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copying at the 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, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email the Bridge Administrator, Coast 

Guard Thirteenth District; telephone 

206–220–7282 email 

randall.d.overton@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Multnomah County has requested that 

the Broadway Bascule Bridge remain 

closed to vessel traffic to facilitate safe, 

uninterrupted roadway passage of 

participants of the Race for the Roses 

event. The Broadway Bridge crosses the 

Willamette River at mile 11.7 and 

provides 90 feet of vertical clearance 

above Columbia River Datum 0.0 while 

in the closed position. Vessels which do 

not require a bridge opening may 

continue to transit beneath the bridge 

during this closure period. Under 

normal conditions this bridge operates 

in accordance with 33 CFR 117.897(c) 

which allows for the bridge to remain 

closed between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 

4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through 

Friday and also requires advance 

notification when a bridge opening is 

needed. This deviation period is from 

6:30 a.m. on April 1, 2012 through 

7:30 a.m. April 1, 2012. The deviation 

allows the bascule span of the Broadway 

Bridge across the Willamette River, mile 

11.7, to remain in the closed position 

and need not open for maritime traffic 

for one hour from 6:30 a.m. through 7:30 

a.m. on April 1, 2012. The bridge shall 

operate in accordance to 33 CFR 

117.897 at all other times. Waterway 

usage on this stretch of the Willamette 

River includes vessels ranging from 

commercial tug and barge to small 

pleasure craft. Mariners will be notified 

and kept informed of the bridge’s 

operational status via the Coast Guard 

Notice to Mariners publication and 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners as 

appropriate. The draw span will be 

required to open, if needed, for vessels 

engaged in emergency response 

operations during this closure period. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), 

the drawbridge must return to its regular 

operating schedule immediately at the 

end of the designated time period. This 

deviation from the operating regulations 

is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Randall D. Overton, 

Bridge Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6984 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0078] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Miami River, Miami, FL 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation 

from regulation; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Commander, Seventh 

Coast Guard District, has issued a 

temporary deviation from the regulation 

governing the operation of the N.W. 

12th Avenue Bridge across the Miami 

River, mile 2.1, in Miami, Florida. This 

deviation will test a change to the 

drawbridge operation schedule to 

determine whether a permanent change 

to the schedule is needed. The test 

deviation is necessary to determine 

whether possible vehicle traffic 

congestion during Miami Marlins home 

baseball games poses a safety concern. 

This 90 day test deviation will allow the 

N.W. 12th Avenue Bridge to remain 

closed to navigation for a short period 

prior to the start of Miami Marlins home 

baseball games. Tugs and tugs with 

tows, public vessels of the United 

States, and vessels in distress shall be 

passed at any time. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

6:46 p.m. on April 4, 2012 through 

7:30 p.m. on July 3, 2012. 

Comments and related material must 

be received by the Coast Guard on or 

before August 1, 2012. Requests for 

public meetings must be received by the 

Coast Guard on or before May 15, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2012–0078 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 rule, call or 

email Michael Lieberum, Seventh 

District Bridge Branch, Coast Guard; 

telephone (305) 415–6744, email 

Michael.B.Lieberum@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: 

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. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

rulemaking (USCG–2012–0078), 

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 

‘‘Keyword’’ box insert ‘‘USCG–2012– 

0078,’’ click ‘‘Search,’’ and then click on 

the balloon shape in the ‘‘Actions’’ 

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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. 

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– 

0078’’ 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. 

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). 

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. 

Basis and Purpose 

The legal basis for test deviations to 

drawbridge operating schedules is the 

Coast Guard’s authority to regulate 

drawbridge operations: 33 U.S.C. 499; 

33 CFR 1.05–1; Department of 

Homeland Security Delegation No. 

0170.1. 

The purpose of the test deviation is to 

determine whether the current 

drawbridge operation schedule meets 

the needs of navigation and land traffic. 

Discussion 

The Miami Marlins Organization has 

requested bridge opening limitations to 

the N.W. 12th Avenue Bridge over the 

Miami River mile 2.1, in Miami, Florida, 

in order to determine whether traffic 

congestion during Miami Marlins home 

baseball games poses a safety concern 

and whether a brief closure will mitigate 

such congestion. This 90 day test 

deviation will allow this bridge to 

remain closed to navigation from 6:46 

p.m. until 7:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, during Miami Marlins home 

baseball games on April 4, 13, 17, 18, 

19, 27, 30; May 11, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 

24, 25, 28, 29, 30; June 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 

13, 22, 25, 26, 27, and 29. 

The N.W. 12th Avenue Bridge 

provides a vertical clearance of 22 feet 

above mean high water in the closed 

position, and a horizontal clearance of 

150 feet. The normal operating schedule 

for the bridge is set forth in 33 CFR 

117.305(b), which states that the draws 

of the S.W. First Street Bridge, mile 0.9, 

up to and including the N.W. 27th 

Avenue Bridge, mile 3.7 at Miami, shall 

open on signal; except that, from 

7:35 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. to 

5:59 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays, the draws need 

not open for the passage of vessels. 

This 90 day test deviation will be in 

effect from 6:46 p.m. on April 4, 2012 

through 7:30 p.m. on July 3, 2012. Tugs 

and tugs with tows, public vessels of the 

United States, and vessels in distress 

shall be passed at any time. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), 

the drawbridge must return to its regular 

operating schedule immediately at the 

end of the designated time period. This 

test deviation from the operating 

regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 

117.35. 

Dated: February 29, 2012. 

B.L. Dragon, 

Bridge Program Director, Seventh Coast 

Guard District. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6982 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket No. USCG–2011–0118] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays 

within the Fifth Coast Guard District 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is revising 

the list of permanent safety zones 

established for fireworks displays at 

various locations within the geographic 

boundary of the Fifth Coast Guard 

District. This action is necessary to 

protect life and property of the maritime 

public from hazards posed by fireworks 

displays. Entry into or movement within 

these zones during the enforcement 

periods is prohibited without approval 

of the appropriate Captain of the Port. 

DATES: This rule is effective April 23, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and material 

received from the public, as well as 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, are part 

of docket USCG–2011–0118 and 

available online by going to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG– 

2011–0118 in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and 

then clicking ‘‘Search.’’ This material is 

also available for inspection or copying 

at the 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, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email Dennis Sens, Fifth Coast Guard 

District, Prevention Division; telephone 

757–398–6204, email 

Dennis.M.Sens@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulatory Information 

On October 26, 2011, we published a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

entitled ‘‘Safety Zones; Fireworks 

Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard 

District’’ in the Federal Register (76 FR 

66239). We received no comments on 

the proposed rule. 

Basis and Purpose 

The purpose of this final rule is to 

ensure the safety of life on navigable 

waters during fireworks events and 

provide the marine community the 

opportunity to comment on safety zone 

locations, size, and length of time the 

zones will be active. 

Background 

In this final rule the Coast Guard 

revises the list of permanent safety 

zones at 33 CFR 165.506, established for 

fireworks displays at various locations 


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