[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37712-37713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14956]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0020]


Safety Zone; Chicago Match Cup Race; Lake Michigan; Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone on Lake Michigan 
near Chicago, Illinois for the 2013 AWMRT Chicago Match Cup Race. This 
zone will be enforced from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on each day of August 6, 
7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, 2013. This action is necessary and intended to 
ensure safety of life on the navigable waters during the 2013 AWMRT 
Chicago Match Cup. During the aforementioned periods, the Coast Guard 
will enforce restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels in the 
safety zone. No person or vessel may enter the safety zone while it is 
being enforced without permission of the Captain of the Port, Lake 
Michigan.

DATES: This regulation will be enforced at the dates and times listed 
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].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone 
listed in 33 CFR 165.929(a)(76) as well as the general regulations in 
33 CFR 165.929, Safety Zones; Annual events requiring safety zones in 
the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan zone, for the 2013 AWMRT Chicago 
Match Cup. This zone will be enforced from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on each 
day of August 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, 2013.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, 
Lake Michigan, or the on-scene representative to enter, move within, or 
exit a 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 a designated representative. Vessels 
that wish to transit through the safety zones may request permission 
from the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan. Requests must be made in 
advance and approved by the Captain of the Port before transits will be 
authorized. Approvals will be granted on a case by case basis. 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 165.929(a)(76), 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 event via Broadcast Notice to Mariners that the 
regulation is in effect. If the Captain of the Port determines that the 
enforcement of these safety zones need not occur as stated in this 
notice, he or she might suspend such enforcement and notify the public 
of the suspension via a Broadcast Notice to Mariners. The Captain of 
the Port, Lake Michigan, or his or her on-scene representatives may be 
contacted on channel 16, VHF-FM.

    Dated: June 3, 2013.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2013-14956 Filed 6-21-13; 8:45 am]
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