Document ID: USCG-2014-1045-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Intracoastal Waterway, Surf City, NC (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2014-12-30T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 78306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30459]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2014-1045]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Intracoastal Waterway, Surf 
City, NC

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 NC Route 50-210 Highway Bridge, on 
the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, mile 260.7, in Surf City, NC. This 
drawbridge is presently regulated to open on signal for commercial 
vessels and pleasure vessels, except between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. when the 
draw need only open on the hour for pleasure vessels. To facilitate 
necessary repairs, this deviation allows for the bridge to remain 
closed to navigation from 6 p.m. on February 22, 2015 to 6 p.m. 
February 24, 2015, except for two openings at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each 
day.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 6 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, 
2015 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 24, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation [USCG-2014-1045] 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 Terrance Knowles, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Coast Guard; telephone (757)398-6587, email at 
Terrance.A.Knowles@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the 
docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, at 
202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The North Carolina Department of 
Transportation (NCDOT), who owns and operates this swing-type highway 
drawbridge, has requested a temporary deviation from the current 
operating regulations to facilitate the repairs to the terminal 
cabinets and submarine cables. The NC Route 50-210 drawbridge located 
on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, mile 260.7, in Surf City, NC has 
a vertical clearance of 12 feet above mean high water in the closed to 
navigation position.
    Under the current operating schedule set out in 33 CFR 
117.821(a)(2), this bridge is regulated to open on signal for 
commercial vessels and pleasure vessels, except between 7 a.m. and 7 
p.m. when the draw need only open on the hour for the pleasure vessels.
    Under this temporary deviation, it allows for the bridge to remain 
closed to navigation from 6 p.m. on February 22, 2015 to 6 p.m. 
February 24, 2015, except for two openings at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each 
day. Vessels able to pass underneath the bridge in the closed position 
may do so at anytime. Also, the bridge can be opened for emergencies 
and there is an alternate route using the ocean.
    The Coast Guard will inform the users of the waterway through Local 
and Broadcast Notice to Mariners of the temporary deviation in 
operating schedule for the bridge so that vessels can arrange their 
transit plans accordingly. Waterway traffic consists of fishing boats, 
recreational boats, tugs, and barges.
    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: December 11, 2014.
James L. Rousseau,
Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2014-30459 Filed 12-29-14; 8:45 am]
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