Document ID: USCG-2017-0056-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Isle of Wight (Sinepuxent) Bay, Ocean City, MD
Posted Date: 2017-02-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 32 (Friday, February 17, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 10961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03193]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0056]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Isle of Wight (Sinepuxent) Bay, 
Ocean City, MD

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 U.S. 50 (Harry Kelly) Bridge across 
the Isle of Wight (Sinepuxent) Bay, mile 0.5, at Ocean City, MD. The 
deviation is necessary to accommodate the free movement of pedestrians 
and vehicles during the 2017 Island 2 Island Half Marathon Bridge Run. 
This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation 
position.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on April 
29, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2017-0056], 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 Mr. Mickey Sanders, Bridge 
Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard; telephone (757) 398-
6587, email Mickey.D.Sanders2@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The event director, OC Tri Running Sports, 
with approval from the Maryland State Highway Administration, who owns 
and operates the U.S. 50 (Harry Kelly) Bridge, has requested a 
temporary deviation from the current operating regulations to 
accommodate the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles during the 
2017 Island 2 Island Half Marathon Bridge Run. The bridge is a double 
bascule bridge and has a vertical clearance in the closed position of 
13 feet above mean high water.
    The current operating schedule is set out in 33 CFR 117.559. Under 
this temporary deviation, the bridge will be maintained in the closed-
to-navigation position from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on April 29, 2017. The 
Isle of Wight (Sinepuxent) Bay is used by a variety of vessels 
including small commercial vessels and recreational vessels. The Coast 
Guard has carefully considered the nature and volume of vessel traffic 
on the waterway in publishing this temporary deviation.
    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed position may 
do so at any time. The bridge will be able to open for emergencies and 
there is no immediate alternate route for vessels unable to pass 
through the bridge in the closed position. The Coast Guard will also 
inform the users of the waterways through our Local and Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners of the change in operating schedule for the bridge 
so that vessel operators can arrange their transits to minimize any 
impacts caused by this 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: February 13, 2016.
Hal R. Pitts,
Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-03193 Filed 2-16-17; 8:45 am]
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