Document ID: USCG-2012-1063-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Biscayne Bay, and Miami River, Miami, FL (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of temporary deviations from regulations.)
Posted Date: 2012-12-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 75553-75554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30840]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2012-1063]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, 
Biscayne Bay, and Miami River, Miami, FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviations from regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued temporary deviations from the 
regulations governing the operation of the following four bridges in 
Miami, Florida: The Venetian Causeway Bridge (West), mile 1088.6, 
across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway; the Venetian Causeway Bridge 
(East), across Biscayne Bay; the Miami Avenue Bridge, mile 0.3, across 
the Miami River; and the Brickell Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1, across the 
Miami River. The deviations are necessary to allow for race 
participants to traverse the bridges during the ING Marathon. This 
deviation will result in the bridges remaining in the closed position 
during the ING Marathon. Tugs and tugs with tows are not exempt from 
this deviation.

DATES: These deviations are effective from 6 a.m. through 1 p.m. on 
January 27, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this temporary deviation, USCG-2012-1063, is 
available online by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting 
USCG-2012-1063 in the ``Search'' box and then clicking ``Search''. The 
docket is also available for inspection or copying at the Docket 
Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email Michael Lieberum, Seventh District 
Bridge Branch, Coast Guard; telephone (305) 415-6744, email 
Michael.B.Lieberum@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the 
docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 
telephone (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ING Marathon Director has requested 
temporary modifications to the operating schedules of the Venetian 
Causeway Bridge (West), the Venetian Causeway Bridge (East), the 
Brickell Avenue Bridge, and the Miami Avenue Bridge in Miami, Florida. 
These deviations will result in the bridges remaining in the closed 
position during the ING Marathon on January 27, 2013. The ING Marathon 
route passes over these four bridges. Any bridge opening would disrupt 
the race. The temporary deviations will be in effect from 6 a.m. 
through 1 p.m. on January 27, 2013.
    The vertical clearance, regular operating schedule, and deviation 
period for each bridge are set forth below.
    1. Venetian Causeway Bridge (West), mile 1088.6. The vertical 
clearance of the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West), across the Atlantic 
Intracoastal Waterway, is 12 feet. The normal operating schedule for 
the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West) is set forth in 33 CFR 117.261(nn), 
which requires the bridge to open on signal, except that from 7 a.m. to 
7 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the bridge need 
only open on the hour and half-hour. As a result of this temporary 
deviation, the Venetian Causeway Bridge (West) will remain closed to 
navigation from 6:10 a.m. to 9:56 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
    2. Venetian Causeway Bridge (East). The vertical clearance of the 
Venetian Causeway Bridge (East), across Biscayne Bay, is 5 feet. The 
normal operating schedule for the Venetian Causeway Bridge (East) is 
set forth in 33 CFR 117.269, which requires the bridge to open on 
signal, except that from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays, the bridge need only open on the hour and 
half-hour. As a result of this temporary deviation, the Venetian 
Causeway Bridge (East) will remain closed to navigation from 6 a.m. to 
9:15 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
    3. Miami Avenue Bridge, mile 0.3. The vertical clearance of the 
Miami Avenue Bridge, across the Miami River, is 21 feet. The normal 
operating schedule for the Miami Avenue Bridge is set forth in 33 CFR 
117.305(c), which requires the bridge to open on signal, except that 
from 7:35 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., 12:05 p.m. to 12:59 p.m., and 4:35 p.m. to 
5:59 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the bridge 
need not open for the passage of vessels. As a result of this temporary 
deviation, the Miami Avenue Bridge will remain closed to navigation 
from 6:25 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. on January 27, 2013.
    4. Brickell Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1. The vertical clearance of the 
Brickell Avenue Bridge, across the Miami River, is 23 feet. The normal 
operating schedule for the Brickell Avenue Bridge is set forth in 33 
CFR 117.305(d), which requires the bridge to open on signal; except 
that from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays, the bridge need open only on the hour and half-hour. From 
7:35 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., 12:05 p.m. to 12:59 p.m., and 4:35 p.m. to 5:59 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the bridge need 
not open for the passage of vessels. As a result of this temporary 
deviation, the Brickell Avenue Bridge will remain closed to navigation 
from 6:25 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 27, 2013.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), these four drawbridges must 
return to their regular operating schedules immediately at the end of 
the effective period of this temporary deviation. These deviations from 
the operating regulations are authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

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    Dated: December 11, 2012.
B.L. Dragon,
Bridge Program Director, Seventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2012-30840 Filed 12-20-12; 8:45 am]
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