80 FR 16280 - Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Snake Creek, Islamorada, FL
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 59 (March 27, 2015)
Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 59 (March 27, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-06949 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 16280-16281] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-06949] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 117 [Docket No. USCG-2015-0046] Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Snake Creek, Islamorada, FL AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Snake Creek Bridge across Snake Creek, at Islamorada, FL. This deviation will test a change to the drawbridge operation schedule to determine whether a permanent change to the schedule is needed. This deviation will allow Snake Creek Bridge to open once an hour between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Local officials are requesting this action to assist in reducing traffic caused by bridge openings. DATES: This deviation is effective without actual notice from March 27, 2015 to 6 p.m. on July 14, 2015. For the purposes of enforcement, actual notice will be used from 8 a.m. on March 16, 2015, until March 27, 2015. Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before September 14, 2015. Requests for public meetings must be received by the Coast Guard on or before July 14, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG- 2015-0046 using any one of the following methods: (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://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 three methods. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this temporary deviation, call or email Coast Guard Sector Key West Waterways Management Division; telephone 305-292-8772, email [email protected]. 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 http://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-2015-0046), 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 (http://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 http://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 [[Page 16281]] 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-2015- 0046] 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 http://www.regulations.gov, type the docket number (USCG-2015-0046) 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 As of now, we do not plan to hold a public meeting. You may submit a request for one using one of the three 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 The Snake Creek Bridge in Islamorada, Florida, owned by the Florida Department of Transportation, has a vertical clearance of 27 feet in the closed position. The normal operating schedule as published in 33 CFR 117.331 is--``The draw of the Snake Creek bridge, at Islamorada, Florida, shall open on signal, except that from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the draw need open only on the hour and half-hour.'' This schedule has been in effect since 2001. For the following reasons the Coast Guard is testing a new schedule for the Snake Creek Bridge: 1. As reported by village and city councils, vessel traffic has negatively impacted Islamorada and surrounding communities. This temporary deviation is intended to test a new bridge operation schedule to reduce vehicular traffic caused by bridge openings during peak travel times. 2. On January 8-10, 2013, the Florida Department of Transportation conducted a traffic monitoring study 1400 feet south of the Snake Creek Bridge on US-1. The study found peak traffic volumes occurring at 08:45 a.m. and between 12:15 p.m. and 15:15 p.m. The types of vessels navigating Snake Creek include sport fishing vessels and catamaran sailboats. This deviation is effective from 8 a.m. on March 16, 2015 until 6 p.m. on July 14, 2015. This deviation will allow the Snake Creek Bridge in Islamorada, Florida to open on the top of the hour from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. During the test deviation, vessels may signal the bridge to open on the top of the hour from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Any vessel that can safely transit under the Snake Creek Bridge while closed may continue to navigate under the bridge during this deviation. As an alternate route, vessel operators may consider the use of Channel Five, a navigable channel above Long Key, Florida 5.7 nautical miles southwest of Snake Creek Bridge. The fixed US-1 bridge has a vertical clearance of 65 feet. In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to its regular operating schedule immediately at the end of this temporary deviation's effective period. This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. Dated: March 6, 2015. Barry Dragon, U.S. Coast Guard, Bridge Administrator, Seventh Coast Guard District. 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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a vessels ranging from commercial tug ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
temporary deviation from the operating and barge to small pleasure craft. identified by docket number USCG–
schedule that governs the Broadway Vessels able to pass through the 2015–0046 using any one of the
Bridge across the Willamette River, mile bridge in the closed positions may do so following methods:
11.7, at Portland, OR. The deviation is at any time. The bridge will be able to (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
necessary to accommodate the Portland open for emergencies and there is no http://www.regulations.gov.
Race for the Roses event. This deviation immediate alternate route for vessels to (2) Fax: 202–493–2251.
allows the bridge to remain in the down, pass. The Coast Guard will also inform (3) Mail or Delivery: Docket
or closed, position to facilitate the safe the users of the waterways through our Management Facility (M–30), U.S.
movement of event participants across Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners Department of Transportation, West
the bridge. of the change in operating schedule for Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
DATES: This deviation is effective from the bridge so that vessels can arrange 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
4 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on April 19, 2015. their transits to minimize any impact Washington, DC 20590–0001. Deliveries
ADDRESSES: The docket for this caused by the temporary deviation. accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
deviation, [USCG–2015–0205] is In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), Monday through Friday, except federal
available at http://www.regulations.gov. the drawbridge must return to its regular holidays. The telephone number is 202–
Type the docket number in the operating schedule immediately at the 366–9329.
‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ end of the effective period of this See the ‘‘Public Participation and
Click on Open Docket Folder on the line temporary deviation. This deviation Request for Comments’’ portion of the
associated with this deviation. You may from the operating regulations is SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
also visit the Docket Management authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. below for instructions on submitting
Facility in Room W12–140 on the Dated: March 23, 2015. comments. To avoid duplication, please
ground floor of the Department of Steven M. Fischer, use only one of these three methods.
Transportation West Building, 1200 Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, District. you have questions on this temporary
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., [FR Doc. 2015–07020 Filed 3–26–15; 8:45 am] deviation, call or email Coast Guard
Monday through Friday, except Federal BILLING CODE 9110–04–P Sector Key West Waterways
holidays. Management Division; telephone 305–
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 292–8772, email D07-DG-SECKW-
you have questions on this temporary DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND WaterwaysManagement@uscg.mil. If
deviation, call or email Mr. Steven SECURITY you have questions on viewing or
Fischer, Bridge Administrator, submitting material to the docket, call
Thirteenth Coast Guard District; Coast Guard Cheryl Collins, Program Manager,
telephone 206–220–7282, email Docket Operations, telephone 202–366–
Steven.M.Fischer@uscg.mil. If you have 33 CFR Part 117
9826.
questions on viewing the docket, call [Docket No. USCG–2015–0046] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Cheryl Collins, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– Drawbridge Operation Regulations; A. Public Participation and Request for
9826. Snake Creek, Islamorada, FL Comments
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. We encourage you to participate in
Multnomah County requested that the ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation this rulemaking by submitting
Broadway Bascule Bridge remain closed from regulations; request for comments. comments and related materials. All
to vessel traffic to facilitate the safe, comments received will be posted,
uninterrupted roadway passage of SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a without change, to http://
participants in the Portland Race for the temporary deviation from the operating www.regulations.gov and will include
Roses event. The Broadway Bridge schedule that governs the Snake Creek any personal information you have
crosses the Willamette River at mile Bridge across Snake Creek, at provided.
11.7 and provides 90 feet of vertical Islamorada, FL. This deviation will test
a change to the drawbridge operation 1. Submitting Comments
clearance above Columbia River Datum
0.0 while in the closed-to-navigation schedule to determine whether a If you submit a comment, please
position. permanent change to the schedule is include the docket number for this
Under normal conditions, this bridge needed. This deviation will allow Snake rulemaking (USCG–2015–0046),
operates in accordance with 33 CFR Creek Bridge to open once an hour indicate the specific section of this
117.897, which allows for the bridge to between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Local document to which each comment
remain closed between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. officials are requesting this action to applies, and provide a reason for each
and 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through assist in reducing traffic caused by suggestion or recommendation. You
Friday and also requires advance bridge openings. may submit your comments and
notification when a bridge opening is DATES: This deviation is effective material online (http://
needed. This deviation allows the without actual notice from March 27, www.regulations.gov), or by fax, mail or
bascule span of the Broadway Bridge 2015 to 6 p.m. on July 14, 2015. For the hand delivery, but please use only one
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with RULES
across the Willamette River, mile 11.7, purposes of enforcement, actual notice of these means. If you submit a
to remain in the closed-to-navigation will be used from 8 a.m. on March 16, comment online via http://
position and need not open for maritime 2015, until March 27, 2015. www.regulations.gov, it will be
traffic from 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. April Comments and related material must considered received by the Coast Guard
19, 2015. The bridge shall operate in be received by the Coast Guard on or when you successfully transmit the
accordance to 33 CFR 117.897 at all before September 14, 2015. Requests for comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or
other times. Waterway usage on this public meetings must be received by the mail your comment, it will be
stretch of the Willamette River includes Coast Guard on or before July 14, 2015. considered as having been received by
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the Coast Guard when it is received at B. Basis and Purpose DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
the Docket Management Facility. We SECURITY
The Snake Creek Bridge in
recommend that you include your name
Islamorada, Florida, owned by the Coast Guard
and a mailing address, an email address,
Florida Department of Transportation,
or a phone number in the body of your
has a vertical clearance of 27 feet in the 33 CFR Part 165
document so that we can contact you if
closed position. The normal operating
we have questions regarding your [Docket Number USCG–2015–0189]
schedule as published in 33 CFR
submission.
117.331 is—‘‘The draw of the Snake RIN 1625–AA00
To submit your comment online, type Creek bridge, at Islamorada, Florida,
the docket number [USCG–2015–0046] shall open on signal, except that from Safety Zone; Vessel Fire and Escort,
in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the draw need open Port of New York, NJ, NY
‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on ‘‘Submit a only on the hour and half-hour.’’ This
Comment’’ on the line associated with schedule has been in effect since 2001. AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
this rulemaking. If you submit your For the following reasons the Coast ACTION: Temporary final rule.
comments by mail or hand delivery, Guard is testing a new schedule for the
submit them in an unbound format, no SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is
Snake Creek Bridge: establishing a temporary safety zone on
larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 1. As reported by village and city
copying and electronic filing. If you the navigable waters of the Port of New
councils, vessel traffic has negatively York for the transit of the M/V GREY
submit them by mail and would like to impacted Islamorada and surrounding
know that they reached the Facility, SHARK. This action is necessary to
communities. This temporary deviation provide for the safety of life on
please enclose a stamped, self-addressed is intended to test a new bridge
postcard or envelope. We will consider navigable waters during the transit of
operation schedule to reduce vehicular the vessel in distress due to a shipboard
all comments and material received traffic caused by bridge openings during
during the comment period and may fire and ongoing damage control
peak travel times. operations. Entering into, transiting
change the rule based on your
comments. 2. On January 8–10, 2013, the Florida through, remaining, anchoring or
Department of Transportation mooring within this safety zone is
2. Viewing Comments and Documents conducted a traffic monitoring study prohibited unless authorized by the
1400 feet south of the Snake Creek Captain of the Port (COTP) New York.
To view comments, as well as Bridge on US–1. The study found peak DATES: This rule is effective without
documents mentioned in this preamble traffic volumes occurring at 08:45 a.m. actual notice from March 27, 2015 until
as being available in the docket, go to and between 12:15 p.m. and 15:15 p.m. April 1, 2015. For the purposes of
http://www.regulations.gov, type the The types of vessels navigating Snake enforcement, actual notice will be used
docket number (USCG–2015–0046) in Creek include sport fishing vessels and from the date the rule was signed,
the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click catamaran sailboats. March 18, 2015 until April 1, 2015.
‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket
This deviation is effective from 8 a.m. ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in
Folder on the line associated with this
on March 16, 2015 until 6 p.m. on July this preamble are part of docket [USCG–
rulemaking. You may also visit the
14, 2015. This deviation will allow the 2015–0189]. To view documents
Docket Management Facility in Room
Snake Creek Bridge in Islamorada, mentioned in this preamble as being
W12–140 on the ground floor of the
Florida to open on the top of the hour available in the docket, go to http://
Department of Transportation West
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.regulations.gov, type the docket
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. During the test deviation, vessels may number in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, signal the bridge to open on the top of ‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket
except Federal holidays. the hour from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Folder on the line associated with this
Any vessel that can safely transit rulemaking. You may also visit the
3. Privacy Act under the Snake Creek Bridge while Docket Management Facility in Room
closed may continue to navigate under W12–140 on the ground floor of the
Anyone can search the electronic the bridge during this deviation. Department of Transportation West
form of comments received into any of Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
our dockets by the name of the As an alternate route, vessel operators
may consider the use of Channel Five, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
individual submitting the comment (or and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
signing the comment, if submitted on a navigable channel above Long Key,
Florida 5.7 nautical miles southwest of except Federal holidays.
behalf of an association, business, labor FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Snake Creek Bridge. The fixed US–1
bridge has a vertical clearance of 65 feet. you have questions on this rule, contact
Act notice regarding our public dockets LT Douglas Neumann, Waterways
in the January 17, 2008, issue of the In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e),
the drawbridge must return to its regular Management Division, Coast Guard
Federal Register (73 FR 3316). Sector New York, (718) 354–4154,
operating schedule immediately at the
4. Public Meeting end of this temporary deviation’s Douglas.W.Neumann@uscg.mil. If you
effective period. This deviation from the have questions on viewing or submitting
As of now, we do not plan to hold a operating regulations is authorized material to the docket, call Cheryl
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with RULES
public meeting. You may submit a under 33 CFR 117.35. Collins, Program Manager, Docket
request for one using one of the three Operations, telephone (202) 366–9826.
methods specified under ADDRESSES. Dated: March 6, 2015.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Please explain why one would be Barry Dragon,
beneficial. If we determine that one U.S. Coast Guard, Bridge Administrator, Table of Acronyms
would aid this rulemaking, we will hold Seventh Coast Guard District.
COTP Captain of the Port
one at a time and place announced by [FR Doc. 2015–06949 Filed 3–26–15; 8:45 am] DHS Department of Homeland Security
a later notice in the Federal Register. BILLING CODE 9110–04–P FR Federal Register
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| Section | Rules and Regulations | |
| Action | Notice of temporary deviation from regulations; request for comments. | |
| Dates | This deviation is effective without actual notice from March 27, 2015 to 6 p.m. on July 14, 2015. For the purposes of enforcement, actual notice will be used from 8 a.m. on March 16, 2015, until March 27, 2015. | |
| Contact | If you have questions on this temporary deviation, call or email Coast Guard Sector Key West Waterways Management Division; telephone 305-292-8772, email D07-DG- [email protected] If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 16280 |
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