Document ID: USCG-2017-0311-0002
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Quantuck Canal, Westhampton Beach, NY
Posted Date: 2017-09-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42940-42941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19374]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0311]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Quantuck Canal, Westhampton 
Beach, NY

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from drawbridge regulation; 
modification.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has modified a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Beach Lane Bridge across the 
Quantuck Canal, mile 1.1 at Westhampton Beach, New York. This action is 
necessary to complete rehabilitation of the bascule leaves of the 
drawbridge. This modified deviation extends the period during which the 
bridge may open only one bascule span at a time in order to provide 
passage for vessels requiring an opening.

DATES: This deviation is effective from September 30, 2017 through 
11:59 p.m. on October 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2017-0311 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 deviation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this modified 
temporary deviation, call or email James M. Moore, Bridge Management 
Specialist, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1518, email 
james.m.moore2@uscg.mil.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Suffolk County Department of Public 
Works, the owner of the bridge, requested a temporary deviation in 
order to complete rehabilitation of the bascule leaves and painting of 
the bridge. The Beach Lane Bridge across the Quantuck Canal at mile 1.1 
at Westhampton Beach, New York is a double-leaf bascule bridge with a 
vertical clearance of 13.9 feet at mean high water and 16.2 feet at 
mean low water in the closed position. Horizontal clearance is 50.3 
feet, but utilization of a work barge placed underneath one of the 
bascule leaves reduces horizontal clearance to 25 feet. The existing 
drawbridge operating regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.799(d).
    On May 15, 2017, the Coast Guard published a temporary deviation 
entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Quantuck Canal, Westhampton 
Beach, NY'' in the Federal Register (82 FR 22281). Under that temporary 
deviation, between April 17, 2017 and September 30, 2017, the Beach 
Lane Bridge was authorized to open only one bascule span at a time in 
order to provide passage for vessels requiring an opening. Dual lift 
span operations would be permitted provided 48 hours of advance notice 
was furnished to the owner of the bridge.
    Due to unanticipated project delays, the Suffolk County Department 
of Public Works has requested to continue one-leaf operations until 
October 13, 2017, allowing for completion of bascule leaf 
rehabilitation.
    Vessels that can pass under the bridge without an opening may do so 
at all times. The bridge will be able to open for emergencies. There is 
no alternate route for vessels to pass.
    The Coast Guard will also 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 
transit 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.

    Dated: September 7, 2017.
Christopher J. Bisignano,
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-19374 Filed 9-12-17; 8:45 am]
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