Document ID: USCG-2013-0900-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake, VA (Fefderal Register Publication) (Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.)
Posted Date: 2013-10-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64886-64887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25624]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. [USCG-2013-0900]]

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway 
(AICW), Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake, VA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the SR 170/Centerville Turnpike Bridge, 
at AICW mile 15.2, across Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, at 
Chesapeake, VA. The deviation is necessary to facilitate structural 
repairs to the superstructure of the SR 170/Centerville Turnpike 
Bridge. This temporary deviation will allow the drawbridge to change 
the operating schedule on specific dates and times.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. on November 2, 2013 
until 7 p.m. November 10, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2013-0900] 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. 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 Mr. Jim Rousseau, Bridge 
Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard, telephone (757) 398-
6557, email James.L.Rousseau2@uscg.mil. If you have questions on 
viewing the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of Chesapeake, who owns and 
operates this swing bridge, has requested a temporary deviation from 
the current operating regulations set out in 33 CFR 117.997(i), to 
facilitate structural repairs.
    Under the regular operating schedule, the S.R. 170/Centerville 
Turnpike

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Bridge, Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal mile 15.2, at Chesapeake, VA 
shall open on signal at any time for commercial vessels carrying 
liquefied flammable gas or other hazardous materials; From 6:30 a.m. to 
8:30 a.m., and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays the draw need not open for the passage of recreational 
or commercial vessels that do not qualify; Need not open for commercial 
cargo vessels, including tug, and tug with tows, unless 2 hours advance 
notice has been given to the S.R. 170/Centerville Turnpike Bridge at 
(757) 547-3632; and from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays, the draw need only be opened on the hour and 
half hour. If any vessel is approaching the bridge and cannot reach the 
draw exactly on the hour or half hour, the draw tender may delay the 
opening ten minutes past the hour or half hour for the passage of the 
approaching vessel and any other vessels that are waiting to pass. It 
shall open on signal at all other times.
    The S.R. 170/Centerville Turnpike Bridge has a vertical clearance 
in the open and closed position of unlimited and 4 feet, above mean 
high water, respectively.
    Under this temporary deviation, the drawbridge will be operated 
under the following schedule to facilitate superstructure repairs, 
beginning at 7 a.m., on Saturday, November 2, 2013 and ending at 7 
p.m., on Sunday, November 3, 2013, the drawbridge will open on signal 
every three hours on the following schedule: on Saturday, November 2nd 
at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m., 10 p.m. and on Sunday, 
November 3rd at 1 a.m., 4 a.m., 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 
p.m.; will open on signal for hazardous material vessels with a one-
hour advance notice by calling (757-547-3631); and will open for an 
emergency as soon as safely possible. In case of inclement weather, the 
alternate dates will be rescheduled to weekend of November 9 and 
November 10, 2013. The bridge will operate under its current operating 
schedule at all other times. The Coast Guard has carefully reviewed 
bridge opening logs and coordinated the restrictions with commercial 
and recreational waterway users.
    Vessels able to pass under the bridge in the closed position may do 
so at anytime and are advised to proceed with caution. The drawbridge 
will be able to open for emergencies as soon as safely possible. There 
is no immediate alternate route for vessels transiting this section of 
the AICW but vessels may pass before and after the closure each day. 
The Coast Guard will also inform additional waterway users through our 
Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the closure periods for the 
bridge so that vessels can arrange their transits to minimize any 
impacts 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: October 16, 2013.
Waverly W. Gregory, Jr.,
Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2013-25624 Filed 10-29-13; 8:45 am]
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