82 FR 29737 - Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Lewis Creek Channel, Chincoteague, VA
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 125 (June 30, 2017)
Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 125 (June 30, 2017)
| Page Range | 29737-29738 | |
| FR Document | 2017-13753 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2017)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 29737-29738] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-13753] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 117 [Docket No. USCG-2017-0365] Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Lewis Creek Channel, Chincoteague, VA 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 SR 175 Bridge that carries the SR 175 across the Lewis Creek Channel, mile 0.0, at Chincoteague, VA. The deviation is necessary to facilitate the Annual Pony Run. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation position. DATES: The deviation is effective from 7 a.m. on Wednesday July 26, 2017, through 5 p.m. on Thursday July 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2017-0365] 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]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Virginia Department of Transportation, owner and operator of the SR 175 Bridge that carries the SR 175 Bridge across the Lewis Creek Channel, mile 0.0, at Chincoteague, VA, has requested a temporary deviation from the current operating regulations to ensure the safety of the increased volumes of spectators that will be attending Annual Pony Run on Wednesday July 26, 2017, and Thursday July 27, 2017. This bridge is a bascule span drawbridge with a vertical clearance of 15 feet above mean high water in the closed position and unlimited vertical clearance in the open position. The current operating regulation is set out in 33 CFR 117.5. Under this temporary deviation, the bridge will be maintained in the closed-to-navigation position from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday July 26, 2017 and Thursday July 27, 2017. [[Page 29738]] The Lewis Creek Channel is used by recreational vessels. The Coast Guard has carefully considered the nature and volume of vessel traffic on the waterway 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 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 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: June 26, 2017. Hal R. Pitts, Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District. [FR Doc. 2017-13753 Filed 6-29-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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near Whitmarsh, WA. This deviation is The swing span at various times will DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
necessary to accommodate replacement only be able to open to 97 percent. This SECURITY
of the bridge protective fendering reduces the horizontal navigation
system. The deviation allows the bridge clearance by five feet—from 100 feet to Coast Guard
to remain in the closed-to-navigation 95 feet. The five feet of horizontal
position at various times based on low clearance is needed to position work 33 CFR Part 117
tide predictions; and also allows the barges at various locations to replace
swing span to not completely open at [Docket No. USCG–2017–0365]
fenders.
various times detained herein.
During the dates and times of the Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
DATES: This deviation is effective from
deviation, the drawbridge will not be Lewis Creek Channel, Chincoteague,
7 a.m. on July 1, 2017 to 6 p.m. on VA
November 30, 2017. able to operate according to the normal
ADDRESSES: The docket for this
operating schedule. This drawbridge AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
deviation, [USCG–2017–0470] is normally operates in accordance with
ACTION:Notice of deviation from
available at http://www.regulations.gov. 33 CFR 117.5. The subject bridge is
drawbridge regulation.
Type the docket number in the normally maintained in the open-to-
‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ navigation position. The bridge shall SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a
Click on Open Docket Folder on the line operate in accordance to 33 CFR 117.5 temporary deviation from the operating
associated with this deviation. at all other times. Waterway usage on schedule that governs the SR 175 Bridge
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If the Swinomish Channel includes that carries the SR 175 across the Lewis
you have questions on this temporary commercial tugs and barges, U.S. Coast Creek Channel, mile 0.0, at
deviation, call or email Mr. Steven Guard vessels, and large to small Chincoteague, VA. The deviation is
Fischer, Bridge Administrator, pleasure craft. The Coast Guard necessary to facilitate the Annual Pony
Thirteenth Coast Guard District; provided notice of this deviation to Run. This deviation allows the bridge to
telephone 206–220–7282, email d13-pf- local mariners via the Local Notice remain in the closed-to-navigation
d13bridges@uscg.mil. Mariners and emails. One objection was position.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BNSF submitted to the Coast Guard, and DATES: The deviation is effective from 7
(bridge owner) has requested the BNSF requested bridge closure times be posted a.m. on Wednesday July 26, 2017,
Railroad Swing Span Drawbridge 12 be in the Local Notice to Mariners. As through 5 p.m. on Thursday July 27,
allowed to close the span, and need not stated herein, specific times will be 2017.
open to marine traffic to facilitate fender published in the weekly Local Notice to ADDRESSES: The docket for this
replacements. The BNSF Railroad Mariners. deviation, [USCG–2017–0365] is
Swing Span Drawbridge 12A crosses the
Vessels will not be able to pass available at http://www.regulations.gov.
Swinomish channel, mile 8.4, near
through the swing span via the marked Type the docket number in the
Whitmarsh, WA. The swing span
navigation channel during the closure ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH’’.
provides 8 feet of vertical clearance in
times. Working barges will be Click on Open Docket Folder on the line
the closed-to-navigation position, and
positioned in the channel at the bridge associated with this deviation.
100 feet of horizontal clearance in the
open-to-navigation position. The span during the closed-to-navigation periods FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
provides unlimited vertical clearance in preventing safe passage. An alternate you have questions on this temporary
the open-to-navigation position. Vertical route is via the southern Swinomish deviation, call or email Mr. Michael
and horizontal clearances are referenced Channel using Skagit Bay. The bridge Thorogood, Bridge Administration
to mean high-water elevation. will not be able to open for vessels Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard,
The closures of the BNSF Railroad responding to emergencies during the telephone 757–398–6557, email
Swing Span Drawbridge for the fender stated closure times. The Coast Guard Michael.R.Thorogood@uscg.mil.
replacements will depend on the tidal will also inform the users of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
status of the river, which means that waterways through our Local and Virginia Department of Transportation,
work (and closure), will occur on Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the owner and operator of the SR 175 Bridge
different times on different days. The change in operating schedule for the that carries the SR 175 Bridge across the
specific times of the bridge closures will bridge so that vessels can arrange their Lewis Creek Channel, mile 0.0, at
be published in the weekly Coast Guard transits to minimize any impact caused Chincoteague, VA, has requested a
Local Notice to Mariners. BNSF work by the temporary deviation. temporary deviation from the current
requires the swing span to be in the operating regulations to ensure the
closed-to-navigation position when the In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), safety of the increased volumes of
ebb tide height reaches plus three feet the drawbridge must return to its regular spectators that will be attending Annual
above Mean Tide Level, and open the operating schedule immediately at the Pony Run on Wednesday July 26, 2017,
span when the flood tide height reaches end of the effective period of this and Thursday July 27, 2017. This bridge
plus three feet above Mean Tide Level. temporary deviation. This deviation is a bascule span drawbridge with a
The deviation period allows the subject from the operating regulations is vertical clearance of 15 feet above mean
bridge to be in the closed-to-navigation authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. high water in the closed position and
position from 6 a.m. on July 1, 2017 to Dated: June 23, 2017. unlimited vertical clearance in the open
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6 p.m. on November 30, 2017, when the Steven M. Fischer,
position. The current operating
river is a plus three foot ebb tide, and regulation is set out in 33 CFR 117.5.
open the bridge span on a plus three Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard Under this temporary deviation, the
District.
foot flood tide Monday through bridge will be maintained in the closed-
Saturday. However, if the project gets [FR Doc. 2017–13745 Filed 6–29–17; 8:45 am] to-navigation position from 7 a.m. to 5
delayed, work on Sundays will be BILLING CODE 9110–04–P p.m. on Wednesday July 26, 2017 and
required. Thursday July 27, 2017.
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The Lewis Creek Channel is used by Dated: June 26, 2017. displays. During the enforcement
recreational vessels. The Coast Guard Hal R. Pitts, periods, entry into, transit through,
has carefully considered the nature and Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard mooring, or anchoring within these
volume of vessel traffic on the waterway District. safety zones is prohibited unless
in publishing this temporary deviation. [FR Doc. 2017–13753 Filed 6–29–17; 8:45 am] authorized by the Captain of the Port,
BILLING CODE 9110–04–P Puget Sound or their Designated
Vessels able to pass through the
Representative.
bridge in the closed-to-navigation
position may do so at any time. The DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 165.1332 will be enforced for the five
bridge will be able to open for SECURITY
emergencies and there is no immediate safety zones listed under
alternative route for vessels unable to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION from 5
Coast Guard
pass through the bridge in the closed p.m. on July 4, 2017, through 1 a.m. on
position. The Coast Guard will also 33 CFR Part 165 July 5, 2017 during the dates and times
inform the users of the waterway specified.
through our Local and Broadcast [Docket No. USCG–2017–0617] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
Notices to Mariners of the change in you have questions about this notice of
Safety Zones; Annual Firework enforcement, call or email Petty Officer
operating schedule for the bridge so that Displays Within the Captain of the
vessel operators can arrange their Zachary Spence, Sector Puget Sound
Port, Puget Sound Waterways Management, Coast Guard;
transits to minimize any impact caused
by the temporary deviation. AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. telephone 206–217–6051,
SectorPugetSoundWWM@uscg.mil.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), ACTION: Notice of enforcement of
regulation. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast
the drawbridge must return to its regular Guard will enforce regulations for the
operating schedule immediately at the SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce following five safety zones established
end of the effective period of this five safety zones for annual firework for Annual Fireworks Displays within
temporary deviation. This deviation displays in the Captain of the Port, the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound
from the operating regulations is Puget Sound Zone during the dates and Area of Responsibility in 33 CFR
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. times noted under SUPPLEMENTARY 165.1332 during the dates and times
INFORMATION. This action is necessary to noted in the table below.
prevent injury and to protect life and The following safety zones will be
property of the maritime public from the enforced from 5 p.m. on July 4, 2017,
hazards associated with the firework through 1 a.m. on July 5, 2017:
Event name Location Latitude Longitude
Tacoma Freedom Fair .......................................... Commencement Bay ............................................ 47°17.103′ N. 122°28.410′ W.
Friday Harbor Independence ................................ Friday Harbor ........................................................ 48°32.255′ N. 123°0.654.033′ W.
Three Tree Point Community Fireworks ............... Three Tree Point ................................................... 47°27.033′ N. 122°23.15′ W.
Everett 4th of July ................................................. Port Gardner ......................................................... 48°0.672′ N. 122°13.391′ W.
Seattle Seafair ....................................................... Lake Washington .................................................. 47° 34.333′ N. 122° 16.017′ W.
The special requirements listed in 33 Dated: June 26, 2017. Richmond Fourth of July Fireworks
CFR 165.1332(b) apply to the activation L.A. Sturgis, Display in the Captain of the Port, San
and enforcement of these safety zones. Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Francisco area of responsibility during
All vessel operators who desire to enter Port Puget Sound. the dates and times noted below. This
the safety zone must obtain permission [FR Doc. 2017–13682 Filed 6–29–17; 8:45 am] action is necessary to protect life and
from the Captain of the Port or their BILLING CODE 9110–04–P property of the maritime public from the
Designated Representative by contacting hazards associated with the fireworks
the Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound display. During the enforcement period,
Joint Harbor Operations Center (JHOC) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND unauthorized persons or vessels are
on VHF Ch 13 or Ch 16 or via telephone SECURITY prohibited from entering into, transiting
at (206) 217–6002. through, or anchoring in the safety zone,
The Coast Guard may be assisted by Coast Guard
unless authorized by the Patrol
other Federal, State, or local law
33 CFR Part 165 Commander (PATCOM).
enforcement agencies in enforcing this
regulation. DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR
This notice of enforcement is issued [Docket No. USCG–2017–0613]
165.1191, Table 1, Item number 9, will
under authority of 33 CFR 165.1332 and be enforced from 8 a.m. on July 1, 2017
Safety Zone; City of Richmond Fourth
5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to the to 10 p.m. on July 3, 2017.
of July Fireworks Display, San
publication of this document in the
Francisco Bay, Richmond, CA If
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Federal Register, the Coast Guard will FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
provide the maritime community with AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. you have questions on this notice, call
extensive advanced notification of ACTION: Notice of enforcement of
or email Lieutenant Junior Grade
enforcement of these safety zones via regulation. Christina Ramirez, U.S. Coast Guard
the Local Notice to Mariners and marine Sector San Francisco; telephone (415)
information broadcasts on the day of the SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 399–2001 or email at D11-PF-
events. the safety zone for the annual City of MarineEvents@uscg.mil.
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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 | The deviation is effective from 7 a.m. on Wednesday July 26, 2017, through 5 p.m. on Thursday July 27, 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 29737 |
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