[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07702]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2016-0040]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Inner Harbor Navigation Canal,
New Orleans, LA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a 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. This deviation is necessary to
accommodate the rescheduling of the New Orleans Endurance Festival
event. This deviation allows the bridge to remain closed to navigation
during the event.
DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. through 2 p.m. on May
28, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0040] is available
at http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
temporary deviation, call or email Geri Robinson, Bridge Administration
Branch, Coast Guard, telephone (504) 671-2128, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 1, 2016, a United States Coast
Guard notice of temporary deviation from drawbridge regulations under
the same docket number, USCG-2016-0040, was published in the Federal
Register [81 FR 5039]. That temporary deviation resulted from a request
made by Premier Event Management, through the Louisiana Department of
Transportation and Development (LDOTD), for a 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. The deviation was requested to
accommodate the New Orleans Endurance Festival event, which includes a
triathlon, originally scheduled to be held on April 3, 2016. Due to
colder than normal weather, the New Orleans Endurance Festival was
postponed until May 28, 2016. Therefore, through this document, the
Coast Guard issues a temporary deviation for the rescheduled date.
The vertical clearance of the bascule span 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).
This deviation is effective on May 28, 2016, from 7 a.m. through 2
p.m. This deviation allows the bridge to remain closed to navigation
for seven (7) hours on the day of the event.
Navigation on the waterway consists of small tugs with and without
tows, commercial vessels, and recreational craft, including sailboats.
Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed-to-navigation
position may do so at anytime. The bridge 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
the bridge 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: March 30, 2016.
Eric Washburn,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-07702 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am]
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