[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01730]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2016-0039]
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Inner Harbor Navigation Canal
and Chef Menteur Pass, Both at New Orleans, LA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulations.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the
operating schedule that governs the Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon
Blvd./Seabrook) bascule bridge across the Inner Harbor Navigation
Canal, mile 4.6, at New Orleans, Louisiana, and the US 90 bridge at
Chef Menteur Pass over Lake Catherine at Mile 2.8 at New Orleans,
Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The deviation is necessary to accommodate
the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans event. This deviation allows the
bridges to remain closed-to-navigation for a scheduled amount of time
on the day of the event.
DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. through 5 p.m. on April
17, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0039] is available
at http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
temporary deviation, call or email Jim Wetherington, Bridge
Administration Branch, Coast Guard, telephone (504)671-2128, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Premier Event Management, through the
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD),
requested a temporary deviation from the operating schedule of the
Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./Seabrook) bascule bridge across
the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, mile 4.6, at New Orleans, Louisiana,
and the US 90 Bridge at Chef Menteur Pass over Lake Catherine at Mile
2.8 at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The deviation was
requested to accommodate the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans event.
The vertical clearance of the Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./
Seabrook) bascule bridge is 46 feet above mean high water in the
closed-to-navigation position and unlimited in the open-to-navigation
position. The bridge is governed by 33 CFR 117.458(c). The vertical
clearance of the US 90 swing-span bridge at Chef Menteur Pass over Lake
Catherine is 11 feet above mean high water in the closed-to-navigation
position and unlimited in the open-to-navigation position. The bridge
is governed by 33 CFR 117.436.
This deviation is effective on April 17, 2016. The bridge over the
Inner Harbor Navigation Canal will be closed to marine traffic from 8
a.m. through 5 p.m. and the bridge over Chef Menteur Pass will be
closed from 7 a.m. through 1 p.m. This deviation allows the bridges to
remain closed-to-navigation for the duration of the event as it impacts
each bridge according to the schedule.
Navigation on the waterway consists of small tugs with and without
tows, commercial vessels, and recreational craft, including sailboats.
Vessels able to pass through these bridges in the closed-to-
navigation position may do so at anytime. The bridges will be able to
open for emergencies, and there is no immediate alternate route. The
Coast Guard will also inform the users of the waterways through our
Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the change in operating
schedule for each bridge to minimize any impact caused by the temporary
deviation.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), each 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: January 26, 2016.
David M. Frank,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-01730 Filed 1-29-16; 8:45 am]
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