Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Galveston, TX, 12415 [2017-04125]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 41 / Friday, March 3, 2017 / Rules and Regulations
regulation for Recurring Marine Events
in Captain of the Port Mobile Zone
identifies the regulated area for this
rowing event. During the enforcement
period, no vessel may transit this
regulated area without approval from
the Captain of the Port or a designated
representative.
DATES: The regulation in 33 CFR
100.801, Table 7, No. 4, will be enforced
on March 25, 2017 from 7 a.m. until
noon.
If
you have questions about this notice of
enforcement, call or email LT Fannie L.
Wilks, Sector Mobile, Waterways
Management Division, U.S. Coast
Guard; telephone 251–441–5940, email
Fannie.L.Wilks@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast
Guard will enforce a special local
regulation in 33 CFR 100.801, Table 7,
number 4, from 7 a.m. until noon on
March 25, 2017, for the Rowing
Competition in Tuscaloosa, AL. This
action is being taken to provide for the
safety of life on navigable waterways
during the rowing event. Our regulation
for Recurring Marine Events in Captain
of the Port Mobile Zone, § 100.801,
specifies the location of the regulated
area for this 2.5 mile-long rowing event.
As specified in § 100.801 during the
enforcement period, no vessel may
transit this regulated area without
approval from the Captain of the Port
Mobile (COTP) or a COTP designated
representative.
This notice of enforcement is issued
under authority of 33 CFR 100.801 and
5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this
notice of enforcement in the Federal
Register, the Coast Guard plans to
provide notification of this enforcement
period via the Local Notice to Mariners
and Broadcast Notice to Mariners.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: February 3, 2017.
J.H. Snowden,
Captain, U. S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Mobile.
[FR Doc. 2017–04150 Filed 3–2–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with RULES
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2017–0101]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway, Galveston, TX
AGENCY:
Coast Guard, DHS.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
16:07 Mar 02, 2017
Jkt 241001
Notice of deviation from
drawbridge regulations.
ACTION:
The Coast Guard has issued a
temporary deviation from the operating
schedule that governs the Galveston
Causeway Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge
across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
(GIWW), mile 357.2 West of Harvey
Locks (WHL), at Galveston, Galveston
County, Texas. The deviation is
necessary to conduct cable lubing and
maintenance on the bridge. This
deviation allows the bridge to remain in
the down position for two four-hour
periods, on five consecutive days during
day-light hours.
DATES: This deviation is effective from
7 a.m. on March 6, 2017 through 5 p.m.
on March 10, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this
deviation, [USCG–2017–0101] is
available at https://www.regulations.gov.
Type the docket number in the
‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH’’.
Click on Open Docket Folder on the line
associated with this deviation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this temporary
deviation, call or email Giselle
MacDonald, Bridge Administration
Branch, Coast Guard; telephone 504–
671–2128, email Giselle.T.MacDonald@
uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Company requested a temporary
deviation from the operating schedule of
the Galveston Causeway Railroad
Vertical Lift Bridge across the GIWW,
mile 357.2 WHL, at Galveston,
Galveston County, Texas. This deviation
was requested to allow the bridge owner
to complete cable lubing and scheduled
semi-annual maintenance. This bridge is
governed by 33 CFR 117.5.
This deviation allows the vertical lift
bridge to remain in the closed-tonavigation position from 7 a.m. to 11
a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., daily,
beginning March 6 through March 10,
2017, with a scheduled two-hour
opening each day to facilitate passage of
vessel traffic from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and
the bridge will revert to open on
demand status at 5 p.m. each day.
The bridge has a vertical clearance of
8.0 feet above mean high water,
elevation 3 feet of the North American
Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), in
the closed-to-navigation position and 73
feet above mean high water in the opento-navigation position. Navigation at the
site of the bridge consists mainly of
tows with barges and some recreational
pleasure craft. The bridge can open in
case of emergency. No alternate routes
are available. The Coast Guard will
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00023
Fmt 4700
Sfmt 4700
12415
inform the users of the waterways
through our Local and Broadcast
Notices to Mariners of the change in
operating schedule for the bridge.
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: February 27, 2017.
Eric A. Washburn,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 2017–04125 Filed 3–2–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2016–1023]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
Annisquam River and Blynman Canal,
Gloucester, MA
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of temporary deviation
from drawbridge regulations;
modification.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard has modified
a temporary deviation from the
operating schedule that governs the
Blynman (SR127) Bridge across the
Annisquam River and Blynman Canal at
mile 0.0 at Gloucester, MA. This
modified deviation allows the bridge to
remain in the closed-to-navigation
position and is necessary to perform
bridge repairs.
DATES: This modified deviation is
effective from 7 a.m. on March 13, 2017
through 4 p.m. on March 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this
deviation, USCG–2016–1023 is available
at https://www.regulations.gov. Type the
docket number in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box
and click ‘‘SEARCH’’. Click on Open
Docket Folder on the line associated
with this deviation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this modified
temporary deviation, call or email Mr.
Jeffrey Stieb, First Coast Guard District
Bridge Branch, Coast Guard, telephone
617–223–8364, email Jeffrey.D.Stieb@
uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 9, 2016, the Coast Guard
published a temporary deviation
entitled ‘‘Drawbridge Operation
Regulation; Annisquam River and
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\03MRR1.SGM
03MRR1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 41 (Friday, March 3, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 12415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04125]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2017-0101]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway,
Galveston, TX
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulations.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the
operating schedule that governs the Galveston Causeway Railroad
Vertical Lift Bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), mile
357.2 West of Harvey Locks (WHL), at Galveston, Galveston County,
Texas. The deviation is necessary to conduct cable lubing and
maintenance on the bridge. This deviation allows the bridge to remain
in the down position for two four-hour periods, on five consecutive
days during day-light hours.
DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. on March 6, 2017 through
5 p.m. on March 10, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2017-0101] is available
at https://www.regulations.gov. Type the docket number in the ``SEARCH''
box and click ``SEARCH''. Click on Open Docket Folder on the line
associated with this deviation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
temporary deviation, call or email Giselle MacDonald, Bridge
Administration Branch, Coast Guard; telephone 504-671-2128, email
Giselle.T.MacDonald@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Company requested a temporary deviation from the operating schedule of
the Galveston Causeway Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge across the GIWW,
mile 357.2 WHL, at Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. This deviation
was requested to allow the bridge owner to complete cable lubing and
scheduled semi-annual maintenance. This bridge is governed by 33 CFR
117.5.
This deviation allows the vertical lift bridge to remain in the
closed-to-navigation position from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m., daily, beginning March 6 through March 10, 2017, with a
scheduled two-hour opening each day to facilitate passage of vessel
traffic from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the bridge will revert to open on
demand status at 5 p.m. each day.
The bridge has a vertical clearance of 8.0 feet above mean high
water, elevation 3 feet of the North American Vertical Datum of 1988
(NAVD88), in the closed-to-navigation position and 73 feet above mean
high water in the open-to-navigation position. Navigation at the site
of the bridge consists mainly of tows with barges and some recreational
pleasure craft. The bridge can open in case of emergency. No alternate
routes are available. The Coast Guard will inform the users of the
waterways through our Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the
change in operating schedule for the bridge.
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: February 27, 2017.
Eric A. Washburn,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-04125 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
