Document ID: USCG-2012-0652-0002
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Bayou Boeuf, Amelia, LA (Federal Register Publication) (Delay of effective date for temporary deviation from regulations.)
Posted Date: 2012-08-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46286-46287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18997]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0652]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Bayou Boeuf, Amelia, LA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Delay of effective date for temporary deviation from 
regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is modifying the effective date of a published 
temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the 
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Company swing span bridge 
across Bayou Boeuf, mile 10.2, at Amelia, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. 
The modification of the date is necessary due to a delay in the 
scheduled arrival of repair equipment. The deviation is necessary to 
complete scheduled repairs necessitated by a bridge allision. This 
deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation 
position for sixteen consecutive hours.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. through 11 p.m. on 
Thursday, September 13, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket USCG-2012-0652 and are available online 
by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2012-0652 in the 
``Keyword'' box and then clicking ``Search''. They are 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, 
call or email Jim Wetherington, Bridge Branch Office, Coast Guard; 
telephone 504-671-2128, email james.r.wetherington@uscg.mil. If you 
have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 20, 2012, the Coast published a 
notice of temporary deviation from regulations in the Federal Register 
(77 FR 42637). The BNSF Railway Company requested this temporary 
deviation from the operating schedule of the swing span railroad bridge 
across Bayou Boeuf, mile 10.2, at Amelia, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, 
for August 16, 2012, to perform repairs necessitated by an allision. 
Due to delay in production and delivery of repair equipment, the BNSF 
Railway requested a modification to the effective date from August 16, 
2012 to September 13, 2012. The bridge provides no vertical clearance 
in the closed-to-navigation position.
    Notices will be published in the Eighth Coast Guard District Local 
Notice to Mariners and will be broadcast via the Coast Guard Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners System.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.5, the bridge currently opens on 
signal for the passage of vessels. This deviation allows the vertical 
lift span of the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation position 
from 7 a.m. through 11 p.m. on Thursday, September 13, 2012.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to 
its regular operating schedule immediately at the end of the designated 
time period. This deviation from the operating regulations is 
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: July 24, 2012.
David M. Frank,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2012-18997 Filed 8-2-12; 8:45 am]
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