Drawbridge Operation Regulations; New River, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 28184-28185 [2015-11931]
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Dated: April 22, 2015.
E.J. Cubanski, III,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Sector Long Island Sound.
[FR Doc. 2015–11930 Filed 5–15–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2015–0271]
Drawbridge Operation Regulations;
New River, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of temporary deviation
from regulations; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard is issuing a
temporary deviation from the operating
schedule that governs the Florida East
Coast Railway (FEC) Railroad Bridge
across the New River, mile 2.5, at Fort
Lauderdale, FL. This deviation will test
a change to the drawbridge operation
schedule to address the inability of the
bridge owner, FEC, to operate the bridge
under current regulations.
DATES: This deviation is effective from
6 a.m. on May 18, 2015 through 6 a.m.
on October 16, 2015.
Comments and related material must
be received by the Coast Guard on or
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Date: June 20, 2015.
Rain Date: June 21, 2015.
Time: 8:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
Location: All waters of Great South Bay near Bellport, NY within 600
feet of the fireworks barge located in approximate position
40°44′39.19″ N, 073°56′27.72″ W (NAD 83).
Date: June 20, 2015.
Rain Date: June 21, 2015.
Time: 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Location: All waters of Thames River near Norwich, CT within 400
feet of the fireworks barge located in approximate position
41°31′16.835″ N, 072°04′43.327″ W (NAD 83).
Date: June 20, 2015.
Rain Date: June 21, 2015.
Time: 8:50 p.m. to 9:50 p.m.
Location: All waters of Great South Bay near Fire Island, NY within
600 feet of the fireworks barge located in approximate position
40°39′49.06″ N, 073°05′27.99″ W (NAD 83).
Date: July 11, 2015.
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: All waters of Connecticut River near Hartford, CT within
500 feet of the fireworks barges located in approximate positions
41°45′41.94″ N, 072°39′50.74″ W and 41°54′38.30″ N,
072°39′48.19″ W (NAD 83).
Date: August 1, 2015.
Rain Date: September 5, 2015.
Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: All waters of Saltaire Bay near Saltaire, NY within 600 feet
of the fireworks barge located in approximate position 40°38′38.60″
N, 073°12′05.06″ W (NAD 83).
before August 17, 2015. Requests for
public meetings must be received by the
Coast Guard on or before June 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
2015–0271 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 Robert Glassman
at telephone 305–415–6746, email
Robert.s.glassman@uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Cheryl
Collins, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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–2015–0271),
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
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we have questions regarding your
submission.
To submit your comment online, type
the docket number [USCG–2015–0271]
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.
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–2015–0271) 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.
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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 on or before June 16, 2015, 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. Background Information
The bridge owner, FEC Railway,
requested permission to operate the FEC
Railroad Bridge across the New River
with an automated system. The FEC
Railroad Bridge in Fort Lauderdale, FL
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17:45 May 15, 2015
Jkt 235001
has a vertical clearance of 4 feet at mean
high water in the closed position and
horizontal clearance of 60 feet. Traffic
on the waterway includes both
commercial and recreational vessels.
Presently, in accordance with 33 CFR
117.5, the bridge is required to open on
signal for the passage of vessels. The
bridge is usually maintained in the open
to navigation position and only closes
for train traffic.
The bridge owner, FEC, determined
that by installing an automated system,
vessel transit will be more efficient.
This automated system allows the
railroad dispatcher to receive a signal
that the bridge must close for
approaching trains. The dispatcher will
then be advised when trains clear the
bridge so it can reopen.
Any vessel requesting a bridge
opening must contact the bridge tender
via telephone or radiotelephone (marine
radio) on VHF–FM channel 9 or 16 to
coordinate safe passage through the
bridge. The tender must provide
information to include, but not limited
to authorization for the vessel to
continue its transit when the bridge is
open to navigation, or the tender must
advise that the vessel will have to wait
because a train is approaching. If a
vessel is required to wait, the bridge
tender must indicate the amount of time
the vessel will have to wait until the
train is clear of the bridge. The FEC
Dispatch number and bridge tender
phone number will be posted at the
bridge so they can be seen by vessels
approaching from either direction. The
bridge tender’s number is 305–889–5572
and the FEC Dispatch number is 800–
342–1131.
This deviation seeks comments on
FEC’s operating schedule and tests an
automatic operating system as the
method for operating the bridge to
determine whether a permanent change
to operations can be approved. The
deviation period will run from 6 a.m. on
May 18, 2015 through 6 a.m. on October
16, 2015.
During the test deviation period, the
draw of the FEC Railroad Bridge across
the New River, mile 2.5, at Fort
Lauderdale, FL, will operate as follows:
(a) The bridge is constantly tended.
(b) The bridge tender will utilize a
VHF–FM radio to communicate on
channels 9 and 16 and may be contacted
by telephone at 305–889–5572.
(c) Signage will be posted displaying
VHF radio contact information and the
bridge tender and dispatch telephone
number. A countdown clock for bridge
closure shall be posted at the bridge site
and visible for maritime traffic.
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(d) A bridge log will be maintained
including, at a minimum, bridge
opening and closing times.
(e) When the draw is in the fully open
position, green lights will be displayed
to indicate that vessels may pass.
(f) When a train approaches, the lights
go to flashing red and a horn starts four
blasts, pauses, and then continues four
blasts then the draw lowers and locks.
(g) After the train has cleared the
bridge, the draw opens and the lights
return to green.
(h) The bridge shall not be closed
more than 60 minutes combined for any
120 minute time period beginning at
12:01 a.m.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e),
the drawbridge must return to its regular
operating schedule 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: April 22, 2015.
Barry Dragon,
Bridge Administrator, U.S. Coast Guard,
Seventh Coast Guard District.
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33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2015–0415]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
Willamette River, Portland, OR
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of deviation from
drawbridge regulation.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard has issued a
temporary deviation from the operating
schedule that governs the upper deck of
the Steel Bridge, mile 12.1, and the
Burnside Bridge, mile 12.4, both
crossing the Willamette River, at
Portland, OR. The deviation is necessary
to accommodate the route of the annual
Rose Festival Parade event, which
crosses the Steel Bridge and Burnside
Bridge. This deviation allows the upper
deck of the Steel Bridge and Burnside
Bridge to remain in the closed-tonavigation position and need not open
for marine traffic to allow for the safe
movement of event participants and
cleanup crew.
DATES: This deviation is effective from
7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this
deviation, [USCG–2015–0415] is
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2015-0271]
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; New River, Fort Lauderdale, FL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is issuing a temporary deviation from the
operating schedule that governs the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC)
Railroad Bridge across the New River, mile 2.5, at Fort Lauderdale, FL.
This deviation will test a change to the drawbridge operation schedule
to address the inability of the bridge owner, FEC, to operate the
bridge under current regulations.
DATES: This deviation is effective from 6 a.m. on May 18, 2015 through
6 a.m. on October 16, 2015.
Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard
on or before August 17, 2015. Requests for public meetings must be
received by the Coast Guard on or before June 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2015-0271 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 Robert Glassman at telephone 305-415-6746,
email Robert.s.glassman@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, 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-2015-0271), 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
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we have questions regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, type the docket number [USCG-2015-
0271] 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-2015-0271) 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 on or before June 16, 2015, 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. Background Information
The bridge owner, FEC Railway, requested permission to operate the
FEC Railroad Bridge across the New River with an automated system. The
FEC Railroad Bridge in Fort Lauderdale, FL has a vertical clearance of
4 feet at mean high water in the closed position and horizontal
clearance of 60 feet. Traffic on the waterway includes both commercial
and recreational vessels.
Presently, in accordance with 33 CFR 117.5, the bridge is required
to open on signal for the passage of vessels. The bridge is usually
maintained in the open to navigation position and only closes for train
traffic.
The bridge owner, FEC, determined that by installing an automated
system, vessel transit will be more efficient. This automated system
allows the railroad dispatcher to receive a signal that the bridge must
close for approaching trains. The dispatcher will then be advised when
trains clear the bridge so it can reopen.
Any vessel requesting a bridge opening must contact the bridge
tender via telephone or radiotelephone (marine radio) on VHF-FM channel
9 or 16 to coordinate safe passage through the bridge. The tender must
provide information to include, but not limited to authorization for
the vessel to continue its transit when the bridge is open to
navigation, or the tender must advise that the vessel will have to wait
because a train is approaching. If a vessel is required to wait, the
bridge tender must indicate the amount of time the vessel will have to
wait until the train is clear of the bridge. The FEC Dispatch number
and bridge tender phone number will be posted at the bridge so they can
be seen by vessels approaching from either direction. The bridge
tender's number is 305-889-5572 and the FEC Dispatch number is 800-342-
1131.
This deviation seeks comments on FEC's operating schedule and tests
an automatic operating system as the method for operating the bridge to
determine whether a permanent change to operations can be approved. The
deviation period will run from 6 a.m. on May 18, 2015 through 6 a.m. on
October 16, 2015.
During the test deviation period, the draw of the FEC Railroad
Bridge across the New River, mile 2.5, at Fort Lauderdale, FL, will
operate as follows:
(a) The bridge is constantly tended.
(b) The bridge tender will utilize a VHF-FM radio to communicate on
channels 9 and 16 and may be contacted by telephone at 305-889-5572.
(c) Signage will be posted displaying VHF radio contact information
and the bridge tender and dispatch telephone number. A countdown clock
for bridge closure shall be posted at the bridge site and visible for
maritime traffic.
(d) A bridge log will be maintained including, at a minimum, bridge
opening and closing times.
(e) When the draw is in the fully open position, green lights will
be displayed to indicate that vessels may pass.
(f) When a train approaches, the lights go to flashing red and a
horn starts four blasts, pauses, and then continues four blasts then
the draw lowers and locks.
(g) After the train has cleared the bridge, the draw opens and the
lights return to green.
(h) The bridge shall not be closed more than 60 minutes combined
for any 120 minute time period beginning at 12:01 a.m.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to
its regular operating schedule 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: April 22, 2015.
Barry Dragon,
Bridge Administrator, U.S. Coast Guard, Seventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2015-11931 Filed 5-15-15; 8:45 am]
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