71058 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 230 / Wednesday, November 29, 2000 / Rules and Regulations

Irradiated food Limitations Use

Potable water Without ozone production; coefficient of

absorption, 0.19 per cm or less; flow rate,

100 gal/h per watt of 2,537 A. radiation;

water depth, 1 cm or less; lamp-operating

temperature, 36 to 46 °C.

Sterilization of water used in food production.

Juice products Turbulent flow through tubes with a minimum

Reynolds number of 2,200.

Reduction of human pathogens and other

microorganisms.

Dated: November 14, 2000.

L. Robert Lake,

Director of Regulations and Policy, Center

for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

[FR Doc. 00–30453 Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD11–00–016]

RIN 2115–AE46

Special Local Regulations: San Diego

Christmas Boat Parade of Lights

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of implementation.

SUMMARY: This notice implements 33

CFR 100.1101, Southern California

annual marine events, for the San Diego

Christmas Boat Parade of Lights. The

event will consist of private vessels

approximately 10 to 60 feet in length

with Christmas lights formed in a

parade through the San Diego Harbor.

These regulations will be effective on

that portion of San Diego Harbor, from

the northern portion of the main

channel from Seaport Village to the

Shelter Island Yacht Basin. Notice of

Implementation of 33 CFR 100.1101 is

necessary to control vessel traffic in the

regulated areas during the event to

ensure the safety of participants and

spectators.

Pursuant to 33 CFR 100.1101(b)(3),

Commanding Officer, Coast Guard

Activities San Diego, is designated

Patrol Commander for this event; he has

the authority to delegate this

responsibility to any commissioned,

warrant, or petty officer of the Coast

Guard.

EFFECTIVE DATES: This section is

effective on December 10, 2000 from

2:00 p.m. (PST) until 10:00 p.m. (PST)

and on December 17, 2000 from 5:00

p.m. until 10:00 p.m. (PST). If the event

concludes prior to the scheduled

termination date and/or time, the Coast

Guard will cease enforcement of this

section and will announce that fact via

Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Petty Officer Nicole Lavorgna, U.S.

Coast Guard MSO San Diego, San Diego,

California; Telephone: (619) 683–6495.

Discussion of Implementation. These

Special Local Regulations permit Coast

Guard control of vessel traffic in order

to ensure the safety of spectator and

participant vessels. In accordance with

the regulations in 33 CFR 100.1101, no

persons or vessels shall block, anchor,

or loiter in the regulated area; nor shall

any person or vessel transit through the

regulated area, or otherwise impede the

transit of participant or official patrol

vessels in the regulated area, unless

cleared for such entry by or through an

official patrol vessel acting on behalf of

the Patrol Commander.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

C.D. Wurster,

U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eleventh

Coast Guard District, Acting.

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BILLING CODE 4910–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD08–00–026]

RIN 2115–AE47

Drawbridge Operating Regulation;

Neches River, TX

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is issuing

this rule as a matter of information to

the public. The Kansas City Southern

Lift Bridge across the Neches River, mile

19.5, in Beaumont, TX is currently

controlled from a remote location. The

owner of the bridge, The Kansas City

Southern Railway Company operates

the bridge from their dispatch office in

Shreveport, LA. This rule provides the

public with a complete description of

the operation of this bridge.

DATES: This rule becomes effective on

November 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Documents referred to in

this rule are available for inspection or

copying at the office of the Eighth Coast

Guard District, Bridge Administration

Branch, Hale Boggs Federal Building,

room 1313, 501 Magazine Street, New

Orleans, Louisiana 70130–3396 between

7 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays. The

telephone number is (504) 589–2965.

Commander (ob) maintains the public

docket for this rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

David Frank, Bridge Administration

Branch, telephone number 504–589–

2965.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulatory Information

We did not publish a notice of

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for this

regulation. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the

Coast Guard finds that good cause exists

for not publishing an NPRM.

An NPRM is not necessary because

this rule makes no substantive changes

to the operation of the Kansas City

Southern Lift Bridge, but it does

describe the full remote operation of the

bridge for the benefit of the public.

Background and Purpose

The Kansas City Southern Lift Bridge

across the Neches River, mile 19.5, in

Beaumont, TX is a remotely operated

railroad bridge that opens to navigation

on demand. The owners of the bridge,

The Kansas City Southern Railway

Company operates the bridge remotely

from Shreveport, LA and has installed a

sound device that transmits the vessel

signals for an opening to the bridge

operator. Then, through this same

device, the bridge operator can respond

whether the bridge can be opened at

that time or not. No changes will be

made to how the bridge currently

operates.

For the benefit of the public, the Coast

Guard is adding a description of the full

operation of this remotely operated

bridge to 33 CFR 117 subpart b.

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Regulatory Evaluation

This final rule is not a significant

regulatory action under section 3(f) of

Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 and does

not require an assessment of potential

costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3)

of that Order. It has not been reviewed

by the Office of Management and

Budget under that Order. It is not

significant under the regulatory policies

and procedures of the Department of

Transportation (DOT)(44 FR 11040;

February 26, 1979). The Coast Guard

expects the economic impact of this

final rule to be so minimal that a full

Regulatory Evaluation under paragraph

10e of the regulatory policies and

procedures of DOT is unnecessary.

Small Entities

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Coast Guard

considers whether this final rule will

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities.

‘‘Small entities’’ include (1) small

businesses, not-for-profit organizations

that are independently owned and

operated and are not dominant in their

fields, and (2) governmental

jurisdictions with populations of less

than 50,000.

Because the Coast Guard expects there

to be no impact from this rule, it

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

rule will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. The Coast

Guard expects no impact from this rule.

There will be no changes made to the

operation of the bridge.

Collection of Information

This final rule would call for no new

collection of information under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501–3520.).

Federalism

We have analyzed this final rule

under E.O. 13132 and have determined

that this final rule does not have

implications for federalism under that

Order.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) governs

the issuance of Federal regulations that

require unfunded mandates. An

unfunded mandate is a regulation that

requires a State, local, or tribal

government or the private sector to

incur direct costs without the Federal

Government’s having first provided the

funds to pay those costs. This final rule

would not impose an unfunded

mandate.

Taking of Private Property

This final rule would not effect a

taking of private property or otherwise

have taking implications under E.O.

12630, Governmental Actions and

Interference with Constitutionally

Protected Property Rights.

Civil Justice Reform

This final rule meets applicable

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

E.O. 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to

minimize litigation, eliminate

ambiguity, and reduce burden.

Protection of Children

We have analyzed this final rule

under E.O. 13045, Protection of

Children from Environmental Health

Risks and Safety Risks. This final rule

is not an economically significant rule

and does not concern an environmental

risk to health or risk to safety that may

disproportionately affect children.

Environment

We considered the environmental

impact of this final rule and concluded

that, under figure 2–1, paragraph (32)(e),

of Commandant Instruction M16475.lC,

this final rule is categorically excluded

from further environmental

documentation. This final rule will not

change the operation of the bridge. A

‘‘Categorical Exclusion Determination’’

is available in the docket where

indicated under ADDRESSES.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117

Bridges.

Regulations

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, the Coast Guard is amending

Part 117 of Title 33, Code of Federal

Regulations, 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; 49 CFR 1.46; 33

CFR 1.05–1(g); section 117.255 also issued

under the authority of Pub. L. 102–587, 105

Stat. 5039.

2. In § 117.971, the existing text is redesignated as paragraph (b) and a new

paragraph (a) is added to read as

follows:

§ 117.971 Neches River

(a) The draw of the Kansas City

Southern automated bridge, mile 19.5,

at Beaumont, is not constantly manned

and is operated from a remote site in

Shreveport, Louisiana. The bridge is

normally maintained in the closed to

navigation position, providing 13 feet of

vertical clearance above mean high tide.

This bridge will open on signal.

(1) Mariners may request a bridge

opening at anytime via one of the

following methods:

(i) Telephone at 1–877–829–6295;

(ii) Marine radio on VHF–FM Channel

16; or

(iii) Proper sound signal as prescribed

in § 117.15.

(2) When signaling by sound, if return

sound signal is not sent from the remote

bridge operator, in compliance with

§ 117.15, contact the remote operator via

telephone or marine radio.

(3) An audible warning siren will

sound when the bridge is in motion.

Video cameras will constantly monitor

the waterway near and under the draw.

Once a vessel has passed through the

bridge, the draw will lower, provided

the infrared ‘‘under bridge’’ presence

detector and video cameras reveal

nothing under the draw.

* * * * *

Dated: November 13, 2000.

Paul J. Pluta,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

Eighth Coast Guard District.

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BILLING CODE 4910–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD08–00–027]

Drawbridge Operating Regulation;

Sabine Lake, Texas

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation

from regulations.

SUMMARY: The Commander, Eighth

Coast Guard District has issued a

temporary deviation from the regulation

in 33 CFR 117.979 governing the

operation of the State Route 82, swing

span bridge across Sabine Lake, mile

10.0 at Port Arthur, Texas. This

deviation allows the State of Texas,

Department of Transportation to close

the bridge to navigation from 7 a.m. on

December 1, 2000 through 5 p.m. on

December 15, 2000. Presently, the draw

is required to open on signal except that

from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., the draw shall

open on signal if at least six hours

notice is given to the Maintenance

Construction Supervisor or the

Maintenance Foreman at Port Arthur.

This temporary deviation is issued to

allow for replacement of the operator

house and to perform electrical and

mechanical maintenance.