[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42983-42984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17483]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG-2014-0646]
Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone--New Buffalo Ship and Shore 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 Michigan
in New Buffalo, MI for the New Buffalo Ship and Shore Fireworks
display. This zone will be enforced from 9:30 p.m. until 11:15 p.m. on
August 9, 2014. This action is necessary and intended to ensure the
safety of life on navigable waters during a 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
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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)(13) in Table 165.929, from 9:30 p.m. until 11:15 p.m. on
August 9, 2014.
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 New Buffalo
Ship and Shore Fireworks safety zone listed as item (f)(13) 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.
The New Buffalo Ship and Shore Fireworks zone will encompass all waters
of Lake Michigan and New Buffalo Harbor within the arc of a circle with
an 800-foot radius from the fireworks launch site located in position
41[deg]48'09'' N, 086[deg]44'49'' W (NAD 83). This zone will be
enforced from 9:30 p.m. until 11:15 p.m. on August 9, 2014.
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 of this event via Broadcast Notice
to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners that the regulation is in
effect. The Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or her on-scene
representative may be contacted via Channel 16, VHF-FM.
Dated: July 8, 2014.
A.B. Cocanour,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2014-17483 Filed 7-23-14; 8:45 am]
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