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non-binding guidance on Class III 

Minimum Internal Control Standards 

may be found at www.nigc.gov. 

■ 3. Effective September 27, 2018, part 

542 is stayed. 

Dated: July 18, 2018. 

Jonodev O. Chaudhuri, 

Chairman. 

Dated: July 18, 2018. 

Kathryn Isom-Clause, 

Vice Chair. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16254 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7565–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket No. USCG–2018–0725] 

Special Local Regulations; Marine 

Events Within the Fifth Coast Guard 

District 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of 

regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce 

special local regulations for the 

Baltimore Air Show from October 4, 

2018, through October 7, 2018, to 

provide for the safety of life on 

navigable waterways during the event. 

Our regulation for marine events within 

the Fifth Coast Guard District identifies 

the regulated area for the event. During 

the enforcement period, the Coast Guard 

patrol commander or designated marine 

event patrol may forbid and control the 

movement of all vessels in the regulated 

area. 

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 

100.501 will be enforced for the 

Baltimore Air Show regulated area 

listed in item b.23 in the table to 

§ 100.501 from 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. 

on October 4, 2018, from 10:30 a.m. 

through 5 p.m. on October 5, 2018, from 

11 a.m. through 5 p.m. on October 6, 

2018, and from 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. 

on October 7, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this notice of 

enforcement, call or email Mr. Ron 

Houck, U.S. Coast Guard Sector 

Maryland-National Capital Region 

(WWM Division); telephone 410–576– 

2674, email Ronald.L.Houck@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard was notified by the Historic 

Ships in Baltimore, Inc., on February 6, 

2018, through submission of a marine 

event application that, due to a 

scheduling change, a change of dates is 

necessary to the dates previously 

published in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) for the biennially 

scheduled Baltimore Air Show, as listed 

in the table to 33 CFR 100.501. The date 

of the event for this year is changed to 

October 4, 2018, through October 7, 

2018. The Coast Guard will enforce the 

special local regulations in 33 CFR 

100.501 for the Baltimore Air Show 

regulated area from 11 a.m. through 5 

p.m. on October 4, 2018, from 10:30 

a.m. through 5 p.m. on October 5, 2018, 

from 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. on October 

6, 2018, and from 11 a.m. through 5 

p.m. on October 7, 2018. Our regulation 

for marine events within the Fifth Coast 

Guard District, § 100.501, specifies the 

location of the regulated area for the 

Baltimore Air Show, which 

encompasses portions of the Patapsco 

River, at Baltimore, MD. 

This action is being taken to provide 

for the safety of life on navigable 

waterways during the event. As 

specified in § 100.501(c), during the 

enforcement period, the Coast Guard 

patrol commander or designated marine 

event patrol may forbid and control the 

movement of all vessels in the regulated 

area. Vessel operators may request 

permission to enter and transit through 

a regulated area by contacting the Coast 

Guard patrol commander on VHF–FM 

channel 16. 

In addition to this notice of 

enforcement in the Federal Register, the 

Coast Guard plans to provide 

notification of this enforcement period 

via the Local Notice to Mariners and 

marine information broadcasts. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Joseph B. Loring, 

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

Port Maryland-National Capital Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2018–0091] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Petaluma River, Haystack Landing 

(Petaluma), CA 

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 Northwestern 

Pacific (SMART) railroad bridge across 

the Petaluma River, mile 12.4, at 

Haystack Landing (Petaluma), CA. This 

deviation will be a second test of a 

change to the drawbridge operation 

schedule to determine whether a 

permanent change to the schedule is 

appropriate. This test deviation will 

modify the existing regulation to add an 

advance notification requirement for 

obtaining bridge openings. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

6 a.m. on August 20, 2018 to 6 a.m. on 

October 18, 2018. 

Comments and related materials must 

reach the Coast Guard on or before 

November 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2018–0091 using Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://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 Carl T. Hausner, 

Chief, Bridge Section, Eleventh Coast 

Guard District; telephone 510–437– 

3516; email Carl.T.Hausner@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background, Purpose and Legal Basis 

On March 2, 2018, the Coast Guard 

published a Test Deviation entitled 

Petaluma River, Haystack Landing 

(Petaluma), CA in the Federal Register 

(83 FR 8936). We received five 

comments on this rule. Four of the five 

comments submitted, concerning the 

test deviation, addressed the 2-hour 

advance notification. The commenters 

stated that the lengthy advance 

notification would be a burden on 

waterway users. The fifth comment was 

directed at the structural deficiency of a 

number of dams in the United States; 

this comment is not pertinent to this 

deviation. 

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit 

(SMART) owns the Northwestern 

Pacific railroad bridge across the 

Petaluma River, mile 12.4, at Haystack 

Landing (Petaluma), CA. The bridge has 

a vertical clearance of 3.6 feet above 

mean high water in the closed-tonavigation position and unlimited 

vertical clearance in the open-tonavigation position, and currently 

operates under 33 CFR 117.187(a). 

The duration of this initial test 

deviation was 90 days. During this 

initial test, according to drawtender 

logs, 96 vessels requested openings and 

passed through the bridge. At no time 

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drawtender and in only one instance 

was a one-hour advance notice given. In 

all other instances, a notification of 30 

minutes or less was given to the 

drawtender and the bridge opened for 

the passage of those vessels. The Coast 

Guard received five comments, via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, related to 

the initial test deviation. Four of the five 

comments indicated the 2-hour notice 

would be a burden on waterway users. 

In order to meet the reasonable needs 

of navigation, while benefiting rail 

transportation, the Coast Guard is 

publishing this alternate temporary 

deviation to the proposed schedule 

change to determine whether a 

permanent change to the schedule is 

appropriate to better balance the needs 

of marine and rail traffic. 

Under this temporary deviation, in 

effect from 6 a.m. on August 20, 2018 

to 6 a.m. on October 18, 2018, the bridge 

shall open on signal from 3 a.m. to 11 

p.m. if at least 30 minutes notice is 

given to the drawtender. At all other 

times, the draw shall be maintained in 

the fully open position, except for the 

passage of trains or for maintenance. To 

request an opening, mariners can 

contact the drawtender via marine radio 

VHF–FM channel 16/9 or by telephone 

at (707) 890–8650. Vessels able to pass 

through the bridge in the closed 

position may do so at any time. The 

bridge will be required to open as soon 

as practicable for vessels engaged in 

emergency response. SMART will log 

dates and times of vessels requesting 

openings. There are no alternate routes 

for vessels transiting upstream of the 

bridge on the Petaluma River. 

The Coast Guard will also inform the 

users of the waterways through our 

Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners 

and through direct outreach to local 

harbors, marinas, and water-based 

business of the temporary change in the 

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 

materials received during the comment 

period. Your comments 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 http://

www.regulations.gov. If your material 

cannot be submitted using http://

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 http://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. For more about privacy and 

the docket, visit http://

www.regulations.gov/privacynotice. 

Documents mentioned in this notice 

as being available in this docket and all 

public comments, will be in our online 

docket at http://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: August 7, 2018. 

Carl T. Hausner, 

District Bridge Chief, Eleventh Coast Guard 

District. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17234 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2018–0512] 

RIN 1625–AA09 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Chevron Oil Company Canal, 

Fourchon, LA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is removing 

the existing drawbridge operation 

regulation for the State Route (SR) 3090 

Bridge, mile 0.05, across the Chevron 

Oil Company Canal, at Fourchon, 

Lafourche Parish, LA. The drawbridge 

was removed in May 7, 2018 and the 

operating regulation is no longer 

applicable or necessary. 

DATES: This rule is effective August 13, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2018– 

0512. In the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click 

‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket 

Folder on the line associated with this 

rulemaking. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email Ms. Donna Gagliano, Bridge 

Branch Office, Eighth District, U.S. 

Coast Guard; telephone 504–671–2128, 

email Donna.Gagliano@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

SR State Road 

II. Background Information and 

Regulatory History 

The Coast Guard is issuing this final 

rule without prior notice and 

opportunity to comment pursuant to 

authority under section 4(a) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision 

authorizes an agency to issue a rule 

without prior notice and opportunity to 

comment when the agency for good 

cause finds that those procedures are 

‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(3)(B), the Coast Guard finds that 

good cause exists for not publishing a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

with respect to this rule because the 

State Route (SR) 3090 Bridge, mile 0.05, 

across the Chevron Oil Company Canal, 

at Fourchon, Lafourche Parish, LA (SR 

3090 Bridge), that once required draw 

operations in 33 CFR 117.437, was 

removed from the waterway. Therefore, 

the regulation is no longer applicable 

and shall be removed from publication. 

It is unnecessary to publish an NPRM 

because this regulatory action does not 

purport to place any restrictions on 

mariners but rather removes a 

restriction that has no further use or 

value. 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), and for the 

same reasons stated in the preceding 

paragraph, the Coast Guard finds that 

good cause exists for making this rule 

effective less than 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. 

III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule 

The Coast Guard is issuing this rule 

under authority 33 U.S.C. 499. 

On May 7, 2018, the SR 3090 Bridge, 

mile 0.05, across the Chevron Oil 


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