Safety Zones:

Federal Register: October 20, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 202)

Rules and Regulations

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 165

Docket No. USCG-2010-0824

Safety Zone, Brandon Road Lock and, Dam to Lake Michigan

Including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago

River, and Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of the Safety Zone,

Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River,

Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal, Chicago River, Calumet-Saganashkee

Channel on all waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from Mile

Marker 296.1 to Mile Marker 296.7 from 6 a.m. on October 4, 2010 through 6 p.m. on October 11, 2010 and from 6 a.m. on November 3, 2010 through 6 p.m. on November 5, 2010. This action is necessary to protect the waterways, waterway users and vessels from hazards associated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' installation of parasitic structures which will help control the spread of aquatic nuisance species that might devastate the waters in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

During the enforcement period, entry into, transiting, mooring, laying-up or anchoring within the enforced area of this safety zone by any person or vessel is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan, or his or her designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.T09-0166 will be enforced daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on October 4, 2010 to October 11, 2010 and daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on November 3, 2010 to November 5, 2010. This rule is effective with actual notice for purposes of enforcement at 6 a.m. on October 4, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, call or e-mail CDR Tim Cummins, Deputy Prevention Division, Ninth Coast

Guard District, telephone 216-902-6045, e-mail address

Timothy.M.Cummins@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce Safety Zone,

Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River,

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, Calumet-Saganashkee

Channel, Chicago, IL listed in 33 CFR 165.T09-0166(a)(2), on all waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from Mile Marker 296.1 to Mile

Marker 296.7 daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on October 4, 2010 to October 11, 2010 and daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on November 3, 2010 to

November 5, 2010.

This enforcement action is necessary because the Captain of the

Port, Sector Lake Michigan has determined that the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers' installation operation poses risks to life and property.

Specifically, there will be congested waterways and construction operations requiring the use of divers taking place in the vicinity of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' electric dispersal barrier. The combination of vessel traffic, divers, and electric current in the water makes the control of vessels through the impacted portion of the

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal necessary to prevent injury and property loss.

In accordance with the general regulations in Sec. 165.23 of this part, entry into, transiting, mooring, laying up, or anchoring within the enforced area of this safety zone by any person or vessel is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake

Michigan, or his or her designated representative.

This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.T09-0166 and 5

U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the

Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan, will also provide notice through other means, which may include but are not limited to Broadcast

Notice to Mariners, Local Notice to Mariners, local news media, distribution in leaflet form, and on-scene oral notice. Additionally, the Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan, may notify representatives from the maritime industry through telephonic and e- mail notifications.

Dated: September 24, 2010.

L. Barndt,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan.

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