Document ID: USCG-2016-0183-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Trent River, New Bern, NC
Posted Date: 2016-03-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14976-14977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06266]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0183]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Trent River, New Bern, NC

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 US 70 (Alfred C. Cunningham) Bridge 
across the Trent River, mile 0.0, at New Bern, NC. The deviation is 
necessary to ensure the safety of attendees to the annual Mumfest 
celebration. This deviation allows the bridge draw span to remain in 
the closed to navigation position at two hour increments to accommodate 
the free movement of pedestrians and vehicles during the annual Mumfest 
celebration.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 9 a.m. on October 8, 2016 to 7 
p.m. on October 9, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0183] is

[[Page 14977]]

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 Mrs. Traci Whitfield, Bridge 
Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard, telephone (757) 398-
6629, email Traci.G.Whitfield@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Event Director for the New Bern Mumfest, 
with approval from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, 
owner of the drawbridge, has requested a temporary deviation from the 
current operating regulations set out in 33 CFR 117.843(a) to 
accommodate safe passage for pedestrians and vehicles during Mumfest.
    The US 70 (Alfred C. Cunningham) Bridge is a double bascule lift 
bridge and has a vertical clearance in the closed position of 14 feet 
above mean high water. Under this temporary deviation, the drawbridge 
will open every two hours, on the hour, from 9 a.m. through 8 p.m. on 
Saturday, October 8, 2016 and from 9 a.m. through 7 p.m. on Sunday, 
October 9, 2016. From 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2016 through 9 
a.m. on Sunday, October 9, 2016, the drawbridge will open on signal.
    Vessels able to pass under the bridge in the closed position may do 
so at anytime. Mariners are advised to proceed with caution. The bridge 
will be able to open for emergencies and there is no 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 Notices to Mariners of the change in operating 
schedule for the bridge so that vessel operators can arrange their 
transits 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: March 16, 2016.
Hal R. Pitts,
Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-06266 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]
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