
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 106 (Monday, June 5, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 25728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11486]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0530]


Safety Zones; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain 
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone--Michigan City Summerfest Fireworks, 
Lake Michigan

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the Michigan City Summerfest 
Fireworks Safety Zone on a portion of Lake Michigan on July 4, 2017. 
This action is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life and 
property on navigable waters prior to, during, and immediately after 
the fireworks display. During the enforcement period listed below, the 
Coast Guard will enforce restrictions upon, and control movement of, 
vessels that transit this regulated area with the approval from the 
Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone.

DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR 165.929 will enforce item listed as 
(e)(35) in Table 165.929 on July 4, 2017 from 8:45 p.m. until 9:45 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice of enforcement, call or email LT Lindsay Cook, Waterways 
Management Division, Marine Safety Unit Chicago, at 630-986-2155, email 
address Lindsay.N.Cook@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the Michigan 
City Summerfest listed as item (e)(35) in Table 165.929 of 33 CFR 
165.929 from 8:45 p.m. until 9:45 p.m. on July 4, 2017. This action is 
being taken to provide for the safety of life on a navigable waterway 
during the fireworks display. Section 165.929 lists many annual events 
requiring safety zones in the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone. 
This safety zone encompasses all waters of Michigan City Harbor and 
Lake Michigan within the arc of a circle with a 1,000 foot radius from 
the launch site located in position 41[deg]43.700' N., 086[deg]54.617' 
W. During the enforcement period, no vessel may transit this regulated 
area without approval from the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a 
Captain of the Port Lake Michigan designated representative. Vessels 
and persons granted permission to enter the safety zone shall obey all 
lawful orders or directions of the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, 
or his or her on-scene representative.
    This notice of enforcement 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 notice in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide 
the maritime community with advance notification of this enforcement 
period via Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. 
The Captain of the Port Lake Michigan, or a designated on-scene 
representative may be contacted via Channel 16, VHF-FM.

    Dated: May 23, 2017
A.B. Cocanour,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2017-11486 Filed 6-2-17; 8:45 am]
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