Safety Zone; Spirit Lake Dredging

• Citation: 87 FR 13170
• Record Number: 2022-04905
• Published date: 09 March 2022
• Section: Rules and Regulations
• Court: Coast Guard

Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)]
                [Rules and Regulations]
                [Pages 13170-13171]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2022-04905]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
                Coast Guard
                33 CFR Part 165
                [Docket No. USCG-2022-0130]
                Safety Zone; Spirit Lake Dredging
                AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
                ACTION: Notification of enforcement of regulation.
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                SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the USX Superfund Site Safety
                Zones: St. Louis River, and this notice of enforcement serves as a
                reminder to mariners this is still an enforced safety zone under Coast
                Guard regulations. Our regulation for safety zones within the Ninth
                Coast Guard District identifies this area as a regulated area within
                Spirit Lake Duluth, MN.
                DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.905(a)(1) and (2) will be enforced
                from April 4, 2022, through September 15, 2022.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
                notice of enforcement, call or email LTJG Joseph R. McGinnis, MSU
                Duluth Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 218-725-3818,
                email [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the USX
                Superfund Site Safety Zone: St. Louis River, and this notice of
                enforcement serves as a reminder to mariners this is still an enforced
                safety zone under 33 CFR
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                165.905(a)(1) and (2). The USX Superfund Site Safety Zone: St. Louis
                River, includes Safety Zone #1 (North Spirit Lake): North Boundary
                46[deg]41'33'' W, South Boundary 46[deg]41'18'' W, East Boundary
                92[deg]11'53'' W, West Boundary 92[deg]12'11'' W, and Safety Zone #2
                (South Spirit Lake): North Boundary 46[deg]40'45'' N, South Boundary
                46[deg]40'33'' N, East Boundary 92[deg]11'40'' W, West Boundary
                92[deg]12'05'' W. Transit of vessels through the waters covered by
                these zones is prohibited. Swimming (including water skiing or other
                recreational use of the water which involves a substantial risk of
                immersion in the water) or taking of fish (including all forms of
                aquatic animals) from the waters covered by these safety zones is
                prohibited at all times. Our regulation for safety zones within the
                Ninth Coast Guard District identifies this area is a regulated area
                within Spirit Lake Duluth, MN. In addition to this notice of
                enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide
                notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to
                Mariners and marine information broadcasts.
                 Dated: March 3, 2022.
                Frances M. Smith,
                Captain of the Port MSU Duluth, CDR, U.S. Coast Guard.
                [FR Doc. 2022-04905 Filed 3-8-22; 8:45 am]
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