83 FR 23371 - Safety Zone; Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 98 (May 21, 2018)

The Coast Guard will enforce the Navy Pier Southeast Safety Zone within the Chicago Harbor during specified times from May 26, 2018 through January 1, 2019. This action is necessary and intended to ensure the safety of life and property on navigable waters prior to, during, and immediately after firework displays. During the enforcement periods listed below, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a designated representative.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23371-23372]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10822]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0335]


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 May 26, 2018 
through January 1, 2019. This action is necessary and intended to 
ensure the safety of life and property on navigable waters prior to, 
during, and immediately after firework displays. During the enforcement 
periods listed below, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within the 
safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port 
Lake Michigan or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.931 will be enforced at the times 
specified below in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION between May 26, 2018 
through January 1, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT John Ramos, Waterways 
Management Division, Marine Safety Unit Chicago, U.S. Coast Guard; 
telephone (630) 986-2155, email [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 May 26, 2018 from 10:15 p.m. until 10:30 p.m.; Weekly 
events will occur each Saturday starting May 26, 2018 through September 
1, 2018 from 10 p.m. until 10:30 p.m.; and each Wednesday starting May 
30, 2018 through August 29, 2018 from 9:30 p.m. until 9:45 p.m. 
Additionally, this safety zone will also be enforced on July 4, 2018 
from 9:30 p.m. until 10 p.m., on September 2, 2018 from 9:30 p.m. until 
9:45 p.m., on December 1, 2018 from 9:30 p.m. until 9:45 p.m., and on 
December 31, 2018 from 11:45 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. on January 1, 2019. 
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). Entry into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety 
zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Lake 
Michigan or a designated 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 the above-specified enforcement periods

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of this safety zone via Broadcast Notice to Mariners and 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 or at 
(414) 747- 7182.

    Dated: May 3, 2018
Thomas J. Stuhlreyer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2018-10822 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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