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Safety Zone; Chicago River (Main Branch), Chicago, IL
The Coast Guard published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 18, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of the 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, on all waters of the Chicago River (Main Branch) for a fireworks display from December 31, 2025 into January 1, 2026. This action is intended to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by potential fall-out from a fireworks display. During the enforcement period listed below, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a designated representative.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-23263
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Notification of enforcement of regulation
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Published
- December 18, 2025
- Dates
- The regulation in 33 CFR 165.930 will be enforced for the Chicago River (Main Branch) regulated area in Sec. 165.930(a)(4), from 11:30 p.m. on December 31, 2025, through 12:15 a.m. on January 1, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. USCG-2025-1067
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 33 CFR 165
- Pages
- 1
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