82 FR 10444 - Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Sarasota, FL

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 28 (February 13, 2017)

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The Coast Guard proposes to modify the operating schedule of four bridges across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; Stickney Point, mile 68.6, Siesta Drive, mile 71.6, Cortez, mile, 87.4 and Anna Maria, mile 89.2, Drawbridges, Sarasota, FL. The request was made to the Coast Guard to change the operation of four drawbridges due to an increase in vehicle traffic throughout these areas at all times of the year. This proposed rulemaking would change the bridges' operating schedule from a three times an hour opening schedule to a twice an hour opening schedule throughout the year.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0330]
RIN 1625-AA09


Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, 
Sarasota, FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to modify the operating schedule of 
four bridges across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; Stickney Point, 
mile 68.6, Siesta Drive, mile 71.6, Cortez, mile, 87.4 and Anna Maria, 
mile 89.2, Drawbridges, Sarasota, FL. The request was made to the Coast 
Guard to change the operation of four drawbridges due to an increase in 
vehicle traffic throughout these areas at all times of the year. This 
proposed rulemaking would change the bridges' operating schedule from a 
three times an hour opening schedule to a twice an hour opening 
schedule throughout the year.

DATES: All comments and related material must be received by the Coast 
Guard on or before April 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES:  You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2016-0330 using Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for 
instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
proposed rule, call or email, LT Ashley Holm, Coast Guard Sector St 
Petersburg, Florida; telephone (813) 228-2191 x8105, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations

CFR Code of Federal Regulations
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
Pub. L. Public Law
Sec.  Section
U.S.C. United States Code

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II. Background, Purpose and Legal Basis

    The Metropolitan Planning Office for Sarasota and Manatee Counties, 
along with the concurrence of the local mayors, have requested that the 
Coast Guard consider changing the bridge operating regulations for four 
bridges in this area to allow for the increase of vehicular traffic 
which is no longer associated with just the tourist season as in the 
past. For this reason, the Coast Guard is proposing to change the four 
bridge schedules to provide for both the reasonable needs of navigation 
and those of land transportation. The bridge owner, Florida Department 
of Transportation, concurs with these recommendations.
    The current operating schedule for the Stickney Point Bridge, Gulf 
Intracoastal Waterway (GICW) mile 68.6, South Sarasota, Florida, opens 
on demand per 33 CFR 117.5. This bridge has a vertical clearance of 18 
feet in the closed position and a horizontal clearance of 90 feet 
between fenders. This proposed rulemaking recommends that this bridge 
be changed to a twice an hour schedule from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, 
opening on the hour and half-hour.
    The current operating regulation of the Siesta Drive Bridge, mile 
71.6 at Sarasota, Florida is published in 33 CFR 117.287(c). This 
bridge has a vertical clearance of 25 feet in the closed position and a 
horizontal clearance of 90 feet between fenders. This proposed 
rulemaking recommends that this drawbridge be changed to a twice an 
hour schedule from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, opening on the quarter hour 
and three-quarter hour.
    The current operating regulation of the Cortez (SR 684) Bridge, 
mile 87.4, is published in 33 CFR 117.287(d)(1). This drawbridge has a 
vertical clearance of 22 feet in the closed position and a horizontal 
clearance of 90 feet between fenders. This proposed rulemaking 
recommends that this drawbridge be changed to a twice an hour schedule 
from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, opening on the hour and half-hour.
    The current operating regulation of the Anna Maria (SR 64) (Manatee 
Avenue West) Bridge, mile 89.2, is published in 33 CFR 117.287(d)(2). 
This drawbridge has a vertical clearance of 24 feet in the closed 
position and a horizontal clearance of 90 feet between fenders. This 
proposed rulemaking recommends that this drawbridge be changed to a 
twice an hour schedule from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, opening on the hour 
and half-hour.

III. Discussion of Proposed Rule

    The Coast Guard proposes to amend the regulations of four 
drawbridges across the GCIW in the Sarasota County, Florida area. The 
proposed rulemakings would allow the bridges to open twice an hour 
rather than three times an hour or on-demand depending on the bridge to 
assist in reducing vehicular traffic problems.
    This rule proposes to amend 33 CFR 117.287 as follows:
    The Stickney Point Bridge, GICW mile 68.6, South Sarasota, Florida, 
will be added as paragraph (c)(1). This proposed rulemaking recommends 
that this bridge be changed to a twice an hour schedule from 6 a.m. to 
7 p.m. daily, opening on the hour and half-hour. This will align this 
bridge's schedule with the opening schedule of the other bridges to the 
north.
    The Siesta Drive Bridge, mile 71.6, at Sarasota, Florida, will be 
added as (c)(2). This proposed rulemaking recommends that this bridge 
be changed to a twice an hour schedule from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, 
opening on the quarter hour and three-quarter hour. This will align 
this bridge's schedule with the opening schedule of the other bridges 
to the north and south.
    Paragraph (d)(1) will be amended so that the Cortez (SR 684) 
Bridge, mile 87.4, opens twice an hour from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, 
opening on the quarter hour and three-quarter hour. This will align 
this bridge's schedule with the opening schedule of the other bridges 
to the north and south.
    Paragraph (d)(2) will be amended so that the Anna Maria (SR 64) 
(Manatee Avenue West) Bridge, mile 89.2, opens twice an hour from 6 
a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, opening on the quarter hour and three-quarter 
hour. This will align this bridge's schedule with the opening schedule 
of the other bridges to the south.
    These proposed changes will meet the reasonable needs of vessel 
traffic passing through the bridges while taking into account the 
reasonable needs of other modes of transportation.

IV. Regulatory Analyses

    We developed this proposed rule after considering numerous statutes 
and Executive Orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our 
analyses based on these statutes and Executive Orders.

A. Regulatory Planning and Review

    Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess the 
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if 
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize 
net benefits. Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of 
quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing 
rules, and of promoting flexibility. This NPRM has not been designated 
a ``significant regulatory action,'' under Executive Order 12866. 
Accordingly, the NPRM has not been reviewed by the Office of Management 
and Budget.
    This regulation change will not have a significant impact on 
navigation in this area as these proposed schedules will allow for 
vessels to pass through these bridges with minimum disruption. This 
regulatory action determination is further based on the ability that 
this meets the reasonable needs of both navigation and other modes of 
transportation. Vessels not requiring an opening may pass at any time.

B. Impact on Small Entities

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601-612, as 
amended, requires federal agencies to consider the potential impact of 
regulations on small entities during rulemaking. The term ``small 
entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations 
that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their 
fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 
50,000. The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b), that this 
proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities.
    While some owners or operators of vessels intending to transit the 
bridge may be small entities, for the reasons stated in section IV.A 
above this proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact 
on any vessel owner or operator.
    If you think that your business, organization, or governmental 
jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity and that this rule would have 
a significant economic impact on it, please submit a comment (see 
ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it qualifies and how and to what 
degree this rule would economically affect it.
    Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we want to assist small 
entities in understanding this proposed rule. If the rule would affect 
your small business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction and you 
have questions concerning its provisions or options for compliance, 
please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section. The Coast Guard will

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not retaliate against small entities that question or complain about 
this proposed rule or any policy or action of the Coast Guard.

C. Collection of Information

    This proposed rule would call for no new collection of information 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).

D. Federalism and Indian Tribal Government

    A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132, 
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on the States, on the 
relationship between the national government and the States, or on the 
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of 
government. We have analyzed this proposed rule under that Order and 
have determined that it is consistent with the fundamental federalism 
principles and preemption requirements described in Executive Order 
13132.
    Also, this proposed rule does not have tribal implications under 
Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal 
Governments, because it would not have a substantial direct effect on 
one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal 
Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes. If 
you believe this proposed rule has implications for federalism or 
Indian tribes, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section.

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538) 
requires Federal Agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary 
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may 
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or tribal government, in 
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 (adjusted for 
inflation) or more in any one year. Though this proposed rule will not 
result in such an expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this 
proposed rule elsewhere in this preamble.

F. Environment

    We have analyzed this proposed rule under Department of Homeland 
Security Management Directive 023-01 and Commandant Instruction 
M16475.lD, which guides the Coast Guard in complying with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have made 
a preliminary determination that this action is one of a category of 
actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant 
effect on the human environment. This proposed rule simply promulgates 
the operating regulations or procedures for drawbridges. Normally such 
actions are categorically excluded from further review, under paragraph 
32(e) of Figure 2-1 of Commandant Instruction M16475.1D.
    Under paragraph 32(e) of Figure 2-1 of Commandant Instruction 
M16475.1D, an environmental analysis checklist and a categorical 
exclusion determination are not required for this rule. We seek any 
comments or information that may lead to the discovery of a significant 
environmental impact from this proposed rule.

V. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We view public participation as essential to effective rulemaking, 
and will consider all comments and material received during the comment 
period. Your comment can help shape the outcome of this rulemaking. If 
you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this 
rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to which 
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or 
recommendation.
    We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be 
submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate 
instructions.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the 
docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal 
Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal 
Register (70 FR 15086).
    Documents mentioned in this NPRM as being available in the docket, 
and all public comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that Web site's 
instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online docket and sign up 
for email alerts, you will be notified when comments are posted or a 
final rule is published.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117

    Bridges.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard proposes 
to amend 33 CFR part 117 as follows:

PART 117--DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION REGULATIONS

0
1. The authority citation for part 117 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05-1; and Department of 
Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

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2. Amend Sec.  117.287 by revising paragraphs (c), (d)(1), and (d)(2) 
as follows:


Sec.  117.287   Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

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    (c)(1) The Stickney Point Bridge, GICW mile 68.6, South Sarasota, 
Florida shall open on signal, except that from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily, 
the draw need only open on the hour and half-hour.
    (c)(2) The draw of the Siesta Drive Bridge, mile 71.6 at Sarasota, 
Florida shall open on signal, except that from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily, 
the draw need only open on the hour and half-hour.
    (d)(1) The draw of the Cortez (SR 684) Bridge, mile 87.4. The draw 
shall open on signal, except that from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily, the 
draw need only open on the quarter hour and three-quarter hour.
    (d)(2) The draw of the Anna Maria (SR 64) (Manatee Avenue West) 
Bridge, mile 89.2. The draw shall open on signal, except that from 6 
a.m. to 7 p.m., daily, the draw need only open on the quarter hour and 
three-quarter hour.
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S.A. Buschman,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard 
District.
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Pests, Pathogens, and Biocontrol AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0076]
Permits Branch, Plant Health Programs, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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Provisions
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Inspection Service, USDA. On January 19, 2017, we published in Siesta Drive, mile 71.6, Cortez, mile,
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the Federal Register (82 FR 6980–7005, 87.4 and Anna Maria, mile 89.2,
comment period. Docket No. APHIS–2008–0076) a Drawbridges, Sarasota, FL. The request
proposal to revise our regulations was made to the Coast Guard to change
SUMMARY: We are extending the regarding the movement of plant pests the operation of four drawbridges due to
comment period for our proposed rule to propose criteria regarding the an increase in vehicle traffic throughout
that would revise our regulations movement and environmental release of these areas at all times of the year. This
regarding the movement of plant pests biological control organisms and to proposed rulemaking would change the
to propose criteria regarding the establish regulations to allow the bridges’ operating schedule from a three
movement and environmental release of importation and movement in interstate times an hour opening schedule to a
biological control organisms, and to commerce of certain types of plant pests twice an hour opening schedule
establish regulations to allow the throughout the year.
without restriction by granting
importation and movement in interstate
exceptions from permitting DATES: All comments and related
commerce of certain types of plant pests
requirements for those pests. We also material must be received by the Coast
without restriction by granting
proposed to revise our regulations Guard on or before April 14, 2017.
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proposal would also revise our Comments on the proposed rule were identified by docket number USCG–
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II. Background, Purpose and Legal III. Discussion of Proposed Rule necessary, to select regulatory
Basis The Coast Guard proposes to amend approaches that maximize net benefits.
the regulations of four drawbridges Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the
The Metropolitan Planning Office for importance of quantifying both costs
Sarasota and Manatee Counties, along across the GCIW in the Sarasota County,
Florida area. The proposed rulemakings and benefits, of reducing costs, of
with the concurrence of the local harmonizing rules, and of promoting
mayors, have requested that the Coast would allow the bridges to open twice
flexibility. This NPRM has not been
Guard consider changing the bridge an hour rather than three times an hour
designated a ‘‘significant regulatory
operating regulations for four bridges in or on-demand depending on the bridge
action,’’ under Executive Order 12866.
this area to allow for the increase of to assist in reducing vehicular traffic
Accordingly, the NPRM has not been
vehicular traffic which is no longer problems.
reviewed by the Office of Management
associated with just the tourist season as This rule proposes to amend 33 CFR
and Budget.
in the past. For this reason, the Coast 117.287 as follows: This regulation change will not have
Guard is proposing to change the four The Stickney Point Bridge, GICW mile a significant impact on navigation in
bridge schedules to provide for both the 68.6, South Sarasota, Florida, will be this area as these proposed schedules
added as paragraph (c)(1). This will allow for vessels to pass through
reasonable needs of navigation and
proposed rulemaking recommends that these bridges with minimum disruption.
those of land transportation. The bridge
this bridge be changed to a twice an This regulatory action determination is
owner, Florida Department of
hour schedule from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. further based on the ability that this
Transportation, concurs with these
daily, opening on the hour and half- meets the reasonable needs of both
recommendations.
hour. This will align this bridge’s navigation and other modes of
The current operating schedule for the schedule with the opening schedule of transportation. Vessels not requiring an
Stickney Point Bridge, Gulf Intracoastal the other bridges to the north. opening may pass at any time.
Waterway (GICW) mile 68.6, South The Siesta Drive Bridge, mile 71.6, at
Sarasota, Florida, opens on demand per Sarasota, Florida, will be added as B. Impact on Small Entities
33 CFR 117.5. This bridge has a vertical (c)(2). This proposed rulemaking The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980
clearance of 18 feet in the closed recommends that this bridge be changed (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601–612, as amended,
position and a horizontal clearance of to a twice an hour schedule from 6 a.m. requires federal agencies to consider the
90 feet between fenders. This proposed to 7 p.m. daily, opening on the quarter potential impact of regulations on small
rulemaking recommends that this bridge hour and three-quarter hour. This will entities during rulemaking. The term
be changed to a twice an hour schedule align this bridge’s schedule with the ‘‘small entities’’ comprises small
from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, opening on opening schedule of the other bridges to businesses, not-for-profit organizations
the hour and half-hour. the north and south. that are independently owned and
The current operating regulation of Paragraph (d)(1) will be amended so operated and are not dominant in their
the Siesta Drive Bridge, mile 71.6 at that the Cortez (SR 684) Bridge, mile fields, and governmental jurisdictions
Sarasota, Florida is published in 33 CFR 87.4, opens twice an hour from 6 a.m. with populations of less than 50,000.
117.287(c). This bridge has a vertical to 7 p.m. daily, opening on the quarter The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C.
clearance of 25 feet in the closed hour and three-quarter hour. This will 605(b), that this proposed rule would
position and a horizontal clearance of align this bridge’s schedule with the not have a significant economic impact
90 feet between fenders. This proposed opening schedule of the other bridges to on a substantial number of small
rulemaking recommends that this the north and south. entities.
drawbridge be changed to a twice an Paragraph (d)(2) will be amended so While some owners or operators of
hour schedule from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. that the Anna Maria (SR 64) (Manatee vessels intending to transit the bridge
daily, opening on the quarter hour and Avenue West) Bridge, mile 89.2, opens may be small entities, for the reasons
three-quarter hour. twice an hour from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. stated in section IV.A above this
daily, opening on the quarter hour and proposed rule would not have a
The current operating regulation of
three-quarter hour. This will align this significant economic impact on any
the Cortez (SR 684) Bridge, mile 87.4, is
bridge’s schedule with the opening vessel owner or operator.
published in 33 CFR 117.287(d)(1). This If you think that your business,
schedule of the other bridges to the
drawbridge has a vertical clearance of organization, or governmental
south.
22 feet in the closed position and a jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity
These proposed changes will meet the
horizontal clearance of 90 feet between and that this rule would have a
reasonable needs of vessel traffic
fenders. This proposed rulemaking significant economic impact on it,
passing through the bridges while taking
recommends that this drawbridge be please submit a comment (see
into account the reasonable needs of
changed to a twice an hour schedule ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it
other modes of transportation.
from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, opening on qualifies and how and to what degree
the hour and half-hour. IV. Regulatory Analyses this rule would economically affect it.
The current operating regulation of We developed this proposed rule after Under section 213(a) of the Small
the Anna Maria (SR 64) (Manatee considering numerous statutes and Business Regulatory Enforcement
Avenue West) Bridge, mile 89.2, is Executive Orders related to rulemaking. Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121),
published in 33 CFR 117.287(d)(2). This Below we summarize our analyses we want to assist small entities in
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drawbridge has a vertical clearance of based on these statutes and Executive understanding this proposed rule. If the
24 feet in the closed position and a Orders. rule would affect your small business,
horizontal clearance of 90 feet between organization, or governmental
fenders. This proposed rulemaking A. Regulatory Planning and Review jurisdiction and you have questions
recommends that this drawbridge be Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 concerning its provisions or options for
changed to a twice an hour schedule direct agencies to assess the costs and compliance, please contact the person
from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, opening on benefits of available regulatory listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
the hour and half-hour. alternatives and, if regulation is CONTACT section. The Coast Guard will

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Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Notice of proposed rulemaking.
Dates		All comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before April 14, 2017.
Contact		If you have questions about this proposed rule, call or email, LT Ashley Holm, Coast Guard Sector St Petersburg, Florida; telephone (813) 228-2191 x8105, email [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 10444
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