Document ID: USCG-2015-0003-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Bonfouca Bayou, Slidell, LA (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2015-02-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01826]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0003]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Bonfouca Bayou, Slidell, LA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
regulation governing the operation of the State Route 433 (SR433) 
Bridge across Bonfouca Bayou, mile 7.0, at Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, 
Louisiana. This deviation provides for the bridge to remain closed to 
navigation for five and a half consecutive hours in the morning and 
four and a half hours in the afternoon with an opening in the middle to 
pass vessels. There will be a two-hour notice to pass vessels in the 
evenings and a four-hour notice to pass vessels on weekends. This 
deviation will last for 33 consecutive days. The purpose of the closure 
is to conduct scheduled maintenance and repairs to the drawbridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 6:30 a.m. on February 2, 2015 
through 5:30 p.m. on March 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2015-0003] is available 
at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' 
box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line 
associated with this rulemaking. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email Jim Wetherington, Bridge 
Administration Branch, Coast Guard, telephone (504)671-2128, email 
james.r.wetherington@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the 
docket, call Cheryl F. Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 
telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Louisiana Department of Transportation 
and Development (LDOTD) requested a temporary deviation from the normal 
operation of the drawbridge at 33 CFR 117.433 in order to perform 
scheduled maintenance and rehabilitation. This is necessary for the 
continued operation of the bridge. This deviation allows the draw of 
the SR433 Bridge across Bonfouca Bayou, mile 7.0, to remain closed to 
navigation for five and a half consecutive hours in the morning and 
four and a half hours in the afternoon with an opening in the middle to 
pass vessels. This deviation is effective from 6:30 a.m. to noon and 
then again from 1 p.m. through 5:30 p.m. daily from February 2 through 
March 6, 2015. There will be two-hour notice required in the evenings 
and a four-hour notice all day on the weekends.
    Broadcast Notice to Mariners will be used to update mariners of any 
changes in this deviation.
    The bridge has a vertical clearance of 8 feet above high water in 
the closed-to-navigation position and unlimited clearance above high 
water in the open-to-navigation position. There is 125 feet fender to 
fender horizontal clearance. Navigation on the waterway consists of 
tugs with tows, commercial fishing vessels and mainly recreational 
craft. There is no alternate route.
    CEC (the contractor for the maintenance and rehab) and the Coast 
Guard have coordinated the closure with waterway users, industry, and 
other Coast Guard units. This date and this schedule were chosen to 
minimize the significant effects on vessel traffic.
    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.

    Dated: January 27, 2015.
David M. Frank,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth District.
[FR Doc. 2015-01826 Filed 1-30-15; 8:45 am]
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