Document ID: USCG-2015-1119-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, New Orleans, LA
Posted Date: 2016-01-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1121-1122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-268]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2015-1119]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, 
New Orleans, LA

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 90 (Danziger) vertical lift span 
drawbridge across the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, mile 3.10 at New 
Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The deviation is necessary to 
conduct field measurements and other preparations for repairs and 
maintenance that are scheduled for later in the year. This deviation 
allows the bridge to remain closed-to-navigation for nine days. During 
this closure, the bridge will open with at least four hours notice 
except during scheduled curfew times.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 p.m. on January 22, 2016, 
until 7 p.m. on January 31, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2015-1119] is available 
at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email Jim Wetherington, Bridge 
Administration Branch, Coast Guard, telephone (504) 671-2128, email 
james.r.wetherington@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Contractor, C.E.C., Inc., for the 
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD), 
requested a temporary deviation from the operating schedule of the US 
90 (Danziger) vertical lift span drawbridge across the Inner Harbor 
Navigation Canal, mile 3.10 at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. 
The deviation was requested for the purpose of conducting field 
measurements and other preparations for repairs and maintenance that 
are scheduled for later in the year. The vertical clearance of the 
vertical lift span bridge is 50 feet above mean high water in the 
closed-to-navigation position and 120 feet in the open-to-navigation 
position. The bridge is governed by 33 CFR 117.458(b).
    This deviation is effective from 7 p.m. on January 22, 2016, until 
7 p.m. on January 31, 2016. This deviation allows

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the bridge to remain closed-to-navigation daily except that the bridge 
will open if at least four hours notice is given except Monday through 
Friday from 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m. and from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m., daily. During 
the closure period, the contractor will make every effort to minimize 
the delays to mariners by opening the bridge with less than four hour 
notice whenever possible. However, the bridge is not required to open 
with less than a four-hour notice. Marine traffic, when allowed to 
pass, should pass at the slowest safe speed.
    Navigation on the waterway consists of small tugs with and without 
tows, commercial vessels, and recreational craft, including sailboats.
    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed-to-navigation 
position may do so at anytime. The bridge will be able to open for 
emergencies, and there is no immediate alternate route. 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 vessels 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: January 5, 2016.
David M. Frank,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-268 Filed 1-8-16; 8:45 am]
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