Document ID: USCG-2017-0852-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Harvey, LA
Posted Date: 2017-09-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 42940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19456]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[USCG-2017-0852]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, 
Harvey, LA

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 Harvey Canal Fourth Street Bridge 
across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) mile 0.24 West of Harvey 
Lock (WHL), at Harvey, Louisiana. The deviation is necessary to allow 
the contractor to rehabilitate the bridge to continue full operation. 
This deviation allows the bridge to remain closed-to-navigation for 77 
consecutive days.

DATES: This deviation is effective without actual notice from September 
13, 2017 through 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. For the purposes 
of enforcement, actual notice will be used from September 8, 2017 
through September 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2017-0852] 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 Donna Gagliano, Bridge 
Administration Branch, Coast Guard; telephone 504-671-2128, email 
Donna.Gagliano@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The C.E.C. Inc., acting on behalf of 
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, has requested a 
temporary deviation from the operating schedule of the Harvey Canal 
Fourth Street Bascule Bridge across GIWW, mile 0.24 WHL (Harvey Canal), 
at Harvey, Louisiana. This deviation was requested to replace 
electrical and hydraulic lines including trunnion shafts along with 
span and tail locks initial installation to the drawbridge. This bridge 
is governed by 33 CFR 117.5.
    This deviation allows the bascule bridge to remain in the closed-
to-navigation position for 77 consecutive days from 6:30 a.m. on 
September 6, 2017 through 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 21, 2017.
    This bridge has a vertical clearance of 7 feet above mean high 
water in the closed-to-navigation position.
    Navigation at the site of the bridge consists mainly of tugs with 
barges and some recreational pleasure craft. For the duration of the 
rehabilitation the bridge will not be able to open for emergencies and 
GIWW Algiers Alternate Route can be used as an alternate route to avoid 
unnecessary delays. The Coast Guard will 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 
regulation is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: September 8, 2017.
Douglas Allen Blakemore, Sr.,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-19456 Filed 9-12-17; 8:45 am]
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