# 2025-14884: Coast Guard Ropes Off Michigan Harbor for Safer Sails

2025-14884, Regulated Navigation Area; Ludington Harbor Channel and Pere Marquette Lake, Ludington, MI, is a Federal Register rule from Homeland Security Department, Coast Guard published 2025-08-06 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-14884
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-14884
- Title: Regulated Navigation Area; Ludington Harbor Channel and Pere Marquette Lake, Ludington, MI
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Citation: 90 FR 37793
- Published: 2025-08-06
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 1625-AA11
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Coast Guard Ropes Off Michigan Harbor for Safer Sails

## Summary

The Coast Guard is setting up a special navigation zone in Ludington Harbor and Pere Marquette Lake to keep boats moving safely through busy waters. This new rule helps protect people, the environment, and property from accidents caused by crowded boat traffic. It affects all vessels in the area and kicks in soon, with no extra fees involved.

## Abstract

The Coast Guard is establishing a regulated navigation area to control vessel movement for certain waters of Lake Michigan, the Ludington Harbor Channel, and Pere Marquette Lake in Ludington, MI. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life, environment, and property on these navigable waters due to hazardous conditions resulting from increased vessel traffic congestion.

## Effects PRIA read

- New Regulated Navigation Area in Ludington: benefit, low. If you operate a vessel in the Ludington Harbor Channel or Pere Marquette Lake in Ludington, MI, the Coast Guard has created a regulated navigation area that controls vessel movement. The rule is meant to protect people, the environment, and property because of increased vessel traffic congestion.…

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## Sources
- [2025-14884 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/06/2025-14884/regulated-navigation-area-ludington-harbor-channel-and-pere-marquette-lake-ludington-mi)
- [2025-14884 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-06/pdf/2025-14884.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-14884 (as of 2026-06-08).