Document ID: USCG-2014-0028-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Galveston, TX (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.)
Posted Date: 2014-02-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7064-7065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02577]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0028]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, 
Galveston, TX

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 operation of the Galveston Causeway 
Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, 
mile 357.2 west of Harvey Locks, at Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. 
The deviation is necessary in order to conduct repairs to the bridge. 
These repairs are essential for the continued safe operation of the 
bridge. This deviation allows the bridge to remain temporarily closed 
to navigation for three hours in the morning and three hours in the 
afternoon with an opening in the middle of the day to allow for the 
passage of vessels.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on 
Thursday, February 27, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2014-0028] 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. You may also visit the Docket 
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the 
Department of Transportation West Building, 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 David Frank, Bridge Administration 
Branch, Coast

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Guard; telephone 504-671-2128, email David.M.Frank@uscg.mil. If you 
have questions on viewing the docket, call Cheryl F. Collins, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BNSF Railway Company requested a 
temporary deviation from the operating schedule on the Galveston 
Causeway Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal 
Waterway, mile 357.2 west of Harvey Locks, at Galveston, Galveston 
County, Texas.
    The bridge has a vertical clearance of 8 feet above mean high 
water, elevation 3.0 feet NAVD88, in the closed-to-navigation position 
and 73 feet above mean high water in the open-to-navigation position. 
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.5, the draw shall open on signal for the 
passage of vessels.
    This temporary deviation allows the vertical lift bridge to remain 
closed to navigation from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. and from 12:30 p.m. to 
3:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 27, 2014. During this time, the bridge 
owner will troubleshoot the bridge to attempt to correct a popping 
noise when trains cross the bridge.
    Navigation at the site of the bridge consists mainly of tows with 
barges and some recreational pleasure craft. Due to prior experience, 
as well as coordination with waterway users, it has been determined 
that this closure will not have a significant effect on these vessels. 
No alternate routes are available.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35, the draw bridge 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 27, 2014.
David M. Frank,
Bridge Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-02577 Filed 2-5-14; 8:45 am]
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