Document ID: USCG-2016-0891-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Newtown Creek, Brooklyn and Queens, NY
Posted Date: 2016-09-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 67170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23690]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0891]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Newtown Creek, Brooklyn and 
Queens, NY

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 Pulaski Bridge across the Newtown 
Creek, mile 0.6, between Brooklyn and Queens, New York. This deviation 
is necessary to allow the bridge owner to perform span locks adjustment 
at the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 12:01 a.m. on October 3, 2016 
to 5 a.m. on October 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0891] 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 Judy Leung-Yee, Project Officer, 
First Coast Guard District, telephone (212) 514-4330, email 
judy.k.leung-yee@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pulaski Bridge, mile 0.6, across the 
Newtown Creek, has a vertical clearance in the closed position of 39 
feet at mean high water and 43 feet at mean low water. The existing 
bridge operating regulations are found at 33 CFR 117.801(g)(1).
    The waterway is transited by commercial barge traffic of various 
sizes.
    The bridge owner, New York City DOT, requested a temporary 
deviation from the normal operating schedule to perform span locks 
adjustment at the bridge.
    Under this temporary deviation, the Pulaski Bridge shall remain in 
the closed position from October 3, 2016 to October 14, 2016 between 
12:01 a.m. and 5 a.m.
    Vessels able to pass under the bridge in the closed position may do 
so at anytime. The bridge will not be able to open for emergencies and 
there is no immediate alternate route for vessels to pass.
    The Coast Guard will inform the users of the waterways through our 
Local Notice and Broadcast to Mariners of the change in operating 
schedule for the bridge so that vessel operations can arrange their 
transits to minimize any impact caused by the temporary deviation. The 
Coast Guard notified known companies of the commercial oil and barge 
vessels in the area and they have no objections to 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: September 27, 2016.
C.J. Bisignano,
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-23690 Filed 9-29-16; 8:45 am]
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