Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 16 / Wednesday, January 27, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 7241 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2019–0910] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Bayou Sara, Saraland, AL 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation 

from regulations; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a 

temporary deviation from the operating 

schedule that governs the CSX 

Transportation Railroad drawbridge 

across Bayou Sara, mile 0.1 near 

Saraland, Mobile County, Alabama. This 

deviation will test a change to the 

drawbridge operation schedule to 

determine whether a permanent change 

to the schedule is needed. The Coast 

Guard is seeking comments from the 

public regarding these proposed 

changes. 

DATES: This deviation is effective 

without actual notice from 7:01 a.m. 

January 27, 2021 through 7 a.m. July 8, 

2021. For the purposes of enforcement, 

actual notice will be used from 7 a.m. 

January 8, 2021 through 7 a.m. January 

27, 2021. Comments and related 

material must reach the Coast Guard on 

or before July 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2019–0910 using Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. 

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 test 

deviation, call or email Mr. Doug 

Blakemore, Eighth Coast Guard District, 

Bridge Administration Branch Chief; 

telephone (504) 671–2128, email 

Douglas.A.Blakemore@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background, Purpose and Legal Basis 

The CSX Transportation Railroad 

drawbridge has a vertical clearance of 5′ 

in the closed to navigation position and 

operates in accordance with 33 CFR 

117.105. The CSX Railroad Company, 

the owner of the bridge requested to 

change operation of the bridge from a 

tended drawbridge to a remotely 

operated drawbridge. 

CSX has completed installation of a 

remote operation system at the bridge 

and a remote control center, located in 

Mobile, AL. At the bridge, CSX has 

installed infrared cameras, closed 

circuit cameras and TVs, 

communication systems and 

information technology systems on the 

bridge that allow an operator from 

Mobile to monitor and control the 

bridge. They have also developed an 

operations manual that remote operators 

use to control each bridge. 

The purpose of this test is to evaluate 

the impact to navigation safety and 

vessels reasonable ability to use the 

waterway while the drawbridge is 

operated from the CSX remote control 

center in Mobile, AL. The bridge’s 

operation schedule and methods to 

contact the bridge to open will remain 

the same. 

The waterway users include 

recreational vessels and commercial 

tows; which combined requires 

approximately six openings a day. 

The Coast Guard will inform the users 

of the waterways through our Local and 

Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the 

change in operating schedule for the 

bridge so that vessel operators can 

arrange their transits 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. 

II. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We view public participation as 

essential to effective rulemaking, and 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

Your comment can help shape the 

outcome of this rulemaking. If you 

submit a comment, please include the 

docket number for this rulemaking, 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. 

We encourage you to submit 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. If your material 

cannot be submitted using https://

www.regulations.gov, contact the person 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document for 

alternate instructions. 

We accept anonymous comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. For more about privacy and 

submissions in response to this 

document, see DHS’s eRulemaking 

System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, 

March 11, 2020). 

Documents mentioned in this 

temporary deviation as being available 

in this docket and all public comments, 

will be in our online docket at https:// 

www.regulations.gov and can be viewed 

by following that website’s instructions. 

Additionally, if you go to the online 

docket and sign up for email alerts, you 

will be notified when comments are 

posted or a final rule is published. 

Dated: January 11, 2021 

Douglas Allen Blakemore, Sr., 

Chief, Bridge Administration Branch, Eighth 

Coast Guard District. 

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