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Energy Effects 

This proposed rule is not a 

‘‘significant energy action’’ under 

Executive Order 13211, Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use. 

Technical Standards 

This proposed rule does not use 

technical standards. Therefore, we did 

not consider the use of voluntary 

consensus standards. 

Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Department of Homeland 

Security Management Directive 023–01 

and Commandant Instruction 

M16475.lD, which guide the Coast 

Guard in complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have made a preliminary determination 

that this action is one of a category of 

actions that do not individually or 

cumulatively have a significant effect on 

the human environment. This proposed 

rule involves implementation of 

regulations within 33 CFR part 100 

applicable to organized marine events 

on the navigable waters of the United 

States that could negatively impact the 

safety of waterway users and shore side 

activities in the event area. The category 

of water activities includes but is not 

limited to sail boat regattas, boat 

parades, power boat racing, swimming 

events, crew racing, canoe and sail 

board racing. We seek any comments or 

information that may lead to the 

discovery of a significant environmental 

impact from this proposed rule. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100 

Marine safety, Navigation (water), 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 100 as follows: 

PART 100—SAFETY OF LIFE ON 

NAVIGABLE WATERS 

1. The authority citation for part 100 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233. 

2. Add a temporary section, 

§ 100.35T05–0264 to read as follows: 

§ 100.35T05–0264 Special Local 

Regulations for Marine Events; Patuxent 

River, Solomons, MD. 

(a) Regulated area. The following 

location is a regulated area: All waters 

of the Patuxent River, within lines 

connecting the following positions: 

From latitude 38°19′45′′ N, longitude 

076°28′06′′ W, thence to latitude 

38°19′24′′ N, longitude 076°28′30′′ W, 

thence to latitude 38°18′32′′ N, 

longitude 076°28′14′′ W; and from 

latitude 38°17′38′′ N, longitude 

076°27′26′′ W, thence to latitude 

38°18′00′′ N, longitude 076°26′41′′ W, 

thence to latitude 38°18′59′′ N, 

longitude 076°27′20′′ W, located at 

Solomons, Maryland. All coordinates 

reference Datum NAD 1983. 

(b) Definitions: (1) Coast Guard Patrol 

Commander means a commissioned, 

warrant, or petty officer of the U.S. 

Coast Guard who has been designated 

by the Commander, Coast Guard Sector 

Baltimore. 

(2) Official Patrol means any vessel 

assigned or approved by Commander, 

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore with a 

commissioned, warrant, or petty officer 

on board and displaying a Coast Guard 

ensign. 

(3) Participant means all vessels 

participating in the Chesapeake 

Challenge under the auspices of the 

Marine Event Permit issued to the event 

sponsor and approved by Commander, 

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore. 

(4) Spectator means all persons and 

vessels not registered with the event 

sponsor as participants or official patrol. 

(c) Special local regulations: (1) The 

Coast Guard Patrol Commander may 

forbid and control the movement of all 

vessels in the regulated area. When 

hailed or signaled by an official patrol 

vessel, a vessel in the regulated area 

shall immediately comply with the 

directions given. Failure to do so may 

result in expulsion from the area, 

citation for failure to comply, or both. 

(2) The Coast Guard Patrol 

Commander may terminate the event, or 

the operation of any vessel participating 

in the event, at any time it is deemed 

necessary for the protection of life or 

property. 

(3) All Coast Guard vessels enforcing 

this regulated area can be contacted on 

marine band radio VHF–FM channel 16 

(156.8 MHz). 

(4) Only participants and official 

patrol are allowed to enter the race 

course area. 

(5) Spectators are allowed inside the 

regulated area only if they remain 

within the designated spectator area. 

Spectators will be permitted to anchor 

within the designated spectator area. No 

vessel may anchor within the regulated 

area outside the designated spectator 

area. Spectators may contact the Coast 

Guard Patrol Commander to request 

permission to pass through the 

regulated area. If permission is granted, 

spectators must pass directly through 

the regulated area outside the race 

course and spectator areas at a safe 

speed and without loitering. 

(6) Designated Spectator Fleet Area. 

The spectator fleet area is located within 

a line connecting the following 

positions: Latitude 38°19′00′′ N, 

longitude 076°28′22′′ W, thence to 

latitude 38°19′07′′ N, longitude 

076°28′12′′ W, thence to latitude 

38°18′53′′ N, longitude 076°27′55′′ W, 

thence to latitude 38°18′30′′ N, 

longitude 076°27′45′′ W, thence to 

latitude 38°18′00′′ N, longitude 

076°27′11′′ W, thence to latitude 

38°17′54′′ N, longitude 076°27′20′′ W, 

thence to the point of origin at latitude 

38°19′00′′ N, longitude 076°28′22′′ W. 

All coordinates reference datum NAD 

83. 

(7) The Coast Guard will publish a 

notice in the Fifth Coast Guard District 

Local Notice to Mariners and issue 

marine information broadcast on VHF– 

FM marine band radio announcing 

specific event date and times. 

(d) Enforcement periods: This section 

will be enforced (1) from 10 a.m. until 

6 p.m. on September 15, 2012, and (2) 

from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on September 

16, 2012. 

Dated: April 4, 2012. 

Mark P. O’Malley, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Baltimore. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0193] 

RIN 1625–AA09 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), 

at Wrightsville Beach, NC; Cape Fear 

and Northeast Cape Fear River, at 

Wilmington, NC 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to 

modify the operating schedule that 

governs three North Carolina 

Department of Transportation (NCDOT) 

bridges: The S.R. 74 Bridge, across the 

AIWW, mile 283.1 at Wrightsville 

Beach, NC; the Cape Fear Memorial 

Bridge across the Cape Fear River, mile 

26.8; and the Isabel S. Holmes Bridge 

across the Northeast Cape Fear River, 

mile 1.0; both at Wilmington, NC. The 

proposed modification will alter the 

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dates and times these bridges are 

allowed to remain in the closed position 

to accommodate the time and route 

change of the annual YMCA Tri Span 

5K & 10K races. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must reach the Coast Guard on or before 

July 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2012–0193 using any one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: 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– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this proposed 

rule, call or email Lindsey Middleton, 

Fifth District Bridge Program, Coast 

Guard; telephone 757–398–6629, email 

Lindsey.R.Middleton@uscg.mil. If you 

have questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Renee V. 

Wright, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments and related materials. All 

comments received will be posted, 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

1. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

rulemaking (USCG–2012–0193), 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. You 

may submit your comments and 

material online (http:// 

www.regulations.gov), or by fax, mail or 

hand delivery, but please use only one 

of these means. If you submit a 

comment online via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, it will be 

considered received by the Coast Guard 

when you successfully transmit the 

comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or 

mail your comment, it will be 

considered as having been received by 

the Coast Guard when it is received at 

the Docket Management Facility. We 

recommend that you include your name 

and a mailing address, an email address, 

or a phone number in the body of your 

document so that we can contact you if 

we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, click on the 

‘‘submit a comment’’ box, which will 

then become highlighted in blue. In the 

‘‘Document Type’’ drop down menu 

select ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ and insert 

‘‘USCG–2012–0193’’ in the ‘‘Keyword’’ 

box. Click ‘‘Search’’ then click on the 

balloon shape in the ‘‘Actions’’ column. 

If you submit your comments by mail or 

hand delivery, submit them in an 

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 

11 inches, suitable for copying and 

electronic filing. If you submit them by 

mail and would like to know that they 

reached the Facility, please enclose a 

stamped, self-addressed postcard or 

envelope. We will consider all 

comments and material received during 

the comment period and may change 

the rule based on your comments. 

2. Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, click on the 

‘‘read comments’’ box, which will then 

become highlighted in blue. In the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box insert ‘‘USCG–2012– 

0193’’ and click ‘‘Search.’’ Click the 

‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ in the ‘‘Actions’’ 

column. You may also visit the Docket 

Management Facility in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the Department 

of Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation to use 

the Docket Management Facility. 

3. Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of comments received into any of 

our dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). You may review a Privacy 

Act notice regarding our public dockets 

in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

4. Public Meeting 

We do not now plan to hold a public 

meeting. But you may submit a request 

for one using one of the four methods 

specified under ADDRESSES. Please 

explain why one would be beneficial. If 

we determine that one would aid this 

rulemaking, we will hold one at a time 

and place announced by a later notice 

in the Federal Register. 

B. Regulatory History and Information 

The current operating schedule for the 

S.R. 74 Bridge at Wrightsville Beach, 

NC, the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge and 

the Isabel S. Holmes Bridge both at 

Wilmington, NC are located at 33 CFR 

117.821(a)(4), 33 CFR 117.823, and 33 

CFR 117.829(a) respectively. All three 

operating regulations were last amended 

on May 27, 2011 regarding an unrelated 

issue. There have been no previous 

publications or other efforts to reach out 

to the public in the development of the 

proposed rule modifications because 

these races are annual races that 

mariners are familiar with and this 

proposed rule makes minor adjustments 

to the times the bridges will be unable 

to open. 

C. Basis and Purpose 

The YMCA Tri Span 5K and 10K 

races are annual events that are held in 

the Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington, 

NC areas. Recently, the Wilmington 

Family YMCA made a permanent 

change to both the time and route of the 

events. The races will continue to be 

held on the second Saturday of July of 

every year; however, the events will 

now begin and end an hour earlier (7 

a.m. to 9 a.m.) and the race routes will 

now include the S.R. 74 Bridge. As a 

result, the Wilmington Family YMCA, 

on behalf of NCDOT, is requesting a 

change to the current operating 

regulations for the S.R. 74 Bridge, the 

Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, and the 

Isabel S. Holmes Bridge. This proposal 

would allow the bridges to remain in 

the closed position from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. 

on the second Saturday of July of every 

year. 

The S.R. 74 Bridge is a double-leaf 

bascule drawbridge across AIWW, mile 

283.1, at Wrightsville Beach, NC. It has 

a vertical clearance of 20 feet at mean 

high water in the closed position. The 

Cape Fear Memorial Bridge is a verticallift bridge across the Cape Fear River, 

mile 26.8, at Wilmington, NC. It has a 

vertical clearance of 65 feet at mean 

high water in the closed position. The 

Isabel S. Holmes Bridge is a double-leaf 

bascule drawbridge, at mile 1.0, at 

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Wilmington, NC with a vertical 

clearance of 40 feet at mean high water 

in the closed position. 

D. Discussion of Proposed Rule 

The Coast Guard proposes to amend 

33 CFR 117.821(a)(4) for the S.R. 74 

Bridge, mile 283.1 at Wrightsville 

Beach, NC to allow the bridge to remain 

in the closed position from 7 a.m. to 9 

a.m. on the second Saturday of July of 

every year. The Coast Guard proposed to 

amend 33 CFR 117.823 and 33 CFR 

117.829(a)(4) for the Cape Fear 

Memorial Bridge and the Isabel S. 

Holmes Bridge, respectively, to allow 

the bridges to remain in the closed 

position from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the 

second Saturday of July of every year 

from the current closure times of 8 a.m. 

to 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of 

July of every year. The amendments to 

these operating regulations will allow 

the bridges to remain in the closed 

position for the racers of the annual 

YMCA Tri Span 5K & 10K races to 

safely cross the bridges. The Coast 

Guard will issue Local Notices to 

Mariners and Broadcast Notices to 

Mariners every year to remind mariners 

of the annual closures which will allow 

them to plan their scheduled transits 

accordingly. 

There are no alternative routes 

available to vessels transiting these 

waterways. Vessels that can transit 

under the bridges without an opening 

may do so at any time. The bridges will 

be able to open for emergencies. 

E. Regulatory Analyses 

We developed this proposed rule after 

considering numerous statutes and 

executive orders related to rulemaking. 

Below we summarize our analyses 

based on 14 of these statutes or 

executive orders. 

1. Regulatory Planning and Review 

This proposed rule is not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 

section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, 

Regulatory Planning and Review, as 

supplemented by Executive Order 

13563, Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review, and does not require 

an assessment of potential costs and 

benefits under section 6(a)(3) of Order 

12866 or under section 1 of Executive 

Order 13563. The Office of Management 

and Budget has not reviewed it under 

those Orders. 

The proposed changes are expected to 

have minimal impacts on mariners due 

to the short duration that the moveable 

bridges will be maintained in the closed 

position. The races have been reserved 

in years past with little to no impact to 

marine traffic. It is also a necessary 

measure to facilitate public safety that 

allows for the orderly movement of 

participants before, during, and after the 

races. 

2. Impact on Small Entities 

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), we have considered 

the impact of this proposed rule on 

small entities. The Coast Guard certifies 

under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposed 

rule would not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

This proposed rule would affect the 

following entities, some of which might 

be small entities: The owners or 

operators of vessels needing to transit 

any of the effected bridges from 7 a.m. 

to 9 a.m. on the second Saturday of July 

of every year. 

This action will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities because the 

rule adds minimal restrictions to the 

movement of navigation and mariners 

who plan their transits in accordance 

with the scheduled bridge closures can 

minimize delay. Vessels that can safely 

transit under the bridges may do so at 

any time. 

If you think that your business, 

organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity 

and that this rule would have a 

significant economic impact on it, 

please submit a comment (see 

ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it 

qualifies and how and to what degree 

this rule would economically affect it. 

3. Assistance for Small Entities 

Under section 213(a) of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121), 

we want to assist small entities in 

understanding this proposed rule so that 

they can better evaluate its effects on 

them and participate in the rulemaking. 

If the rule would affect your small 

business, organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction and you have questions 

concerning its provisions or options for 

compliance, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, above. The Coast Guard will 

not retaliate against small entities that 

question or complain about this 

proposed rule or any policy or action of 

the Coast Guard. 

4. Collection of Information 

This proposed rule would call for no 

new collection of information under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520). 

5. Federalism 

A rule has implications for federalism 

under Executive Order 13132, 

Federalism, if it has a substantial direct 

effect on the States, on the relationship 

between the national government and 

the States, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government. We have 

analyzed this proposed rule under that 

Order and have determined that it does 

not have implications for federalism. 

6. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their discretionary regulatory actions. In 

particular, the Act addresses actions 

that may result in the expenditure by a 

State, local, or tribal government, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector of 

$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or 

more in any one year. Though this 

proposed rule will not result in such an 

expenditure, we do discuss the effects of 

this rule elsewhere in this preamble. 

7. Taking of Private Property 

This proposed rule would not cause a 

taking of private property or otherwise 

have taking implications under 

Executive Order 12630, Governmental 

Actions and Interference with 

Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights. 

8. Civil Justice Reform 

This proposed rule meets applicable 

standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform, to minimize litigation, 

eliminate ambiguity, and reduce 

burden. 

9. Protection of Children 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Executive Order 13045, 

Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks. This rule is not an economically 

significant rule and would not create an 

environmental risk to health or risk to 

safety that might disproportionately 

affect children. 

10. Indian Tribal Governments 

This proposed rule does not have 

tribal implications under Executive 

Order 13175, Consultation and 

Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments, because it would not have 

a substantial direct effect on one or 

more Indian tribes, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

Indian tribes, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes. 

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11. Energy Effects 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Executive Order 13211, Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use. We have 

determined that it is not a ‘‘significant 

energy action’’ under that order because 

it is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

under Executive Order 12866 and is not 

likely to have a significant adverse effect 

on the supply, distribution, or use of 

energy. The Administrator of the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

has not designated it as a significant 

energy action. Therefore, it does not 

require a Statement of Energy Effects 

under Executive Order 13211. 

12. Technical Standards 

This proposed rule does not use 

technical standards. Therefore, we did 

not consider the use of voluntary 

consensus standards. 

13. Environment 

We have analyzed this rule under 

Department of Homeland Security 

Management Directive 023–01 and 

Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, 

which guides the Coast Guard in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have concluded that this action is one 

of a category of actions which do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. This rule is categorically 

excluded, under figure 2–1, paragraph 

(32)(e), of the Instruction. 

Under figure 2–1, paragraph (32)(e), of 

the Instruction, an environmental 

analysis checklist and a categorical 

exclusion determination are not 

required for this rule. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117 

Bridges. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 117 as follows: 

PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE 

OPERATION REGULATIONS 

1. The authority citation for part 117 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05–1; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1. 

2. In § 117.821 revise paragraph (a)(4) 

to read as follows: 

§ 117.821 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, 

Albermarle Sound to Sunset Beach. 

(a) * * * 

(4) S.R. 74 Bridge, mile 283.1, at 

Wrightsville Beach, NC, between 7 a.m. 

and 7 p.m., the draw need only open on 

the hour; except that from 7 a.m. to 9 

a.m. on the second Saturday of July of 

every year, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the 

third and fourth Saturday of September 

of every year, and from 7 a.m. to 10:30 

a.m. on the last Saturday of October of 

every year or the first or second 

Saturday of November of every year, the 

draw need not open for vessels due to 

annual races. 

* * * * * 

3. Revise § 117.823 to read as follows: 

§ 117.823 Cape Fear River. 

The draw of the Cape Fear Memorial 

Bridge, mile 26.8, at Wilmington need 

not open for the passage of vessels from 

7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the second Saturday 

of July of every year, and from 7 a.m. to 

11 a.m. on the first or second Sunday of 

November of every year to accommodate 

annual races. 

4. In § 117.829 revise paragraph (a)(4) 

to read as follows: 

§ 117.829 Northeast Cape Fear River. 

(a) * * * 

(4) From 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the 

second Saturday of July of every year, 

from 12 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. on the last 

Saturday of October or the first or 

second Saturday of November of every 

year, and from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the 

first or second Sunday of November of 

every year, the draw need not open for 

vessels to accommodate annual races. 

* * * * * 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

Lincoln D. Stroh, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting 

Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0179] 

RIN 1625–AA09 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Tombigbee River, AL 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to 

add a special operating regulation 

governing the Meridian and Bigbee 

Railroad (MNBR) vertical lift span 

bridge across the Tombigbee River at 

Naheola, Marengo and Choctaw 

Counties, Alabama. The bridge currently 

remains in the open-to-navigation 

position and only lowers for the passage 

of trains. This rule proposes to codify 

the current schedule as a special 

operating regulation. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must reach the Coast Guard on or before 

July 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2012–0179 using any one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: 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– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this proposed 

rule, call or email David Frank, Bridge 

Administration Branch; telephone 504– 

671–2128, email David.m.frank@uscg.

mil. If you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments and related materials. All 

comments received will be posted, 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

1. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

rulemaking (USCG–2012–0179), 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. You 

may submit your comments and 

material online (http:// 

www.regulations.gov), or by fax, mail or 

hand delivery, but please use only one 

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