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TABLE TWO
Vessel
USS
AMERICA.
Number
Masthead
lights, distance to stbd
of keel in
meters; Rule
21(a)
Forward
anchor light,
distance
below flight
dk in meters;
§ 2(K),
Annex I
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Forward
anchor light,
number of;
Rule 30(a)(i)
AFT anchor
light, distance
below flight
dk in meters;
Rule 21(e),
Rule 30(a)(ii)
AFT anchor
light, number
of; Rule
30(a)(ii)
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Side lights,
distance forward of forward masthead light in
meters;
§ 3(b),
Annex I
Side lights,
distance
below flight
dk in meters;
§ 2(g),
Annex I
2.8
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Side lights,
distance
inboard of
ship’s sides
in meters;
§ 3(b),
Annex I
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TABLE FIVE
Vessel
Number
Masthead
lights not
over all other
lights and obstructions.
annex I,
sec. 2(f)
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Approved: September 19, 2013.
A.B. Fischer,
Captain, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Deputy Assistant
Judge Advocate, General (Admiralty and
Maritime Law).
Dated: September 25, 2013.
P.A. Richelmi,
Lieutenant, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
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[Docket No. USCG–2013–0562]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
Inner Harbor Navigational Canal, New
Orleans, LA
Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation
from regulations; request for comments.
AGENCY:
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The Coast Guard has issued a
temporary deviation from the operating
schedules that govern the US 90
(Danzinger) Bridge across the Inner
Harbor Navigational Canal (IHNC), mile
3.1, and the Senator Ted Hickey (Leon
C. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) bridge across
the IHNC, mile 4.6, both at New
Orleans, LA. This deviation will test
changes to the drawbridge operation
schedule to determine whether a
permanent change to the schedule is
needed. These changes would allow for
the safe navigation of vessels while
reflecting the low volume of vessel
traffic through the bridges thereby
increasing efficiency of operations. The
changes will allow the bridges to
operate in a manner that will align the
two operating schedules so the bridge
owner will be able to use the same
bridge crew personnel to operate both
bridges with little to no affect on
navigation through the bridges.
This deviation is effective from
12:01 a.m. on November 6, 2013 through
11:59 p.m. on December 6, 2013.
DATES:
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less than 1⁄2
ship’s length
aft of forward
masthead
light. annex I,
sec. 3(a)
Forward
masthead
light not in
forward quarter of ship.
annex I,
sec. 3(a)
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horizontal
separation
attained
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Comments and related material must
be received by the Coast Guard on
December 23, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
2013–0562 using any one of the
following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202–493–2251.
(3) Mail or Delivery: Docket
Management Facility (M–30), U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001. Deliveries
accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays. The telephone number is 202–
366–9329.
See the ‘‘Public Participation and
Request for Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below for instructions on submitting
comments. To avoid duplication, please
use only one of these four methods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this test
deviation, call or email the Coast Guard;
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Mr. Jim Wetherington, telephone 504–
671–2128, emails james.r.wetherington@
uscg.mil. If you have questions on
viewing or submitting material to the
docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone
202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Public Participation and Request for
Comments
We encourage you to participate in
this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. All
comments received will be posted,
without change, to https://
www.regulations.gov and will include
any personal information you have
provided.
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1. Submitting comments
If you submit a comment, please
include the docket number for this
rulemaking (USCG–2013–0562),
indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment
applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You
may submit your comments and
material online (https://
www.regulations.gov), or by fax, mail or
hand delivery, but please use only one
of these means. If you submit a
comment online via https://
www.regulations.gov, it will be
considered received by the Coast Guard
when you successfully transmit the
comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or
mail your comment, it will be
considered as having been received by
the Coast Guard when it is received at
the Docket Management Facility. We
recommend that you include your name
and a mailing address, an email address,
or a phone number in the body of your
document so that we can contact you if
we have questions regarding your
submission.
To submit your comment online, type
the docket number [USCG–2013–0562]
in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click
‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on ‘‘Submit a
Comment’’ on the line associated with
this rulemaking. If you submit your
comments by mail or hand delivery,
submit them in an unbound format, no
larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you
submit them by mail and would like to
know that they reached the Facility,
please enclose a stamped, self-addressed
postcard or envelope. We will consider
all comments and material received
during the comment period and may
change the rule based on your
comments.
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2. Viewing comments and documents
To view comments, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, type the
docket number (USCG–2013–0562) in
the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click
‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket
Folder on the line associated with this
rulemaking. You may also visit the
Docket Management Facility in Room
W12–140 on the ground floor of the
Department of Transportation West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
3. Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic
form of comments received into any of
our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on
behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review a Privacy
Act notice regarding our public dockets
in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
4. Public Meeting
We do not now plan to hold a public
meeting. But you may submit a request
for one using one of the four methods
specified under ADDRESSES. Please
explain why one would be beneficial. If
we determine that one would aid this
rulemaking, we will hold one at a time
and place announced by a later notice
in the Federal Register.
B. Basis and Purpose
On June 05, 2013 the Coast Guard
District Eight Commander received a
request from Louisiana Department of
Transportation and Development
(LDOTD), on behalf of the Orleans Levee
District, to modify the operating
regulations of the U.S. 90 (Danziger) and
the Senator Ted Hickey (Leon c. Simon
Blvd./Seabrook) bridges on the Inner
Harbor Navigational Canal (IHNC) past
the Gulf Intra-Costal Waterway (GIWW).
The US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge across
the IHNC, mile 3.1, at New Orleans,
Orleans Parish, Louisiana is a Vertical
lift bridge with a vertical clearance of 50
feet above Mean High Water (MHW),
elevation 5.0 Mean Sea Level (MSL), in
the closed-to-navigation position and
120 feet MHW, elevation 5.0 MSL, in
the open-to-navigation position. The
Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon
Blvd./Seabrook) Bridge across the IHNC,
mile 4.6, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, Louisiana is a Bascule bridge
with a vertical clearance of 46 feet above
Mean High Water (MHW), elevation 5.0
Mean Sea Level (MSL), in the closed-to-
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navigation position and unlimited in the
open-to-navigation position.
Under 33 CFR 117.458(b), the draw of
the US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge, mile 3.1,
shall open on signal; except that from 8
p.m. to 7 a.m. the draw shall open on
signal if at least four hours notice is
given, and the draw need not be opened
from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to
6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Under 33 CFR 117.458(c), the draw of
the Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon
Blvd./Seabrook) Bridge, mile 4.6, shall
open on signal; except that from 7 a.m.
to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, the draw need
not be opened. This operating regulation
has been in effect since 2003.
This regulation would allow LDOTD
to improve the systematic efficiency of
bridge operations for vessels using the
portions of the IHNC that are not
associated with the GIWW. The changes
will do this by allowing bridge
operations to be accomplished with the
same personnel and allowing the
regulations to work with one another
thereby allowing for faster response
times for openings and more efficient
use of the waterway and ultimately
more fiscal responsibility on behalf of
the owner. This test will allow for
comments on a current notice of
proposed rule making (NPRM) that is
being run in conjunction with this test.
Comments on this test and the NPRM
with the same docket number will be
evaluated at the same time. The bridges
will return to normal operations upon
completion of the test to allow for
evaluation of any and all comments.
Currently, there is minimal vessel
traffic (nine per month and 32 per
month, respectively) in this area and
land traffic would not be adversely
impacted by this test as the opening
times would be minimized.
The test deviation will begin at 12:01
a.m. on the date 15 days after
publication in the Federal Register. It
will end at 11:59 p.m. 30 days later.
During this 30 day period, the US 90
(Danzinger) Bridge will open if two
hours notice is given 24 hours a day;
except the bridge need not open from 7
a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. The Senator
Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./
Seabrook) Bridge will open on signal
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and from 8 p.m.
to 8 a.m. if two hours notice is given;
except the bridge need not open from 7
a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. During this
time, vessels that do not require an
opening can still pass through the
bridges. There are no alternate routes
available. Waterway users are
encouraged to comment on the test
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deviation and the NPRM as described
above.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e),
the drawbridges must return to their
regular operating schedules
immediately at the end of the effective
period of this temporary deviation. This
deviation from the operating regulations
is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
Dated: September 23, 2013.
David M. Frank,
Bridge Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 17
RIN 2900–AO85
VA Dental Insurance Program—
Federalism
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) is taking direct final action
to amend its regulations related to the
VA Dental Insurance Program (VADIP),
a pilot program to offer premium-based
dental insurance to enrolled veterans
and certain survivors and dependents of
veterans. Specifically, this rule will add
language to clarify the limited
preemptive effect of certain criteria in
the VADIP regulations.
DATES: This rule is effective on
December 23, 2013, without further
notice, unless VA receives a significant
adverse comment by November 21,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted through https://
www.regulations.gov; by mail or hand
delivery to the Director, Regulation
Policy and Management (02REG),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Room 1068,
Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to
(202) 273–9026. Comments should
indicate that they are submitted in
SUMMARY:
response to ‘‘RIN 2900–AO85–VA
Dental Insurance Program—
Federalism.’’ Copies of comments
received will be available for public
inspection in the Office of Regulation
Policy and Management, Room 1068,
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday (except
holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902
(this is not a toll-free number) for an
appointment. In addition, during the
comment period, comments may be
viewed online through the Federal
Docket Management System at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristin Cunningham, Director, Business
Policy, Chief Business Office (10NB),
Veterans Health Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420; (202) 461–1599. (This is not a
toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule
amends 38 CFR 17.169 to add language
to clarify the limited preemptive effect
of certain criteria in the VA Dental
Insurance Program (VADIP), a pilot
program to offer premium-based dental
insurance to enrolled veterans and
certain survivors and dependents of
veterans. Under VADIP, VA contracts
with private insurers through the
Federal contracting process to offer
dental insurance, and the private
insurer is then responsible for the
administration of the dental insurance
plan. VA’s role under VADIP is
primarily to form the contract with the
private insurer and verify the eligibility
of veterans, survivors, and dependents.
VADIP is authorized, and its
implementing regulations are required,
by section 510 of the Caregivers and
Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act
of 2010, Public Law 111–163 (2010)
(section 510).
‘‘Preemption’’ refers to the general
principle that Federal law supersedes
conflicting State law. U.S. Const. art. VI,
cl. 2; Gade v. Nat’l Solid Wastes Mgmt.
Ass’n, 505 U.S. 88, 98 (1992); M’Culloch
v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, 317 (1819).
However, the subject of insurance
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regulation is unique. Under 15 U.S.C.
1012, no Act of Congress may be
construed to invalidate, impair, or
supersede any law enacted by any State
for the purpose of regulating the
business of insurance, unless such Act
specifically relates to the business of
insurance. Although section 510 does
not include express preemption
language, Congress intended to legislate
about the business of insurance in
several subsections of section 510,
hence preempting conflicting State and
local laws. See Swanco Ins. Co.-Arizona
v. Hager, 879 F.2d 353, 359 (8th Cir.
1989) (‘‘Instead of total preemption,
Congress ‘selected particularized means
to [an] end in conscious recognition that
a considerable area of state regulation
would remain intact.’ ’’) (quoting Ins.
Co. of the State of Pa. v. Corcoran, 850
F.2d 88, 93 (2nd Cir. 1988)).
For example, section 510(h) requires
VA to determine and annually adjust
VADIP insurance premiums.
Determining premium rates is an
important aspect of the ‘‘business of
insurance.’’ Gilchrist v. State Farm Mut.
Auto. Ins. Co., 390 F.3d 1327, 1331
(11th Cir. 2004) (citing United States
Dep’t of Treasury v. Fabe, 508 U.S. 491,
503 (1993); Grp. Life & Health Ins. Co.
v. Royal Drug Co., 440 U.S. 205, 224
(1979)). States strictly regulate
insurance premium rates. See 5 Steven
Plitt et al., Couch on Insurance § 69:13
(3d ed. 2012). If a State denies the
premium rate set by VA and such rate
is required by section 510(h)(1) in order
‘‘to cover all costs associated with the
pilot program,’’ then the state would
frustrate ‘‘the lawful objective of a
[F]ederal statute.’’ United States v.
Composite State Bd. of Med. Exam’rs,
State of Georgia, 656 F.2d 131, 135 n.4
(5th Cir. 1981).
Applying these principles here,
Congress specifically intended to
legislate on the business of insurance
under certain subsections of section
510. The following chart lists these
subsections and their corresponding
regulatory paragraphs.
Subsection of section 510
Eligibility for VADIP .................................................................
Duration of VADIP ...................................................................
Coverage locations .................................................................
Plan benefits ...........................................................................
Enrollment periods ..................................................................
Establishing amounts of premiums, time frame for premium
adjustments, and responsibility for payment of premiums.
Bases and minimum procedures for voluntary disenrollment
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510(b)
510(c)
510(d)
510(f)
510(g)
510(h)
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510(i) ......................................................
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Paragraph of § 17.169
§ 17.169(b).
N/A.
N/A.
§ 17.169(c)(2).
§ 17.169(d).
§ 17.169(c)(1).
§§ 17.169(e)(2)–(e)(5).
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2013-0562]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Inner Harbor Navigational Canal,
New Orleans, LA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the
operating schedules that govern the US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge across the
Inner Harbor Navigational Canal (IHNC), mile 3.1, and the Senator Ted
Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) bridge across the IHNC, mile 4.6,
both at New Orleans, LA. This deviation will test changes to the
drawbridge operation schedule to determine whether a permanent change
to the schedule is needed. These changes would allow for the safe
navigation of vessels while reflecting the low volume of vessel traffic
through the bridges thereby increasing efficiency of operations. The
changes will allow the bridges to operate in a manner that will align
the two operating schedules so the bridge owner will be able to use the
same bridge crew personnel to operate both bridges with little to no
affect on navigation through the bridges.
DATES: This deviation is effective from 12:01 a.m. on November 6, 2013
through 11:59 p.m. on December 6, 2013.
Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard
on December 23, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2013-0562 using any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(3) Mail or Delivery: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S.
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Deliveries
accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these
four methods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this test
deviation, call or email the Coast Guard;
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Mr. Jim Wetherington, telephone 504-671-2128, emails
james.r.wetherington@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted,
without change, to https://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided.
1. Submitting comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking (USCG-2013-0562), indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and material
online (https://www.regulations.gov), or by fax, mail or hand delivery,
but please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online
via https://www.regulations.gov, it will be considered received by the
Coast Guard when you successfully transmit the comment. If you fax,
hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be considered as having
been received by the Coast Guard when it is received at the Docket
Management Facility. We recommend that you include your name and a
mailing address, an email address, or a phone number in the body of
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding
your submission.
To submit your comment online, type the docket number [USCG-2013-
0562] in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Submit a
Comment'' on the line associated with this rulemaking. If you submit
your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound
format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and
electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would like to know
that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-
addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period and may change the rule
based on your comments.
2. Viewing comments and documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov,
type the docket number (USCG-2013-0562) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click
``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with
this rulemaking. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in
Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
3. Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
4. Public Meeting
We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a
request for one using one of the four methods specified under
ADDRESSES. Please explain why one would be beneficial. If we determine
that one would aid this rulemaking, we will hold one at a time and
place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register.
B. Basis and Purpose
On June 05, 2013 the Coast Guard District Eight Commander received
a request from Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
(LDOTD), on behalf of the Orleans Levee District, to modify the
operating regulations of the U.S. 90 (Danziger) and the Senator Ted
Hickey (Leon c. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) bridges on the Inner Harbor
Navigational Canal (IHNC) past the Gulf Intra-Costal Waterway (GIWW).
The US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge across the IHNC, mile 3.1, at New
Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana is a Vertical lift bridge with a
vertical clearance of 50 feet above Mean High Water (MHW), elevation
5.0 Mean Sea Level (MSL), in the closed-to-navigation position and 120
feet MHW, elevation 5.0 MSL, in the open-to-navigation position. The
Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) Bridge across the
IHNC, mile 4.6, at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana is a Bascule
bridge with a vertical clearance of 46 feet above Mean High Water
(MHW), elevation 5.0 Mean Sea Level (MSL), in the closed-to-navigation
position and unlimited in the open-to-navigation position.
Under 33 CFR 117.458(b), the draw of the US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge,
mile 3.1, shall open on signal; except that from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. the
draw shall open on signal if at least four hours notice is given, and
the draw need not be opened from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. Monday through Friday. Under 33 CFR 117.458(c), the draw of the
Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) Bridge, mile 4.6,
shall open on signal; except that from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, the draw need not be opened. This
operating regulation has been in effect since 2003.
This regulation would allow LDOTD to improve the systematic
efficiency of bridge operations for vessels using the portions of the
IHNC that are not associated with the GIWW. The changes will do this by
allowing bridge operations to be accomplished with the same personnel
and allowing the regulations to work with one another thereby allowing
for faster response times for openings and more efficient use of the
waterway and ultimately more fiscal responsibility on behalf of the
owner. This test will allow for comments on a current notice of
proposed rule making (NPRM) that is being run in conjunction with this
test. Comments on this test and the NPRM with the same docket number
will be evaluated at the same time. The bridges will return to normal
operations upon completion of the test to allow for evaluation of any
and all comments.
Currently, there is minimal vessel traffic (nine per month and 32
per month, respectively) in this area and land traffic would not be
adversely impacted by this test as the opening times would be
minimized.
The test deviation will begin at 12:01 a.m. on the date 15 days
after publication in the Federal Register. It will end at 11:59 p.m. 30
days later. During this 30 day period, the US 90 (Danzinger) Bridge
will open if two hours notice is given 24 hours a day; except the
bridge need not open from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. The Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./
Seabrook) Bridge will open on signal from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and from 8
p.m. to 8 a.m. if two hours notice is given; except the bridge need not
open from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday. During this time, vessels that do not require an opening can
still pass through the bridges. There are no alternate routes
available. Waterway users are encouraged to comment on the test
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deviation and the NPRM as described above.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridges must return to
their regular operating schedules immediately at the end of the
effective period of this temporary deviation. This deviation from the
operating regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
Dated: September 23, 2013.
David M. Frank,
Bridge Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-24318 Filed 10-21-13; 8:45 am]
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