81 FR 22194 - Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Delaware River, Delair, NJ to Philadelphia, PA
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 73 (April 15, 2016)
Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 73 (April 15, 2016)
| Page Range | 22194-22194 | |
| FR Document | 2016-08690 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 22194] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-08690] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 117 [Docket No. USCG-2016-0228] Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Delaware River, Delair, NJ to Philadelphia, PA AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Delair Bridge across the Delaware River, mile 104.6, between Philadelphia PA and Delair, NJ. The deviation is necessary to perform bridge repairs. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation position. DATES: This deviation is effective from 5 a.m. on April 30, 2016 to 5 a.m. on June 11, 2016. ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0228] is available at http://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 Mrs. Traci Whitfield, Bridge Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard; telephone (757) 398- 6629, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Conrail, owner of the Delair Bridge, has requested a temporary deviation from the current operating regulation to perform urgent repairs by replacing wire ropes connecting the counterweights and the lift span. The bridge is a vertical lift-span bridge and has a vertical clearance in the closed position of 49 feet above mean high water. The current operating schedule is set out in 33 CFR 117.716. Under this temporary deviation, the bridge will remain in the closed-to- navigation position from 5 a.m. April 30, 2016 to 5 a.m. May 7, 2016; from 5 a.m. May 14, 2016 to 5 a.m. May 21, 2016; and from 5 a.m. June 4, 2016 to 5 a.m. June 11, 2016. The lift span will not be able to open since one counterweight will be detached until the end of the repair work. Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed position may do so at anytime. The bridge will not be able to open for emergencies and there is no immediate alternate route for vessels unable to pass through the bridge in the closed position. The rope replacement construction schedule was developed through the coordination with Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay and the Mariners' Advisory Committee for the Bay and River Delaware (MAC). 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: April 11, 2016. Hal R. Pitts, Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District. [FR Doc. 2016-08690 Filed 4-14-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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significant effect on the human (3) The ‘‘on-scene representative’’ of temporary deviation, the bridge will
environment. This rule involves the the COTP is any Coast Guard remain in the closed-to-navigation
establishment of a special local commissioned, warrant or petty officer position from 5 a.m. April 30, 2016 to
regulation and is therefore categorically or a Federal, State, or local law 5 a.m. May 7, 2016; from 5 a.m. May 14,
excluded from further review under enforcement officer designated by or 2016 to 5 a.m. May 21, 2016; and from
paragraph 34(h) of Figure 2–1 of the assisting the COTP to act on his behalf. 5 a.m. June 4, 2016 to 5 a.m. June 11,
Commandant Instruction. An Dated: March 25, 2016. 2016. The lift span will not be able to
environmental analysis checklist Scott B. Lemasters,
open since one counterweight will be
supporting this determination and a detached until the end of the repair
Captain, U. S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Categorical Exclusion Determination are Port Detroit.
work.
available in the docket where indicated Vessels able to pass through the
[FR Doc. 2016–08781 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am]
under ADDRESSES. We seek any bridge in the closed position may do so
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comments or information that may lead at anytime. The bridge will not be able
to the discovery of a significant to open for emergencies and there is no
environmental impact from this rule. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND immediate alternate route for vessels
SECURITY unable to pass through the bridge in the
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100
closed position. The rope replacement
Marine safety, Navigation (water), Coast Guard construction schedule was developed
Reporting and recordkeeping through the coordination with Coast
requirements, Waterways. 33 CFR Part 117 Guard Sector Delaware Bay and the
For the reasons discussed in the Mariners’ Advisory Committee for the
[Docket No. USCG–2016–0228] Bay and River Delaware (MAC). The
preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33
CFR part 100 as follows: Coast Guard will also inform the users
Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
of the waterways through our Local and
Delaware River, Delair, NJ to
PART 100—SAFETY OF LIFE ON Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the
Philadelphia, PA
NAVIGABLE WATERS change in operating schedule for the
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. bridge so that vessel operators can
■ 1. The authority citation for part 100 ACTION:Notice of deviation from arrange their transits to minimize any
continues to read as follows: drawbridge regulation. impact caused by the temporary
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233. deviation.
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35 (e),
■ 2. Add § 100.35T09–0208 to read as temporary deviation from the operating the drawbridge must return to its regular
follows: schedule that governs the Delair Bridge operating schedule immediately at the
§ 100.35T09–0208 Special Local
across the Delaware River, mile 104.6, end of the effective period of this
Regulation; Hebda Cup Rowing Regatta; between Philadelphia PA and Delair, NJ. temporary deviation. This deviation
Detroit River, Trenton Channel; Wyandotte, The deviation is necessary to perform from the operating regulations is
MI. bridge repairs. This deviation allows the authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
(a) Regulated area. A regulated area is bridge to remain in the closed-to-
Dated: April 11, 2016.
established to encompass the following navigation position.
Hal R. Pitts,
waterway: All waters of the Detroit DATES: This deviation is effective from
5 a.m. on April 30, 2016 to 5 a.m. on Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard
River, Trenton Channel between the District.
following two lines going from bank-to- June 11, 2016.
[FR Doc. 2016–08690 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am]
bank: The first line is drawn directly ADDRESSES: The docket for this
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across the channel from position deviation, [USCG–2016–0228] is
42°11.0′ N., 083°9.4′ W. (NAD 83); the available at http://www.regulations.gov.
second line, to the north, is drawn Type the docket number in the
directly across the channel from ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH’’. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
position 42°11.7′ N., 083°8.9′ W. (NAD Click on Open Docket Folder on the line AGENCY
83). associated with this deviation.
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
(b) Effective period. This section is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
effective and will be enforced from 7:30 you have questions on this temporary [EPA–R09–OAR–2014–0636; FRL–9944–93–
a.m. until 3 p.m. on April 30, 2016. deviation, call or email Mrs. Traci Region 9]
(c) Regulations. (1) Vessels transiting Whitfield, Bridge Administration
Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle
through the regulated area are to Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard;
Emissions Budgets in Submitted PM2.5
maintain the minimum speeds for safe telephone (757) 398–6629, email
Moderate Area Plan for San Joaquin
navigation. Traci.G.Whitfield@uscg.mil.
Valley; California
(2) Vessel operators desiring to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Conrail,
operate in the regulated area must owner of the Delair Bridge, has AGENCY: Environmental Protection
contact the Coast Guard Patrol requested a temporary deviation from Agency (EPA).
Commander to obtain permission to do the current operating regulation to ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
so. The Captain of the Port Detroit perform urgent repairs by replacing wire
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(COTP) or his on-scene representative ropes connecting the counterweights SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
may be contacted via VHF Channel 16 and the lift span. The bridge is a vertical Agency (EPA) is notifying the public
or at 313–568–9560. Vessel operators lift-span bridge and has a vertical that the Agency has found that the
given permission to operate within the clearance in the closed position of 49 motor vehicle emissions budgets
regulated area must comply with all feet above mean high water. (MVEBs or ‘‘budgets’’) for the years 2014
directions given to them by the COTP or The current operating schedule is set and 2017 in the San Joaquin Valley
his on-scene representative. out in 33 CFR 117.716. Under this Moderate Area Plan, as revised in a
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Rules and Regulations | |
| Action | Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation. | |
| Dates | This deviation is effective from 5 a.m. on April 30, 2016 to 5 a.m. on June 11, 2016. | |
| Contact | If you have questions on this temporary deviation, call or email Mrs. Traci Whitfield, Bridge Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard; telephone (757) 398- 6629, email [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 22194 |
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