[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50018-50019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20346]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[USCG-2012-0375]
RIN 1625-AA00


Safety Zone; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in Milwaukee 
Harbor, Milwaukee, WI

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce this safety zone for annual 
fireworks events in the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan zone 
from 9:15 p.m. until 10:45 p.m. on September 7 and 8, 2012. This action 
is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life on the

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navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after 
fireworks events. During the enforcement periods announced in this 
rule, the Coast Guard will enforce restrictions upon, and control 
movement of, vessels in a specified area immediately prior to, during, 
and immediately after fireworks events. No person or vessel may enter 
the safety zone while it is being enforced without permission of the 
Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.935 will be enforceable between 
9:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. on September 7 and 8, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email MST1 Joseph P. McCollum, Prevention Department, Coast 
Guard Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI at 414-747-7148, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.935, Safety Zones, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, 
WI, for the following events:
    (1) Indian Summer fireworks display on September 7 and 8, 2012 from 
9:15 p.m. through 10:45 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 a 
designated 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 165.935 Safety 
Zone, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, WI 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, 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-FM Channel 16.

    Dated: August 8, 2012.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2012-20346 Filed 8-17-12; 8:45 am]
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