[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27035-27036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10964]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0199]


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 specified periods

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from May 25, 2013, through June 29, 2013. This action is necessary and 
intended to ensure safety of life on the navigable waters of the United 
States immediately prior to, during, and immediately after fireworks 
events. Enforcement of this safety zone will establish restrictions 
upon, and control movement of, vessels in a specified area immediately 
prior to, during, and immediately after various fireworks events. 
During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter the safety 
zone without permission of the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.931 will be enforced at the times 
specified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email MST1 Joseph 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; Chicago Harbor, Navy 
Pier Southeast, Chicago, IL listed in 33 CFR 165.931 for the following 
events:
    (1) Navy Pier Fireworks with times and dates as follows:
May 25, 2013, from 10:00 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.;
May 29, 2013, from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.;
June 1, 2013, from 10:00 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.;
June 5, 2013, from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.;
June 8, 2013, from 10:00 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.;
June 12, 2013, from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.;
June 15, 2013, from 10:00 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.;
June 19, 2013, from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.;
June 21, 2013, from 10:00 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.;
June 26, 2013, from 9:15 p.m. through 9:45 p.m.;
June 29, 2013, from 10:00 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.;
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, 
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, 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 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. If the Captain of the Port, 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, Lake Michigan, or his or her on-scene 
representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16.

    Dated: April 30, 2013.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2013-10964 Filed 5-8-13; 8:45 am]
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