[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 42388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17614]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

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


Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain 
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone--Chicago Air and Water Show

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Chicago 
Air and Water Show on a portion of Lake Michigan, on August 13, 2015 
through August 18, 2015. 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 the air and water 
show. During the enforcement period listed below, 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: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.929 will be enforced for safety 
zone (f)(10), Table 33 CFR 165.929, on August 13, 2015, through August 
18, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on each day.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, call or email LT Lindsay Cook, Waterways Management Division, 
Marine Safety Unit Chicago, at 630-986-2155, email address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zone; Chicago Air and Water Show listed as item (f)(10) in Table 
165.929 of 33 CFR 165.929. Section 165.929 lists many annual events 
requiring safety zones in the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan zone. 
This safety zone encompasses all waters and adjacent shoreline of Lake 
Michigan and Chicago Harbor bounded by a line drawn from 41[deg]55.900' 
N at the shoreline, then east to 41[deg]55.900' N, 087[deg]37.200' W, 
then southeast to 41[deg]54.000' N, 087[deg]36.000' W, then 
southwestward to the northeast corner of the Jardine Water Filtration 
Plant, then due west to the shore. This zone will be enforced on August 
13, 2015, through August 18, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on 
each day.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port 
Lake Michigan, or a designated on-scene representative to enter, move 
within, or exit this 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 shall obey all lawful 
orders or directions of the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, or his 
or her on-scene 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 of this enforcement period 
via Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. The 
Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, or a designated on-scene 
representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16 during the event.

    Dated: June 16, 2015.
A.B. Cocanour,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2015-17614 Filed 7-16-15; 8:45 am]
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