
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52398-52399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21524]


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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--Sister Bay Marinafest Fireworks

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

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ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone on the waters of 
Sister Bay in Sister Bay, WI for the Sister Bay Marinafest Fireworks. 
This zone will be enforced from 8:15 p.m. until 10 p.m. on each day of 
September 5 and 6, 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)(15), Table 165.929, from 8:15 p.m. until 10 p.m. on each day 
of September 5 and 6, 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 joseph.p.mccollum@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Sister Bay 
Marinafest Fireworks safety zone listed as item (f)(15) 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 Sister Bay within an 800-
foot radius of the launch vessel in approximate position 45[deg]11.585' 
N., 087[deg]07.392' W. (NAD 83). This zone will be enforced from 8:15 
p.m. until 10 p.m. on each day of September 5 and 6, 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: August 14, 2015.
A.B. Cocanour,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2015-21524 Filed 8-28-15; 8:45 am]
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