[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15122]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 100
[Docket No. USCG-2013-0327]
Regattas and Marine Parades in the COTP Lake Michigan Zone--
Chinatown Chamber of Commerce Dragon Boat Race, Chicago, IL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulation on
the South Branch of the Chicago River for the Chinatown Chamber of
Commerce Dragon boat Race in Chicago, Illinois. This regulated area
will be enforced from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. on June 28, 2014. This action
is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life and property on
navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after
the Dragon Boat race. During the aforementioned period, the Coast Guard
will enforce restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels in a
portion of the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone.
DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.909 will be enforced from 7 a.m.
until 5 p.m. on June 28, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
document, call or email MST1 John Ng, Waterways Management Division,
Marine Safety Unit Chicago, Chicago, IL at (630) 986-2155, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special
local regulation listed in 33 CFR 100.909, Chinatown Chamber of
Commerce Dragon Boat Race; Chicago, IL. This special local regulation
will encompass all waters of the South Branch of the Chicago River from
the West 18th Street Bridge at position 41[deg]51'28'' N,
087[deg]38'06'' W to the Amtrak Bridge at position 41[deg]51'20'' N,
087[deg]38'13'' W (NAD 83). This year, this special local regulation
will be enforced from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. on June 28, 2014.
Vessels desiring to transit the regulated area may do so only with
prior approval of the Patrol Commander and when so directed by that
officer. Vessels will be operated at a no wake speed to reduce the wake
to a minimum, and in a manner which will not endanger participants in
the event or any other craft. The rules contained in the above two
sentences shall not apply to participants in the event or vessels of
the patrol operating in the performance of their assigned duties. The
Patrol Commander may direct the anchoring, mooring, or movement of any
boat or vessel within the regatta area.
This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.909,
Chinatown Chamber of Commerce Dragon Boat Race; Chicago, IL, 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 the enforcement of this special local regulation via
Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. The Captain
of the Port, Lake Michigan, or his or her on-scene representative may
be contacted via Channel 16, VHF-FM.
Dated: June 16, 2014.
M.W. Sibley,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2014-15122 Filed 6-26-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P