[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17125]
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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-Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club Evening on the
Bay 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 the waters of
Sturgeon Bay in Sturgeon Bay, WI for the Evening on the Bay Fireworks.
This zone will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on August 8,
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 period, 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 (f)(5), Table 165.929, from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on August
8, 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 Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club Evening on
the Bay Fireworks safety zone listed as item (f)(5) 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 will encompass all waters of Sturgeon Bay within the arc of a
circle with a 280-foot radius from the fireworks launch site located on
a barge in approximate position 44[deg]49.310' N., 087[deg]21.370' W.
(NAD 83). This zone will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on
August 8, 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. 2015-17125 Filed 7-10-15; 8:45 am]
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