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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2017–0161]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
Canaveral Barge Canal, Canaveral, FL
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 SR 401
Drawbridges, mile 5.5 at Port Canaveral,
Florida. The deviation is necessary to
reduce vehicular traffic congestion and
to ensure the safety of roadways while
passengers are transiting to and from the
cruise ship terminals. Since the arrival
of additional cruise ships to the Port of
Canaveral, massive traffic back-ups have
been caused by the on demand
drawbridge openings. This deviation
allows the bridges to not open to
navigation during prime cruise ship
passenger loading and unloading times
on Saturdays and Sundays.
DATES: This deviation is effective
without actual notice from December
28, 2017 through January 31, 2018. For
the purposes of enforcement, actual
notice will be used from December 5,
2017, until December 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this
deviation, USCG–2017–0161 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 LT Allan Storm,
Sector Jacksonville, Waterways
Management Division, U.S. Coast
Guard; telephone 904–714–7616, email
Allan.H.Storm@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Canaveral Port Authority, with
concurrence from the bridge owner,
Florida Department of Transportation
have requested the Coast Guard
consider allowing the SR 401
Drawbridges across the Canaveral Barge
Canal, Port Canaveral, Florida to not
open to navigation from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
On October 23, 2017 the Coast Guard
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking entitled ‘‘Drawbridge
Operation Regulation; Canaveral Barge
Canal, Canaveral, FL in the Federal
Register (82 FR 48940). Under that
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proposed rule, the bridges would
remain in the closed-to-navigation
position from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Saturdays and Sundays. The existing
regulation for the SR 401 Drawbridges,
across Canaveral Barge Canal, mile 5.5
at Port Canaveral, FL is published in 33
CFR 117.273(b). The SR 401
Drawbridges provide a vertical
clearance of 25 feet in the closed
position at Mean High Water (MHW)
and a horizontal clearance of 90 feet
between fenders. The bridge logs from
October 2017 indicate that, at most,
approximately nine vessels may be
affected by establishing this three hour
bridge closure on Saturdays and
Sundays. The majority of the opening
requests were either at the beginning or
end of this closure period; therefore, by
adjusting their transits slightly there
should be a negligible overall effect.
This temporary deviation is effective
from December 28, 2017 until January
31, 2018. The Coast Guard will continue
to evaluate the impact to mariners
navigating this area during the closure
periods.
Vessels able to pass through the
bridge in the closed position may do so
at any time. The bridge will be able to
open for emergencies and there is no
immediate alternate route for vessels to
pass through the bridge in closed
position. The Coast Guard will also
inform the users of the waterways
through our Local and Broadcast
Notices to Mariners of the change in
operating schedule for the bridge so that
vessel operators can arrange their
transits to minimize any impact caused
by the temporary deviation.
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: December 5, 2017.
Barry Dragon,
Director, Bridge Branch, Seventh Coast Guard
District.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2017–1031]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
Passaic River, Newark, NJ
AGENCY:
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Notice of temporary deviation
from drawbridge regulation;
modification.
ACTION:
The Coast Guard has modified
a temporary deviation from the
operating schedule that governs the
Routes 1 & 9 (Lincoln Highway) Bridge
across the Passaic River, mile 1.8 at
Newark, New Jersey. This modified
deviation extends the period the bridge
may remain in the closed-to-navigation
position and is necessary to facilitate
structural steel repairs at the lift span.
DATES: This modified deviation is
effective from 12:01 a.m. January 6,
2018 to 11:59 p.m. February 2, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this
deviation, USCG–2017–1031, 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 Judy K. LeungYee, Bridge Management Specialist,
First District Bridge Branch, U.S. Coast
Guard; telephone 212–514–4336, email
Judy.K.Leung-Yee@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 21, 2017, the Coast Guard
published a temporary deviation
entitled ‘‘Drawbridge Operation
Regulation; Passaic River, Newark, NJ’’
in the Federal Register (82 FR 55322).
That temporary deviation allows the
bridge to be in the closed position from
November 20, 2017 through January 5,
2018.
The owner of the bridge, the New
Jersey Department of Transportation,
requested a modification of the
currently published deviation to extend
the bridge closure from 12:01 a.m.
January 6, 2018 to 11:59 p.m. February
2, 2018 in order to facilitate structural
steel repairs at the lift span.
The Routes 1 & 9 Bridge across the
Passaic River, mile 1.8, at Newark, New
Jersey is a vertical lift bridge with a
vertical clearance of 40 feet at mean
high water and 45 feet at mean low
water in the closed position. The
existing drawbridge operating
regulations are listed at 33 CFR
117.739(b).
The waterway users are seasonal
recreational vessels and commercial
vessels of various sizes. Coordination
with waterway users indicated no
objection to the proposed closure of the
draw. Vessels that can pass under the
bridge without an opening may do so at
all times. The bridge will not be able to
open for emergencies. There is no
alternate route for vessels to pass.
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The Coast Guard will also inform the
users of the waterways through our
Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners
of the change in operating schedule for
the bridge so vessel operators may
arrange their transits to minimize any
impact caused by the temporary
deviation.
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: December 21, 2017.
Christopher J. Bisignano,
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist,
First Coast Guard District.
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Ray, at (202) 418–0357, michael.ray@
fcc.gov. For additional information
concerning the Paperwork Reduction
Act information collection requirements
contained in this document, send an
email to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Report
and Order in WC Docket No. 17–84,
FCC 17–154, adopted November 16,
2017 and released November 29, 2017.
The full text of this document is
available for public inspection during
regular business hours in the FCC
Reference Information Center, Portals II,
445 12th Street SW, Room CY–A257,
Washington, DC 20554. It is available on
the Commission’s website at https://
apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/
FCC-17-154A1.docx.
Synopsis
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 1, 51, and 63
[WC Docket No. 17–84; FCC 17–154]
Accelerating Wireline Broadband
Deployment by Removing Barriers to
Infrastructure Investment
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, a Report
and Order takes a number of actions
aimed at removing unnecessary
regulatory barriers to the deployment of
high-speed broadband networks. The
Report and Order adopts pole
attachment reforms, changes to the
copper retirement and other network
change notification processes, and
changes to the section 214(a)
discontinuance application process. The
Commission adopted the Report and
Order in conjunction with a Declaratory
Ruling and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (FNPRM) in WC Docket No.
17–84, published elsewhere in this issue
of the Federal Register.
DATES: Effective January 29, 2018,
except for the amendments to 47 CFR
1.1424, 51.325, 51.329, 51.332, 51.333,
63.60, and 63.71, which contain
information collection requirements that
have not been approved by OMB. The
Federal Communications Commission
will publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wireline Competition Bureau,
Competition Policy Division, Michele
Berlove, at (202) 418–1477,
michele.berlove@fcc.gov, or Michael
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I. Introduction
1. Access to high-speed broadband is
an essential component of modern life,
providing unfettered access to
information and entertainment, an open
channel of communication to far-away
friends and relatives, and
unprecedented economic opportunity.
Technological innovation and private
investment have revolutionized
American communications networks in
recent years, making possible new and
better service offerings, and bringing the
promise of the digital revolution to more
Americans than ever before. As part of
this transformation, consumers are
increasingly moving away from
traditional telephone services provided
over copper wires and towards nextgeneration technologies using a variety
of transmission means, including
copper, fiber, and wireless spectrumbased services.
2. Despite this progress, too many
communities remain on the wrong side
of the digital divide, unable to take full
part in the benefits of the modern
information economy. To close that
digital divide, we seek to use every tool
available to us to accelerate the
deployment of advanced
communications networks. Accordingly,
today we embrace the transition to nextgeneration networks and the innovative
services they enable, and adopt a
number of important reforms aimed at
removing unnecessary regulatory
barriers to the deployment of high-speed
broadband networks.
3. By removing unnecessary
impediments to broadband deployment,
the regulatory reforms we adopt today
will enable carriers to more rapidly shift
resources away from maintaining
outdated legacy infrastructure and
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services and towards the construction of
next-generation broadband networks
bringing innovative new broadband
services. And by reducing the costs to
deploy high-speed broadband networks,
we make it more economically feasible
for carriers to extend the reach of their
networks, increasing competition among
broadband providers to communities
across the country. We expect
competition will include such benefits
as lower prices to consumers. We
anticipate taking additional action in
the future in this proceeding to further
facilitate broadband deployment.
II. Background
4. On April 20, 2017, the Commission
adopted a notice of proposed
rulemaking, notice of inquiry, and
request for comment (Wireless
Infrastructure NPRM) proposing and
seeking comment on a number of
actions designed to accelerate the
deployment of next-generation networks
and services by removing barriers to
infrastructure investment. See 82 FR
22453 (May 16, 2017). More specifically,
the Wireline Infrastructure NPRM
sought comment on: (1) Reforming the
Commission’s pole attachment rules to
make it easier, faster, and less costly to
access the poles, ducts, conduits, and
rights-of-way necessary for building out
next-generation networks; (2) changing
the process for retiring copper facilities
and making other network changes to
provide greater regulatory certainty and
better enable carriers to transition more
rapidly to modern networks; (3)
streamlining the regulatory process by
which carriers must obtain Commission
authorization to discontinue legacy
services so that scarce capital is free to
be spent on delivering modern,
innovative services; (4) using the
Commission’s preemption authority to
prevent the enforcement of state and
local laws that inhibit broadband
deployment; and (5) changing the
Commission’s legal interpretations to
clarify when carriers must ask for
permission to alter or discontinue a
service and, thereby, to reduce the
regulatory uncertainty that is costly and
burdensome to providers.
5. At the same time, the Commission’s
Broadband Deployment Advisory
Committee (BDAC), a federal advisory
committee chartered earlier this year, is
examining several of the issues raised in
the Wireline Infrastructure NPRM. The
BDAC is charged with providing the
Commission with recommendations on
how to accelerate the deployment of
high-speed internet access, or
‘‘broadband,’’ by reducing and/or
removing regulatory barriers to
infrastructure investment. Since being
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2017-1031]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Passaic River, Newark, NJ
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from drawbridge regulation;
modification.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has modified a temporary deviation from the
operating schedule that governs the Routes 1 & 9 (Lincoln Highway)
Bridge across the Passaic River, mile 1.8 at Newark, New Jersey. This
modified deviation extends the period the bridge may remain in the
closed-to-navigation position and is necessary to facilitate structural
steel repairs at the lift span.
DATES: This modified deviation is effective from 12:01 a.m. January 6,
2018 to 11:59 p.m. February 2, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2017-1031, 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 Judy K. Leung-Yee, Bridge Management
Specialist, First District Bridge Branch, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone
212-514-4336, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 21, 2017, the Coast Guard
published a temporary deviation entitled ``Drawbridge Operation
Regulation; Passaic River, Newark, NJ'' in the Federal Register (82 FR
55322). That temporary deviation allows the bridge to be in the closed
position from November 20, 2017 through January 5, 2018.
The owner of the bridge, the New Jersey Department of
Transportation, requested a modification of the currently published
deviation to extend the bridge closure from 12:01 a.m. January 6, 2018
to 11:59 p.m. February 2, 2018 in order to facilitate structural steel
repairs at the lift span.
The Routes 1 & 9 Bridge across the Passaic River, mile 1.8, at
Newark, New Jersey is a vertical lift bridge with a vertical clearance
of 40 feet at mean high water and 45 feet at mean low water in the
closed position. The existing drawbridge operating regulations are
listed at 33 CFR 117.739(b).
The waterway users are seasonal recreational vessels and commercial
vessels of various sizes. Coordination with waterway users indicated no
objection to the proposed closure of the draw. Vessels that can pass
under the bridge without an opening may do so at all times. The bridge
will not be able to open for emergencies. There is no alternate route
for vessels to pass.
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The Coast Guard will also inform the users of the waterways through
our Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the change in operating
schedule for the bridge so vessel operators may arrange their transits
to minimize any impact caused by the temporary deviation.
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: December 21, 2017.
Christopher J. Bisignano,
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-28008 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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