Document ID: USCG-2017-0778-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Indian River, Titusville, FL
Posted Date: 2017-08-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17707]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0778]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, 
Indian River, Titusville, FL

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 NASA Railroad Bridge (Jay Jay 
Bridge) across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Indian River), mile 
876.6, Titusville, Florida. The deviation is necessary to allow the 
bridge owner, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to 
repair the bridge. Due to the type of repairs this bridge will be 
required to remain closed to navigation periodically throughout the 
day. This deviation is deemed necessary for the continued safe 
operation of the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective without actual notice from August 
22, 2017 through 4 p.m. on September 26, 2017. For the purposes of 
enforcement, actual notice will be used from August 17, 2017 at 8 a.m. 
until August 22, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2017-0778 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 LT Allan Storm, U.S. Coast Guard 
Sector Jacksonville, Waterways Management Division; telephone 904-714-
7557, email Allan.H.Storm@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NASA requested a temporary deviation from 
the operating schedule that governs the NASA Railroad Bridge (Jay Jay 
Bridge), Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Indian River), mile 876.6, 
Titusville, Florida. The bridge is a single leaf bascule railroad 
bridge with a seven foot vertical clearance in the closed position. The 
normal operating schedule for the bridge is found in 33 CFR 117.261(j).
    The deviation period is from 8 a.m. on August 17, 2017 to 4 p.m. on 
September 26, 2017. During this period, the bridge is allowed to remain 
closed to navigation from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday.
    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 to pass. 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: August 17, 2017.
Barry L. Dragon,
Director, Bridge Branch, Seventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-17707 Filed 8-21-17; 8:45 am]
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