165.933, 
on June 27, 2017 from 8:45 p.m. until 9:45 p.m., for a barge based 
fireworks display. This action is being taken to provide for the safety 
of life and property on navigable waterways before, during, and 
immediately after the fireworks display. As specified in 33 CFR 165.933 
this safety zone encompasses all waters of Lake Michigan within Chicago 
Harbor between the east end of Navy Pier and the Chicago Harbor 
breakwater bounded by coordinates beginning at 41[deg]53'37'' N., 
087[deg]35'26'' W.; then south to 41[deg]53'24'' N., 087[deg]35'26'' 
W.; then east to 41[deg]53'24'' N., 087[deg]35'55'' W.; then north to 
41[deg]53'37'' N., 087[deg]35'55'' W.; then 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 or a Captain of the Port 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.

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    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 notice of this enforcement via Broadcast Notice to Mariners and 
listing this event in the Local Notice to Mariners. If the Captain of 
the Port or a designated representative determines that the regulated 
area 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 regulated area. The Captain of the Port Lake 
Michigan or a designated on-scene representative may be contacted via 
Channel 16, VHF-FM.

    Dated: May 4, 2017.
A.B. Cocanour,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2017-09444 Filed 5-9-17; 8:45 am]
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