Document ID: USCG-2017-0101-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Galveston, TX
Posted Date: 2017-03-03T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 41 (Friday, March 3, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 12415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04125]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0101]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, 
Galveston, TX

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Galveston Causeway Railroad 
Vertical Lift Bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), mile 
357.2 West of Harvey Locks (WHL), at Galveston, Galveston County, 
Texas. The deviation is necessary to conduct cable lubing and 
maintenance on the bridge. This deviation allows the bridge to remain 
in the down position for two four-hour periods, on five consecutive 
days during day-light hours.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. on March 6, 2017 through 
5 p.m. on March 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2017-0101] 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 
temporary deviation, call or email Giselle MacDonald, Bridge 
Administration Branch, Coast Guard; telephone 504-671-2128, email 
Giselle.T.MacDonald@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway 
Company requested a temporary deviation from the operating schedule of 
the Galveston Causeway Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge across the GIWW, 
mile 357.2 WHL, at Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. This deviation 
was requested to allow the bridge owner to complete cable lubing and 
scheduled semi-annual maintenance. This bridge is governed by 33 CFR 
117.5.
    This deviation allows the vertical lift bridge to remain in the 
closed-to-navigation position from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 
5 p.m., daily, beginning March 6 through March 10, 2017, with a 
scheduled two-hour opening each day to facilitate passage of vessel 
traffic from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the bridge will revert to open on 
demand status at 5 p.m. each day.
    The bridge has a vertical clearance of 8.0 feet above mean high 
water, elevation 3 feet of the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 
(NAVD88), in the closed-to-navigation position and 73 feet above mean 
high water in the open-to-navigation position. Navigation at the site 
of the bridge consists mainly of tows with barges and some recreational 
pleasure craft. The bridge can open in case of emergency. No alternate 
routes are available. The Coast Guard will inform the users of the 
waterways through our Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the 
change in operating schedule for the bridge.
    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: February 27, 2017.
Eric A. Washburn,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-04125 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am]
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