[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 78601-78602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31557]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2010-0935]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, New
Orleans Harbor, Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, LA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.
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SUMMARY: The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, has issued a
temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the
SR 39 (Judge Seeber/Claiborne Avenue)
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vertical lift bridge across the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal, mile
0.9, (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway mile 6.7 East of Harvey Lock), at New
Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. This deviation is necessary to
adjust the counterweight wire ropes on the bridge. This deviation
allows the bridge to remain closed for two (2) 72-hour time periods
within a two-week period.
DATES: This deviation is effective from 12:01 a.m. on Friday, January
7, 2011 until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, January 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in
the docket are part of docket USCG-2010-0935 and are available online
by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2010-0935 in the
``Keyword'' box and then clicking ``Search.'' They are also available
for inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30),
U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule,
call or e-mail Mrs. Donna Gagliano, Transportation Assistant, Eighth
Coast Guard District Bridge Branch, US Coast Guard; telephone 504-671-
2128 or e-mail [email protected]. If you have questions on
viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Louisiana Department of Transportation
and Development has requested a temporary deviation in order to perform
maintenance from the published regulation for the SR 39 (Judge Seeber/
Claiborne Avenue) vertical lift bridge across the Inner Harbor
Navigational Canal, mile 0.9, (GIWW mile 6.7 EHL). The bridge provides
40 feet of vertical clearance when closed above mean high water, and
156 feet above MHW in the open-to-navigation position. Currently,
according to 33 CFR 117.458(a), the draw of the bridge shall open on
signal; except that, from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 5:45
p.m. Monday through Friday, the draw need not be open for the passage
of vessels. The draw shall open at any time for a vessel in distress.
This deviation allows the bridge to remain closed to navigation/for
two (2) 72-hour periods within a two-week time between January 7, 2011
and January 23, 2011. As required by 33 CFR 117.40(a), the exact dates
of the closures will be determined at a later date, allowing deep draft
vessel movements just before and/or between the closure periods. Exact
times and dates for the closures will be published in the Local Notice
to Mariners and broadcast via the Coast Guard Broad Notice to Mariners
system.
Navigation on the waterway consists mainly of tugs with tows and
ships. The Coast Guard has coordinated the closure with waterway users,
industry, and other Coast Guard units. These dates and this schedule
were chosen to minimize the significant effects on vessel traffic;
however, some vessels that can pass under the bridge in the closed-to-
navigation position can do so any time. The bridge will not be able to
open for emergencies.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35, this work will be performed with
flexibility in order to return the bridge to normal operations as soon
as possible. This deviation from the operating regulations is
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
Dated: December 2, 2010.
David M. Frank,
Bridge Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-31557 Filed 12-15-10; 8:45 am]
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