

[Federal Register: December 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 233)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 68506]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[CGD09-07-127]
RIN 1625-AA11

 
Safety Zone, Chicago Harbor, Navy Pier East, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Navy Pier East Safety Zone in 
Chicago Harbor on December 4, 2007. This action is necessary to protect 
vessels and people from the hazards associated with fireworks displays. 
This safety zone will restrict vessel traffic from a portion of the 
Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone.

DATES: Effective from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on December 4, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CWO Brad Hinken, Prevention 
Department, Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI at (414) 
747-7154.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Safety 
Zone, Navy Pier East, Chicago Harbor, Chicago, IL, 33 CFR 165.933 for 
the following event:
    (1) Total Event Resources on December 4, 2007 from 8:30 p.m. 
through 10 p.m.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port or 
his designated representative to enter, move within, or exit the safety 
zone. Vessels and persons granted permission to enter the safety zone 
shall obey all lawful orders or directions of the Captain of the Port 
or a designated representative. While within a safety zone, all vessels 
shall operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.933 Safety 
Zone, Navy Pier East, Chicago Harbor, Chicago, IL (72 FR 32525 (June 
13, 2007)) 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 these enforcement periods via broadcast 
Notice to Mariners and Local Notice to Mariners.
    The Captain of the Port will issue a Broadcast Notice to Mariners 
notifying the public when enforcement of the safety zone established by 
this section is suspended. The Captain of the Port may be contacted via 
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit on channel 16, VHF-FM.

    Dated: November 20, 2007.
Sean R. Murtagh,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. E7-23570 Filed 12-4-07; 8:45 am]

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