[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37156-37157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16118]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0530]
RIN 1625-AA00


Safety Zone; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain 
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone--Celebration Freedom Fireworks

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 Macatawa 
in Holland, MI for the Celebration Freedom Fireworks. This zone will be 
enforced from 10 p.m. until 11:50 p.m. on July 4, 2015. Should 
inclement weather force a cancellation of the fireworks on July 4, 
2015, this zone will be enforced from 10 p.m. until 11:50 p.m. on July 
6, 2015. This action is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life 
on navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after 
the fireworks display. 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 or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.929 will be enforced for safety 
zone (e)(13), Table 165.929, from 10 p.m. until 11:50 p.m. on July 4, 
2015. Should inclement weather force a cancellation of the fireworks on 
July 4, 2015, this zone will be enforced from 10 p.m. until 11:50 p.m. 
on July 6, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, 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 Celebration 
Freedom Fireworks safety zone listed as item (e)(13) in Table 165.929 
of 33 CFR 165.929. Section 165.929 lists many annual events requiring 
safety zones in

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the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan zone. This safety zone will 
encompass all waters of Lake Macatawa in the vicinity of Kollen Park 
within the arc of a circle with a 1600-foot radius of a center launch 
position at 42[deg]47.440' N., 086[deg]07.621' W. (NAD 83). This zone 
will be enforced from 10 p.m. until 11:50 p.m. on July 4, 2015. Should 
inclement weather force a cancellation of the fireworks on July 4, 
2015, this zone will be enforced from 10 p.m. until 11:50 p.m. on July 
6, 2015.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port 
Lake Michigan, or the on-scene representative to enter, move within, or 
exit the safety zone. 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. Vessels and persons granted 
permission to enter the safety zone must obey all lawful orders or 
directions of the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a designated 
representative.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.929, Safety 
Zones; Annual events requiring safety zones in the Captain of the Port 
Lake Michigan zone, and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this 
publication in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the 
maritime community with advance notification for the enforcement of 
this zone via Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. 
The Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or an on-scene representative may 
be contacted via Channel 16, VHF-FM.

    Dated: June 16, 2015.
A.B. Cocanour,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2015-16118 Filed 6-29-15; 8:45 am]
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