82 FR 19322 - Drawbridge Operation Regulation; York River, Yorktown, VA
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 80 (April 27, 2017)
Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 80 (April 27, 2017)
| Page Range | 19322-19322 | |
| FR Document | 2017-08503 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 80 (Thursday, April 27, 2017)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 19322] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08503] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 117 [Docket No. USCG-2017-0245] Drawbridge Operation Regulation; York River, Yorktown, VA 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 Coleman Memorial (US 17) Bridge which carries US 17 across the York River, mile 7.0, at Yorktown, VA. The deviation is necessary to facilitate bridge maintenance. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation position. DATES: The deviation is effective from 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 7, 2017, through 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 14, 2017. ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2017-0245] 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 Mr. Michael Thorogood, Bridge Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard, telephone 757-398- 6557, email [email protected]. SUPPLMENTARY INFORMATION: The Virginia Department of Transportation, owner and operator of the Coleman Memorial (US 17) Bridge, that carries US 17 across the York River, mile 7.0, at Yorktown, VA, has requested a temporary deviation from the current published schedule to test the manual operating capabilities of each swing span of the drawbridge. The bridge has a vertical clearance of 60 feet above mean high water (MHW) in the closed position and unlimited vertical clearance in the open position. The current operating schedule is set out in 33 CFR 117.1025. Under this temporary deviation, the bridge will be in the closed-to- navigation position from 5:30 a.m. to 8 a.m., on Sunday, May 7, 2017; with an alternative date on Sunday, May 14, 2017. The York River is used by a variety of vessels including recreational, tug and barge traffic, fishing vessels, and small commercial vessels. The Coast Guard has carefully coordinated the restrictions with waterway users in publishing this temporary deviation. Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed-to-navigation position may do so at any time. The bridge will be able to open for emergencies, if at least 30 minutes notice is given, and there is no immediate alternative route for vessels unable to pass through the bridge in the closed position. The Coast Guard will also inform the users of the waterway through our Local Notice 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 21, 2017. Hal R. Pitts, Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District. [FR Doc. 2017-08503 Filed 4-26-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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normal operating schedule to facilitate a maintenance. This deviation allows the end of the effective period of this
public fireworks event. bridge to remain in the closed-to- temporary deviation. This deviation
The Long Beach Bridge, mile 4.7, navigation position. from the operating regulations is
across Reynolds Channel, has a vertical DATES: The deviation is effective from authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
clearance of 22 feet at mean high water 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 7, 2017, Dated: April 21, 2017.
and 24 feet at mean low water in the through 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 14, Hal R. Pitts,
closed position. The existing 2017. Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard
drawbridge operating regulations are
ADDRESSES: The docket for this District.
listed at 33 CFR 117.799(g).
deviation, [USCG–2017–0245] is [FR Doc. 2017–08503 Filed 4–26–17; 8:45 am]
This temporary deviation will allow
available at http://www.regulations.gov.
the Long Beach Bridge to remain closed BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
Type the docket number in the
from 9:30 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. on
‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH’’.
July 7, 2017 with rain dates of July 8,
Click on Open Docket Folder on the line
2017 and July 9, 2017. The waterway is FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
associated with this deviation.
used primarily by seasonal recreational COMMISSION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
vessels and occasional tug/barge traffic.
Coordination with waterway users has you have questions on this temporary 47 CFR Part 64
indicated no objections to this short- deviation, call or email Mr. Michael
Thorogood, Bridge Administration [CG Docket Nos. 10–51 and 03–123; DA 17–
term closure of the draw. 76]
Vessels that can pass under the bridge Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard,
without an opening may do so at all telephone 757–398–6557, email
Structure and Practices of the Video
times. The bridge will be able to open Michael.R.Thorogood@uscg.mil.
Relay Services Program
for emergencies. There is no alternate SUPPLMENTARY INFORMATION: The
route for vessels to pass. Virginia Department of Transportation, AGENCY: Federal Communications
The Coast Guard will also inform the owner and operator of the Coleman Commission.
users of the waterways through our Memorial (US 17) Bridge, that carries ACTION: Final rule.
Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners US 17 across the York River, mile 7.0,
of the change in operating schedule for at Yorktown, VA, has requested a SUMMARY: In this document, the
the bridge so that vessel operators can temporary deviation from the current Commission’s Consumer and
arrange their transits to minimize any published schedule to test the manual Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau or
impact caused by the temporary operating capabilities of each swing CGB), pursuant to delegated authority,
deviation. span of the drawbridge. The bridge has adopts amendments to the
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), a vertical clearance of 60 feet above Commission’s telecommunications relay
the drawbridge must return to its regular mean high water (MHW) in the closed services (TRS) rules to incorporate
operating schedule immediately at the position and unlimited vertical technical standards to improve the
end of the effective period of this clearance in the open position. The interoperability and portability of
temporary deviation. This deviation current operating schedule is set out in services, equipment, and software used
from the operating regulations is 33 CFR 117.1025. Under this temporary for video relay services (VRS) to
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. deviation, the bridge will be in the enhance functional equivalence and
closed-to-navigation position from 5:30 VRS availability for consumers, ease of
Dated: April 24, 2017.
a.m. to 8 a.m., on Sunday, May 7, 2017; compliance by providers, and overall
C.J. Bisignano,
with an alternative date on Sunday, May efficiency in the operation of VRS.
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, 14, 2017.
First Coast Guard District. DATES: Effective Date: This rule is
The York River is used by a variety of effective as of May 30, 2017. The
[FR Doc. 2017–08504 Filed 4–26–17; 8:45 am] vessels including recreational, tug and incorporation by reference of certain
BILLING CODE 9110–04–P barge traffic, fishing vessels, and small publications listed in the rules is
commercial vessels. The Coast Guard approved by the Director of the Federal
has carefully coordinated the Register as of May 30, 2017.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND restrictions with waterway users in
SECURITY Compliance Dates: The compliance
publishing this temporary deviation. date for the VRS Provider
Coast Guard Vessels able to pass through the Interoperability Profile is August 25,
bridge in the closed-to-navigation 2017. The compliance date for the Relay
33 CFR Part 117 position may do so at any time. The User Equipment (RUE) Profile is April
bridge will be able to open for 27, 2018. The compliance date for
[Docket No. USCG–2017–0245] emergencies, if at least 30 minutes contact lists and speed dial lists is
notice is given, and there is no October 24, 2017.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; immediate alternative route for vessels
York River, Yorktown, VA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob
unable to pass through the bridge in the
Aldrich, Consumer and Governmental
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. closed position. The Coast Guard will
Affairs Bureau (202) 418–0996, email
ACTION:Notice of deviation from also inform the users of the waterway
Robert.Aldrich@fcc.gov, or Eliot
drawbridge regulations. through our Local Notice and Broadcast
Greenwald, Consumer and
Notices to Mariners of the change in
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202)
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operating schedule for the bridge so that
temporary deviation from the operating 418–2235, email Eliot.Greenwald@
vessel operators can arrange their
schedule that governs the Coleman fcc.gov.
transits to minimize any impact caused
Memorial (US 17) Bridge which carries by the temporary deviation. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
US 17 across the York River, mile 7.0, In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), summary of Structure and Practices of
at Yorktown, VA. The deviation is the drawbridge must return to its regular the Video Relay Service Program;
necessary to facilitate bridge operating schedule immediately at the Telecommunications Relay Services and
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| 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 regulations. | |
| Dates | The deviation is effective from 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 7, 2017, through 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 14, 2017. | |
| Contact | If you have questions on this temporary deviation, call or email Mr. Michael Thorogood, Bridge Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard, telephone 757-398- 6557, email [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 19322 |
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