[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41715-41716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16457]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0500]


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 River Between the Michigan Avenue 
Bridge and Columbus Drive Bridge, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone, on the main branch 
of the Chicago River between the Michigan Avenue Bridge and the 
Columbus Drive Bridge for the Chicago Ducky Derby Marine Event. During 
the enforcement period, entry into, transiting, mooring, laying-up, or 
anchoring within the established safety zone is prohibited unless 
authorized by the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or an on-scene 
designated representative.

DATES: A segment of the regulation in 33 CFR 165.930 will be enforced 
on August 5, 2021, from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email Petty Officer Eric Krukar, Marine 
Safety Unit Chicago, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone: 630-986-2155, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of 
the safety zone listed safety zone in 33 CFR 165.930. The segment of 
the safety zone to be enforced is between the Michigan Avenue Bridge 
and the Columbus Drive Bridge on the main branch of the Chicago River. 
This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on 
navigable waterways during the Chicago Ducky Derby Marine Event. Our 
regulation for marine events within the Ninth Coast Guard District, 
Sec.  165.930, specifies the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, may 
enforce this safety zone in whole, in segments, or by any

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combination of segments. The Captain of the Port Lake Michigan may 
suspend the enforcement of any segment of this safety zone for which 
notice of enforcement had been given.
    During the enforcement periods, as reflected in Sec.  165.930 (d), 
entry into, transiting, mooring, laying up, or anchoring within any 
enforced segment of the safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by 
the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, or a designated representative. 
This notice of enforcement 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 Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with 
advance notification of the above-specified enforcement periods of this 
safety zone via Broadcast Notice to Mariners and Local Notice to 
Mariners. The Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a designated on-
scene representative may be contacted via Channel 16, VHF-FM or at 
(414) 747-7182.

    Dated: July 28, 2021.
Donald P. Montoro,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2021-16457 Filed 8-2-21; 8:45 am]
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