Document ID: USCG-2016-0645-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; State Boat Channel, Captree Island, NY
Posted Date: 2016-07-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17006]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0645]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; State Boat Channel, Captree 
Island, 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 Captree State Parkway Bridge across 
the State Boat Channel, mile 30.7 at Captree Island, New York. This 
deviation is necessary to allow the bridge owner to perform painting 
and steel repairs.

DATES: This deviation is effective from September 6, 2016 to December 
16, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0645] 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 about 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 Captree State Parkway Bridge, mile 30.7, across the State Boat 
Channel, has a vertical clearance in the closed position of 29 feet at 
mean high water and 30 feet at mean low water. The existing bridge 
operating regulations are found at 33 CFR 117.799(i).
    The waterway is transited by seasonal recreational traffic.
    New York State DOT, the owner of the bridge, requested a temporary 
deviation from the normal operating schedule to perform painting and 
steel repairs.
    Under this temporary deviation, the Captree State Parkway Bridge 
will not open for marine traffic from September 6, 2016 to December 16, 
2016.
    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.
    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: July 14, 2016.
C.J. Bisignano,
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-17006 Filed 7-18-16; 8:45 am]
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