[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 75553-75554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30840]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2012-1063]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway,
Biscayne Bay, and Miami River, Miami, FL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviations from regulations.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued temporary deviations from the
regulations governing the operation of the following four bridges in
Miami, Florida: The Venetian Causeway Bridge (West), mile 1088.6,
across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway; the Venetian Causeway Bridge
(East), across Biscayne Bay; the Miami Avenue Bridge, mile 0.3, across
the Miami River; and the Brickell Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1, across the
Miami River. The deviations are necessary to allow for race
participants to traverse the bridges during the ING Marathon. This
deviation will result in the bridges remaining in the closed position
during the ING Marathon. Tugs and tugs with tows are not exempt from
this deviation.
DATES: These deviations are effective from 6 a.m. through 1 p.m. on
January 27, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this temporary deviation, USCG-2012-1063, is
available online by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting
USCG-2012-1063 in the ``Search'' box and then clicking ``Search''. The
docket is 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
temporary deviation, call or email Michael Lieberum, Seventh District
Bridge Branch, Coast Guard; telephone (305) 415-6744, email
[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 ING Marathon Director has requested
temporary modifications to the operating schedules of the Venetian
Causeway Bridge (West), the Venetian Causeway Bridge (East), the
Brickell Avenue Bridge, and the Miami Avenue Bridge in Miami, Florida.
These deviations will result in the bridges remaining in the closed
position during the ING Marathon on January 27, 2013. The ING Marathon
route passes over these four bridges. Any bridge opening would disrupt
the race. The temporary deviations will be in effect from 6 a.m.
through 1 p.m. on January 27, 2013.
The vertical clearance, regular operating schedule, and deviation
period for each bridge are set forth below.
1. Venetian Causeway Bridge (West), mile 1088.6. The vertical
clearance of the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West), across the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway, is 12 feet. The normal operating schedule for
the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West) is set forth in 33 CFR 117.261(nn),
which requires the bridge to open on signal, except that from 7 a.m. to
7 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the bridge need
only open on the hour and half-hour. As a result of this temporary
deviation, the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West) will remain closed to
navigation from 6:10 a.m. to 9:56 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
2. Venetian Causeway Bridge (East). The vertical clearance of the
Venetian Causeway Bridge (East), across Biscayne Bay, is 5 feet. The
normal operating schedule for the Venetian Causeway Bridge (East) is
set forth in 33 CFR 117.269, which requires the bridge to open on
signal, except that from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays, the bridge need only open on the hour and
half-hour. As a result of this temporary deviation, the Venetian
Causeway Bridge (East) will remain closed to navigation from 6 a.m. to
9:15 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
3. Miami Avenue Bridge, mile 0.3. The vertical clearance of the
Miami Avenue Bridge, across the Miami River, is 21 feet. The normal
operating schedule for the Miami Avenue Bridge is set forth in 33 CFR
117.305(c), which requires the bridge to open on signal, except that
from 7:35 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., 12:05 p.m. to 12:59 p.m., and 4:35 p.m. to
5:59 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the bridge
need not open for the passage of vessels. As a result of this temporary
deviation, the Miami Avenue Bridge will remain closed to navigation
from 6:25 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
4. Brickell Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1. The vertical clearance of the
Brickell Avenue Bridge, across the Miami River, is 23 feet. The normal
operating schedule for the Brickell Avenue Bridge is set forth in 33
CFR 117.305(d), which requires the bridge to open on signal; except
that from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays, the bridge need open only on the hour and half-hour. From
7:35 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., 12:05 p.m. to 12:59 p.m., and 4:35 p.m. to 5:59
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the bridge need
not open for the passage of vessels. As a result of this temporary
deviation, the Brickell Avenue Bridge will remain closed to navigation
from 6:25 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 27, 2013.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), these four drawbridges must
return to their regular operating schedules immediately at the end of
the effective period of this temporary deviation. These deviations from
the operating regulations are authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
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Dated: December 11, 2012.
B.L. Dragon,
Bridge Program Director, Seventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2012-30840 Filed 12-20-12; 8:45 am]
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