Document ID: USCG-2017-0649-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway (NJICW), Inside Thorofare, Atlantic City, NJ
Posted Date: 2017-07-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 134 (Friday, July 14, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 32464-32465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14799]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0649]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway 
(NJICW), Inside Thorofare, Atlantic City, NJ

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 US40-322 (Albany Avenue) Bridge 
which carries US 40 and US 322 across the NJICW (Inside Thorofare), 
mile 70.0, at Atlantic City, NJ. The deviation is necessary to 
facilitate the 7th Annual Atlantic City Triathlon. This deviation 
allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation position.

DATES: The deviation is effective from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, 
August 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2017-0649] 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 Mr. Michael Thorogood, Bridge 
Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard, telephone 757-398-
6557, email Michael.R.Thorogood@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DelMoSports, LLC, on behalf of the New 
Jersey Department of Transportation, owner and operator of the US40-322 
(Albany Avenue) Bridge that carries US 40 and US 322 across the NJICW 
(Inside Thorofare), mile 70.0, at Atlantic City, NJ, has requested a 
temporary deviation from the current operating regulations to ensure 
the safety of the increased volumes of cyclists and spectators that 
will be participating in the 7th Annual Atlantic City Triathlon on 
Saturday August 5, 2017. The bridge is a double bascule drawbridge. The 
bridge has a vertical clearance of 10 feet above mean high water in the 
closed position and unlimited vertical clearance in the open position.
    The current operating regulation is set out in 33 CFR 117.733(f). 
Under this temporary deviation, the bridge will be maintained in the 
closed-to-navigation position from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 
5, 2017.
    The NJICW (Inside Thorofare) is used by recreational vessels. The 
Coast Guard has carefully considered the nature and volume of vessel 
traffic on the waterway in publishing this temporary deviation.

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    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed-to-navigation 
position may do so at any time. The bridge will be able to open for 
emergencies, if at least 10 minutes notice is given, and there is no 
immediate alternative route for vessels unable to pass through the 
bridge in the closed position. The Coast Guard will also inform the 
users of the waterway 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: July 11, 2017.
Hal R. Pitts,
Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-14799 Filed 7-13-17; 8:45 am]
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