83_FR_35695 83 FR 35550 - Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Jamaica Bay, Queens, NY

83 FR 35550 - Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Jamaica Bay, Queens, NY

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 145 (July 27, 2018)

Page Range35550-35551
FR Document2018-16026

The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Marine Parkway (Gil Hodges Memorial) bridge across Jamaica Bay (Rockaway Inlet), mile 3.0, at Queens, NY. The deviation is necessary to complete rehabilitation work on the bridge. This deviation allows the bridge owner to require two hours advance notice before opening the bridge.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 145 (Friday, July 27, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35550-35551]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16026]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0660]


Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Jamaica Bay, Queens, NY

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Marine Parkway (Gil Hodges 
Memorial) bridge across Jamaica Bay (Rockaway Inlet), mile 3.0, at 
Queens, NY. The deviation is necessary to complete rehabilitation work 
on the bridge. This deviation allows the bridge owner to require two 
hours advance notice before opening the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 8 a.m. on July 30, 2018, to 4 
p.m. on November 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2018-0660 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 Judy Leung-Yee, Bridge Management 
Specialist, First District Bridge Branch, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 
212-514-4336, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The owner of the bridge, Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels, requested a temporary 
deviation from the normal operating schedule in order to complete 
rehabilitation work associated with the replacement of lift span 
machinery. The Marine Parkway (Gil Hodges Memorial) Bridge across 
Jamaica Bay (Rockaway Inlet), mile 3.0 at Queens, New York has a 
vertical clearance of 55 feet at mean high water and 59 feet at mean 
low water in the closed position. The existing drawbridge operating 
regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.795(a).
    The temporary deviation will allow the owner of the Marine Parkway 
(Gil Hodges Memorial) bridge to require vessels seeking an opening of 
the draw to provide a minimum of two hours of advance notice on 
weekdays (Monday through Friday) between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
from July 30, 2018 to November 30, 2018 by submitting a request for the 
opening of the draw. Requiring a minimum of two hours of advance notice 
before opening the draw allows for sufficient time to alert all 
affected personnel engaged in bridge rehabilitation work to vacate the 
lift span and all machinery areas along, with removing and/or securing 
materials and equipment prior to lifting the bridge.
    The waterway is transited by seasonal recreational traffic as well 
as commercial vessels, largely tug and barge combinations. The 55 foot 
vertical clearance while the bridge is in the closed position offers 
the bulk of commercial traffic sufficient room to transit under the 
bridge in the closed position. Vessels that can pass under the bridge 
without an opening may do so at all times. The bridge will be able to 
open for emergencies. There is no immediate alternate route for vessels 
unable to pass through the bridge when in the closed position.
    The Coast Guard will inform 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 this 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.


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    Dated: July 23, 2018.
C.J. Bisignano,
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2018-16026 Filed 7-26-18; 8:45 am]
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35550 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 145 / Friday, July 27, 2018 / Rules and Regulations MCC shall follow the provisions of the continues to process a pending request SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The owner Debt Collection Act of 1982, as or any pending appeal. If MCC has a of the bridge, Metropolitan amended, and its administrative reasonable basis to believe that a Transportation Authority Bridges and procedures, including the use consumer requester has misrepresented the Tunnels, requested a temporary reporting agencies, collection agencies, requester’s identity in order to avoid deviation from the normal operating and offset. paying outstanding fees, MCC may schedule in order to complete (l) Aggregating requests. The requester require that the requester provide proof rehabilitation work associated with the or a group of requesters may not submit of identity. replacement of lift span machinery. The multiple requests at the same time, each Marine Parkway (Gil Hodges Memorial) seeking portions of a document or § 1304.12 Other rights and services. Bridge across Jamaica Bay (Rockaway documents solely in order to avoid Nothing in this part shall be Inlet), mile 3.0 at Queens, New York has payment of fees. When the FOIA construed to entitle any person a right a vertical clearance of 55 feet at mean Program Officer reasonably believes that to any service or to the disclosure of any high water and 59 feet at mean low a requester is attempting to divide a record to which such person is not water in the closed position. The request into a series of requests to evade entitled under the FOIA. existing drawbridge operating an assessment of fees, the FOIA Program Dated: July 17, 2018. regulations are listed at 33 CFR Officer may aggregate such requests and 117.795(a). Tamiko N.W. Watkins, charge accordingly. MCC may presume that multiple requests of this type made Chief FOIA Officer, Millennium Challenge The temporary deviation will allow Corporation. the owner of the Marine Parkway (Gil within a thirty (30) calendar day period have been made in order to avoid fees. [FR Doc. 2018–15950 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am] Hodges Memorial) bridge to require For requests separated by a longer BILLING CODE 9211–03–P vessels seeking an opening of the draw period, MCC will aggregate them only to provide a minimum of two hours of where there is a reasonable basis for advance notice on weekdays (Monday determining that aggregation is DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND through Friday) between the hours of 8 warranted in view of all the SECURITY a.m. and 4 p.m. from July 30, 2018 to circumstances involved. Multiple November 30, 2018 by submitting a requests involving unrelated matters Coast Guard request for the opening of the draw. cannot be aggregated. Requiring a minimum of two hours of (m) Advance payment of fees. (1) 33 CFR Part 117 advance notice before opening the draw MCC may require an advanced payment allows for sufficient time to alert all [Docket No. USCG–2018–0660] affected personnel engaged in bridge of fees if the requestor previously failed to pay fees or if the FOIA Program rehabilitation work to vacate the lift Drawbridge Operation Regulation; span and all machinery areas along, Officer determines the total fee will Jamaica Bay, Queens, NY exceed $250.00. When payment is with removing and/or securing required in advance of the processing of AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. materials and equipment prior to lifting a request, the time limits prescribed in the bridge. ACTION:Notice of deviation from § 1304.5 shall not be deemed to begin drawbridge regulation. The waterway is transited by seasonal until the requester has paid the assessed recreational traffic as well as fees. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a commercial vessels, largely tug and (2) In cases in which MCC requires temporary deviation from the operating barge combinations. The 55 foot vertical advance payment, the request will not schedule that governs the Marine clearance while the bridge is in the be considered received and further work Parkway (Gil Hodges Memorial) bridge closed position offers the bulk of will not be completed until the required across Jamaica Bay (Rockaway Inlet), commercial traffic sufficient room to payment is received. If the requester mile 3.0, at Queens, NY. The deviation transit under the bridge in the closed does not pay the advance payment is necessary to complete rehabilitation position. Vessels that can pass under the within thirty (30) calendar days after the work on the bridge. This deviation bridge without an opening may do so at date of the fee determination, the allows the bridge owner to require two all times. The bridge will be able to request will be closed. Where it is hours advance notice before opening the open for emergencies. There is no anticipated that the cost of providing bridge. immediate alternate route for vessels the requested record will exceed $25.00 unable to pass through the bridge when DATES: This deviation is effective from but falls below $250.00 after the free in the closed position. 8 a.m. on July 30, 2018, to 4 p.m. on duplication and search time has been November 30, 2018. The Coast Guard will inform users of calculated, MCC may, in its discretion may require either an advance deposit ADDRESSES: The docket for this the waterway through our Local and of the entire estimated charges or deviation, USCG–2018–0660 is available Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the written confirmation of the requester’s at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the change in operating schedule for the willingness to pay such charges. docket number in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box bridge so that vessel operators can (3) Where the requester has and click ‘‘SEARCH’’. Click on Open arrange their transits to minimize any previously failed to pay a properly Docket Folder on the line associated impact caused by this temporary charged FOIA fee within thirty (30) with this deviation. deviation. calendar days of the billing date, MCC FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with RULES may require the requester to pay the full you have questions on this temporary the drawbridge must return to its regular amount due plus any applicable interest deviation, call or email Judy Leung-Yee, operating schedule immediately at the on that prior request, and/or require that Bridge Management Specialist, First end of the effective period of this the requester make an advance payment District Bridge Branch, U.S. Coast temporary deviation. This deviation of the full amount of the anticipated fee Guard; telephone 212–514–4336, email from the operating regulations is before MCC begins a new request or Judy.K.Leung-Yee@uscg.mil. authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:44 Jul 26, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\27JYR1.SGM 27JYR1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 145 / Friday, July 27, 2018 / Rules and Regulations 35551 Dated: July 23, 2018. normal operating schedule for the Entry of persons or vessels into this C.J. Bisignano, subject bridges is 33 CFR 117.897. This zone is prohibited unless authorized by Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, deviation allows the Morrison Bridge the Captain of the Port Sector Lower First Coast Guard District. and Hawthorne Bridge to remain in the Mississippi River or a designated [FR Doc. 2018–16026 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am] closed-to-navigation position, from 6 representative. BILLING CODE 9110–04–P a.m. to 11 a.m. on August 12, 2018. DATES: This rule is effective from 9 p.m. Waterway usage on this part of the through 10 p.m. on July 27, 2018. Willamette River includes vessels ADDRESSES: To view documents DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND ranging from commercial tug and barge mentioned in this preamble as being SECURITY to small pleasure craft. Vessels able to available in the docket, go to http:// pass through the subject bridges in the www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2018– Coast Guard closed-to-navigation position may do so 0708 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click at any time. The bridges will be able to ‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on ‘‘Open Docket 33 CFR Part 117 open for emergencies, and there is no Folder’’ on the line associated with this [Docket No. USCG–2018–0701] immediate alternate route for vessels to rule. pass. The Coast Guard has conducted FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If Drawbridge Operation Regulation; public outreach regarding this you have questions about this Willamette River at Portland, OR temporary deviation to known mariners rulemaking, call or email Petty Officer that transit this part of the river. The AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. Todd Manow, Waterways Management, Coast Guard has not received any ACTION:Notice of deviation from Sector Lower Mississippi River, U.S. objections to this temporary deviation Coast Guard; telephone 901–521–4813, drawbridge regulation. from the operating schedule. The Coast email Todd.M.Manow@uscg.mil. Guard will inform the users of the SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a waterway, through our Local and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: temporary deviation from the operating Broadcast Notices to Mariners, of the I. Table of Abbreviations schedule that governs two Multnomah change in operating schedule for the County bridges: Morrison Bridge, mile CFR Code of Federal Regulations bridges so that vessels can arrange their COTP Captain of the Port Sector Lower 12.8, and Hawthorne Bridge, mile 13.1 transits to minimize any impact caused crossing the Willamette River at Mississippi River by the temporary deviation. DHS Department of Homeland Security Portland, OR. This deviation is In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), FR Federal Register necessary to accommodate the annual the drawbridges must return to their NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking Providence Bridge Pedal event. The regular operating schedules § Section deviation allows the bridges to remain immediately at the end of the effective U.S.C. United States Code in the closed-to-navigation position. period of this temporary deviation. This II. Background Information and DATES: This deviation is effective from deviation from the operating regulations Regulatory History 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on August 12, 2018. is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. The Coast Guard is issuing this ADDRESSES: The docket for this Dated: July 23, 2018. temporary final rule without prior deviation, USCG–2018–0701 is available notice and opportunity to comment Steven M. Fischer, at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the pursuant to authority under section 4(a) Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard docket number in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box of the Administrative Procedure Act District. and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision [FR Doc. 2018–16068 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am] Docket Folder on the line associated authorizes an agency to issue a rule BILLING CODE 9110–04–P with this deviation. without prior notice and opportunity to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If comment when the agency, for good you have questions on this temporary DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND cause, finds that those procedures are deviation, call or email Mr. Steven SECURITY ‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary Fischer, Bridge Administrator, to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C. Thirteenth Coast Guard District; Coast Guard 553(b)(3)(B), the Coast Guard finds that telephone 206–220–7282, email d13-pf- good cause exists for not publishing a d13bridges@uscg.mil. 33 CFR Part 165 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [Docket Number USCG–2018–0708] with respect to this rule because it is Multnomah County, the bridge owner, impracticable. We must establish this has requested a temporary deviation RIN 1625–AA00 safety zone by July 27, 2018, and lack from the operating schedule for the sufficient time to provide a reasonable Morrison Bridge, mile 12.8, and Safety Zone; Lower Mississippi River, comment period and then consider Hawthorne Bridge, mile 13.1, both Natchez, MS those comments before issuing this rule. crossing the Willamette River at AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. The NPRM process would delay the Portland, OR. The requested deviation ACTION: Temporary final rule. establishment of the safety zone until will accommodate the Providence after the date of the event and Bridge Pedal event, an annual cycling SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is compromise public safety. and walking event across several establishing a temporary safety zone for Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Willamette River crossings. The vertical certain navigable waters of the Lower Guard finds that good cause exists for amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with RULES clearances for theses bridges in the Mississippi River upriver of the making this rule effective less than 30 closed-to-navigation position are 69 feet Bienville Trace Scenic Byway/US–425 days after publication in the Federal for the Morrison Bridge and 49 feet for Bridge in Natchez, MS. This action is Register. Delaying the effective date of the Hawthorne Bridge respectively, as necessary to provide for the safety of this rule would be impracticable and measured against the vertical clearance persons, vessels, and the marine contrary to public interest because above Columbia River Datum 0.0. The environment during a fireworks display. immediate action is necessary to protect VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:44 Jul 26, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\27JYR1.SGM 27JYR1


Document Created: 2018-07-27 04:04:34
Document Modified: 2018-07-27 04:04:34
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionNotice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.
DatesThis deviation is effective from 8 a.m. on July 30, 2018, to 4 p.m. on November 30, 2018.
ContactIf you have questions on this temporary deviation, call or email Judy Leung-Yee, Bridge Management Specialist, First District Bridge Branch, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 212-514-4336, email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 35550 
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