Document ID: USCG-2016-0484-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Isle of Wight (Sinepuxent) Bay, Ocean City, MD
Posted Date: 2016-06-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13777]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0484]

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

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 US 50 (Harry W. Kelly Memorial) 
Bridge across the Isle of Wight (Sinepuxent) Bay, mile 0.5, at Ocean 
City, MD. The deviation is necessary to accommodate the increased 
vehicular traffic of the 2016 Ocean City Air Show. This deviation 
allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation position.

DATES: The deviation is effective from 3:55 p.m. on Saturday June 18, 
2016, to 4:55 p.m. Sunday June 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0484] 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. Michael Thorogood, Bridge 
Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard, telephone 757-398-
6557, email Michael.R.Thorogood@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Town of Ocean City, on behalf of the 
Maryland State Highway Administration, who owns the US 50 (Harry W. 
Kelly Memorial) Bridge, has requested a temporary deviation from the 
current operating regulations set out in 33 CFR 117.559, to accommodate 
increased vehicular traffic of the 2016 Ocean City Air Show.
    Under this temporary deviation, the bridge will be closed-to-
navigation from 3:55 p.m. to 4:55 p.m. on June 18, 2016, and from 3:55 
p.m. to 4:55 p.m. on June 19, 2016. The bridge is a double bascule 
bridge and has a vertical clearance in the closed-to-navigation 
position of 13 feet above mean high water.
    The Isle of Wight (Sinetuxent) Bay is used by a variety of vessels 
including small fishing 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 anytime. The bridge will be able to open for emergencies and 
there is no immediate alternate route for vessels to pass. The Coast 
Guard will also inform the users of the waterway through our Local 
Notice 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: June 7, 2016.
Hal R. Pitts,
Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-13777 Filed 6-9-16; 8:45 am]
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