Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Biscayne Bay, and Miami River, Miami, FL, 75553-75554 [2012-30840]
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other officers operating Coast Guard
vessels, and Federal, state and local
officers designated by or assisting the
Captain of the Port Miami in the
enforcement of the regulated areas.
(c) Regulations. (1) All persons and
vessels are prohibited from entering,
transiting through, anchoring in, or
remaining within the regulated area
unless authorized by the Captain of the
Port Miami or a designated
representative.
(2) Persons and vessels desiring to
enter, transit through, anchor in, or
remain within the regulated area may
contact the Captain of the Port Miami by
telephone at (305) 535–4472, or a
designated representative via VHF radio
on channel 16, to request authorization.
If authorization to enter, transit through,
anchor in, or remain within the
regulated areas is granted by the Captain
of the Port Miami or a designated
representative, all persons and vessels
receiving such authorization must
comply with the instructions of the
Captain of the Port Miami or a
designated representative.
(3) The Coast Guard will provide
notice of the regulated areas by Local
Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to
Mariners, and on-scene designated
representatives.
(d) Enforcement date. This rule will
be enforced from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on
January 13, 2013.
Dated: December 6, 2012.
C.P. Scraba,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Miami.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2012–1063]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway,
Biscayne Bay, and Miami River, Miami,
FL
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of temporary deviations
from regulations.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard has issued
temporary deviations from the
regulations governing the operation of
the following four bridges in Miami,
Florida: The Venetian Causeway Bridge
(West), mile 1088.6, across the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway; the Venetian
Causeway Bridge (East), across Biscayne
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Bay; the Miami Avenue Bridge, mile 0.3,
across the Miami River; and the Brickell
Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1, across the
Miami River. The deviations are
necessary to allow for race participants
to traverse the bridges during the ING
Marathon. This deviation will result in
the bridges remaining in the closed
position during the ING Marathon. Tugs
and tugs with tows are not exempt from
this deviation.
DATES: These deviations are effective
from 6 a.m. through 1 p.m. on January
27, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this
temporary deviation, USCG–2012–1063,
is available online by going to https://
www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG–
2012–1063 in the ‘‘Search’’ box and
then clicking ‘‘Search’’. The docket is
also available for inspection or copying
at the Docket Management Facility (M–
30), U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this temporary
deviation, call or email Michael
Lieberum, Seventh District Bridge
Branch, Coast Guard; telephone (305)
415–6744, email
Michael.B.Lieberum@uscg.mil. If you
have questions on viewing the docket,
call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone (202)
366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ING
Marathon Director has requested
temporary modifications to the
operating schedules of the Venetian
Causeway Bridge (West), the Venetian
Causeway Bridge (East), the Brickell
Avenue Bridge, and the Miami Avenue
Bridge in Miami, Florida. These
deviations will result in the bridges
remaining in the closed position during
the ING Marathon on January 27, 2013.
The ING Marathon route passes over
these four bridges. Any bridge opening
would disrupt the race. The temporary
deviations will be in effect from 6 a.m.
through 1 p.m. on January 27, 2013.
The vertical clearance, regular
operating schedule, and deviation
period for each bridge are set forth
below.
1. Venetian Causeway Bridge (West),
mile 1088.6. The vertical clearance of
the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West),
across the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway, is 12 feet. The normal
operating schedule for the Venetian
Causeway Bridge (West) is set forth in
33 CFR 117.261(nn), which requires the
bridge to open on signal, except that
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from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays, the
bridge need only open on the hour and
half-hour. As a result of this temporary
deviation, the Venetian Causeway
Bridge (West) will remain closed to
navigation from 6:10 a.m. to 9:56 a.m.
on January 27, 2013.
2. Venetian Causeway Bridge (East).
The vertical clearance of the Venetian
Causeway Bridge (East), across Biscayne
Bay, is 5 feet. The normal operating
schedule for the Venetian Causeway
Bridge (East) is set forth in 33 CFR
117.269, which requires the bridge to
open on signal, except that from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays, the bridge need
only open on the hour and half-hour. As
a result of this temporary deviation, the
Venetian Causeway Bridge (East) will
remain closed to navigation from 6 a.m.
to 9:15 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
3. Miami Avenue Bridge, mile 0.3. The
vertical clearance of the Miami Avenue
Bridge, across the Miami River, is 21
feet. The normal operating schedule for
the Miami Avenue Bridge is set forth in
33 CFR 117.305(c), which requires the
bridge to open on signal, except that
from 7:35 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., 12:05 p.m.
to 12:59 p.m., and 4:35 p.m. to 5:59
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays, the bridge need not
open for the passage of vessels. As a
result of this temporary deviation, the
Miami Avenue Bridge will remain
closed to navigation from 6:25 a.m. to
10:35 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
4. Brickell Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1.
The vertical clearance of the Brickell
Avenue Bridge, across the Miami River,
is 23 feet. The normal operating
schedule for the Brickell Avenue Bridge
is set forth in 33 CFR 117.305(d), which
requires the bridge to open on signal;
except that from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays, the bridge need open only on
the hour and half-hour. From 7:35 a.m.
to 8:59 a.m., 12:05 p.m. to 12:59 p.m.,
and 4:35 p.m. to 5:59 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays,
the bridge need not open for the passage
of vessels. As a result of this temporary
deviation, the Brickell Avenue Bridge
will remain closed to navigation from
6:25 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 27, 2013.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e),
these four drawbridges must return to
their regular operating schedules
immediately at the end of the effective
period of this temporary deviation.
These deviations from the operating
regulations are authorized under 33 CFR
117.35.
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2012 / Rules and Regulations
Dated: December 11, 2012.
B.L. Dragon,
Bridge Program Director, Seventh Coast
Guard District.
Table of Acronyms
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
§ Section
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A. Regulatory History and Information
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
On July 30, 2012, we published a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
entitled ‘‘Drawbridge Operation
Regulation; Apalachicola River, FL’’ in
the Federal Register (77 FR 44525). We
received no comments on the proposed
rule. No public meeting was requested,
and none was held.
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2012–0470]
RIN 1625–AA09
B. Basis and Purpose
Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
Apalachicola River, FL
Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Coast Guard is changing
the regulation that governs the operating
schedules for two bridges that cross the
Apalachicola River in Florida. These
changes are being made in response to
two requests to the Coast Guard. First,
the CSX Railroad requested to modify
the operating schedule of their swing
bridge at mile 105.9, at River Junction
to require eight hours advanced notice
at all times. Second, the Apalachicola
and Northern Railroad (ANRR)
requested to maintain the swing bridge
at mile 4.5 (GIWW mile 347.0 East of
Harvey Lock (EHL)), at Apalachicola,
untended and in the open-to-navigation
position at all times.
DATES: This rule is effective January 22,
2013.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this
rulemaking, USCG–2012–0470, is
available online by going to https://
www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG–
2012–0470 in the ‘‘Search’’ box, and
then clicking ‘‘Search.’’ The docket is
also available for inspection or copying
at the Docket Management Facility (M–
30), U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this final rule,
call or email David Frank, Bridge
Administration Branch; telephone 504–
671–2128, email
David.M.Frank@uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Renee V.
Wright, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The CSX swing bridge across the
Apalachicola River, mile 105.9,
presently opens on signal for the
passage of vessels Monday through
Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. At all
other times, the bridge opens on signal
if at least four hours advanced notice is
given. The bridge owner has requested
to change the operation regulations to
reflect usage of the bridge by mariners.
The request was made based upon a
documented decrease in the number of
requests for openings in the last three
years. In 2010, the bridge opened 12
times for the passage of vessels. Eight of
those openings were for either a United
States Coast Guard (USCG) vessel or for
a United States Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) vessel. In 2011, the
bridge opened four times for the passage
of vessels. Three of those openings were
for either a USCG vessel or for a USACE
vessel. Thus far in 2012, the bridge has
only opened one time for a USACE
vessel. It should be noted that all of the
openings in the past three years have
occurred between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.;
therefore, the bridge opened on signal
for their passages. Information gathered
regarding the decrease in vessel
movements indicates that the lack of
commercial facilities and the lack of
maintenance on the waterway have
contributed to the decline in traffic.
While water elevations may return to
their pre-drought levels, there is
presently no evidence that the number
of requests for bridge openings will
increase in the future due to limited
industrial development along the
waterway. Accordingly, the bridge
owner requested to change the operation
regulations so that the bridge is allowed
to open on signal at all times if at least
eight hours advanced notification is
given. USACE and USCG units using the
waterway indicated that the proposed
change to the operation of the bridge
will not affect their ability to maintain
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the waterway and they have no
objections to the proposed change.
The ANRR swing span bridge crosses
the Apalachicola River at mile 4.5
(GIWW mile 347.0 EHL) and is required
to open on signal for the passage of
vessels. Since the bridge owner applied
for and received an embargo for the
suspension of train traffic on the line,
the operation of the bridge is
unnecessary and the operator of the
bridge requested permission to leave the
bridge in the open-to-navigation
position and have the bridge untended.
The bridge provides unlimited vertical
clearance and 119 feet of horizontal
clearance in the open-to-navigation
position. Transit times for mariners
should not be impeded with the bridge
left in the open-to-navigation position.
The bridge owner/operator will be
required to maintain all bridge
navigation lights in proper working
order and will be required to
periodically check the lights to see that
they are working.
C. Discussion of Comments, Changes,
and the Final Rule
The Coast Guard provided a 60-day
comment period on the notice of
proposed rulemaking. No comments
were received and no changes were
made to the rule as proposed.
D. Regulatory Analyses
We developed this rule after
considering numerous statutes and
executive orders related to rulemaking.
Below we summarize our analyses
based on a number of these statutes or
executive orders.
1. Regulatory Planning and Review
This rule is not a significant
regulatory action under section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory
Planning and Review, as supplemented
by Executive Order 13563, Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review, and
does not require an assessment of
potential costs and benefits under
section 6(a)(3) of Order 12866 or under
section 1 of Executive Order 13563. The
Office of Management and Budget has
not reviewed it under those Orders.
We expect the economic impact of
this rule to be so minimal that a full
Regulatory Evaluation is unnecessary.
Very few vessels will be impacted by
the proposed changes and those few
vessels should be able to provide
adequate advanced notification of their
arrivals as is already done for the CSX
Railroad bridge and vessels may transit
through the ANRR bridge without delay
as it will be maintained in the open-tonavigation position.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2012-1063]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway,
Biscayne Bay, and Miami River, Miami, FL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviations from regulations.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued temporary deviations from the
regulations governing the operation of the following four bridges in
Miami, Florida: The Venetian Causeway Bridge (West), mile 1088.6,
across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway; the Venetian Causeway Bridge
(East), across Biscayne Bay; the Miami Avenue Bridge, mile 0.3, across
the Miami River; and the Brickell Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1, across the
Miami River. The deviations are necessary to allow for race
participants to traverse the bridges during the ING Marathon. This
deviation will result in the bridges remaining in the closed position
during the ING Marathon. Tugs and tugs with tows are not exempt from
this deviation.
DATES: These deviations are effective from 6 a.m. through 1 p.m. on
January 27, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this temporary deviation, USCG-2012-1063, is
available online by going to https://www.regulations.gov, inserting
USCG-2012-1063 in the ``Search'' box and then clicking ``Search''. The
docket is also available for inspection or copying at the Docket
Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
temporary deviation, call or email Michael Lieberum, Seventh District
Bridge Branch, Coast Guard; telephone (305) 415-6744, email
Michael.B.Lieberum@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the
docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations,
telephone (202) 366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ING Marathon Director has requested
temporary modifications to the operating schedules of the Venetian
Causeway Bridge (West), the Venetian Causeway Bridge (East), the
Brickell Avenue Bridge, and the Miami Avenue Bridge in Miami, Florida.
These deviations will result in the bridges remaining in the closed
position during the ING Marathon on January 27, 2013. The ING Marathon
route passes over these four bridges. Any bridge opening would disrupt
the race. The temporary deviations will be in effect from 6 a.m.
through 1 p.m. on January 27, 2013.
The vertical clearance, regular operating schedule, and deviation
period for each bridge are set forth below.
1. Venetian Causeway Bridge (West), mile 1088.6. The vertical
clearance of the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West), across the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway, is 12 feet. The normal operating schedule for
the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West) is set forth in 33 CFR 117.261(nn),
which requires the bridge to open on signal, except that from 7 a.m. to
7 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the bridge need
only open on the hour and half-hour. As a result of this temporary
deviation, the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West) will remain closed to
navigation from 6:10 a.m. to 9:56 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
2. Venetian Causeway Bridge (East). The vertical clearance of the
Venetian Causeway Bridge (East), across Biscayne Bay, is 5 feet. The
normal operating schedule for the Venetian Causeway Bridge (East) is
set forth in 33 CFR 117.269, which requires the bridge to open on
signal, except that from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays, the bridge need only open on the hour and
half-hour. As a result of this temporary deviation, the Venetian
Causeway Bridge (East) will remain closed to navigation from 6 a.m. to
9:15 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
3. Miami Avenue Bridge, mile 0.3. The vertical clearance of the
Miami Avenue Bridge, across the Miami River, is 21 feet. The normal
operating schedule for the Miami Avenue Bridge is set forth in 33 CFR
117.305(c), which requires the bridge to open on signal, except that
from 7:35 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., 12:05 p.m. to 12:59 p.m., and 4:35 p.m. to
5:59 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the bridge
need not open for the passage of vessels. As a result of this temporary
deviation, the Miami Avenue Bridge will remain closed to navigation
from 6:25 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
4. Brickell Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1. The vertical clearance of the
Brickell Avenue Bridge, across the Miami River, is 23 feet. The normal
operating schedule for the Brickell Avenue Bridge is set forth in 33
CFR 117.305(d), which requires the bridge to open on signal; except
that from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays, the bridge need open only on the hour and half-hour. From
7:35 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., 12:05 p.m. to 12:59 p.m., and 4:35 p.m. to 5:59
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the bridge need
not open for the passage of vessels. As a result of this temporary
deviation, the Brickell Avenue Bridge will remain closed to navigation
from 6:25 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 27, 2013.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), these four drawbridges must
return to their regular operating schedules immediately at the end of
the effective period of this temporary deviation. These deviations from
the operating regulations are authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
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Dated: December 11, 2012.
B.L. Dragon,
Bridge Program Director, Seventh Coast Guard District.
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