[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16199-16200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06447]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2011-0228]
RIN 1625-AA00


Safety Zone, Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including 
Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and 
Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of the Safety Zone; 
Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River, 
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, Calumet-Saganashkee 
Channel on all waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from Mile 
Marker 296.1 to Mile Marker 296.7 at specified times from March 21 to 
March 30, 2014. This action is necessary to protect the waterway, 
waterway users, and vessels from the hazards associated with the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers' Fish Suppression and Dispersal Barriers 
testing operations.
    During any of the enforcement periods listed below, entry into, 
transiting, mooring, laying-up or anchoring within the enforced area of 
this safety zone by any person or vessel is prohibited unless 
authorized by the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, or his designated 
representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.930 will be enforced from 7 a.m. 
to 11 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on March 21, 2014, and during 
those hours each day from March 24 to March 30, 2014.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of 
the Safety Zone; Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including 
Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, 
Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL, listed in 33 CFR 165.930. 
Specifically, the Coast Guard will enforce this safety zone between 
Mile Marker 296.1 to Mile Marker 296.7 on all waters of the Chicago 
Sanitary and Ship Canal. Enforcement will occur from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. 
and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on March 21, 2014, and during those hours 
each day from March 24 to March 30, 2014. This enforcement action is 
necessary because the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, has 
determined that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Fish Suppression and 
Dispersal Barriers testing operations pose risks to life and property. 
Because of these risks, it is necessary to control vessel movement 
during the operations to prevent injury and property loss.
    In accordance with the general regulations in Sec.  165.23 of this 
part, entry into, transiting, mooring, laying up, or anchoring within 
the enforced area of this safety zone by any person or vessel is 
prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, 
or his or her designated representative.
    Vessels that wish to transit through the safety zone 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. The Captain of the Port may be contacted via U.S. Coast 
Guard Sector Lake Michigan on VHF channel 16.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.930 and 5 
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the 
Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, will also provide notice through 
other means, which may include, but are not limited to, Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners, Local Notice to Mariners, local news media, 
distribution in leaflet form, and on-scene oral notice. Additionally, 
the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, may notify representatives from 
the maritime industry through telephonic and email notifications.

    Dated: March 4, 2014.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2014-06447 Filed 3-24-14; 8:45 am]
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