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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
33 CFR Part 165

[CGD 05-94-077]
RIN 2115-AE84

 

Regulated Navigation Area; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, NC

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Temporary final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary Regulated 
Navigation Area (RNA) in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway by the 
Onslow Swing Bridge. The purpose of the RNA is to ensure the safety of 
workers who are replacing a fendering system along the Onslow Swing 
Bridge and to control maritime traffic which may be delayed because of 
the fendering project. The RNA establishes a no-wake speed near the 
bridge and permits the work barge to block the channel while work is in 
progress. All work is expected to take place during daylight hours and 
the RNA is effective only while the barge or workers are present.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation is effective from September 6, 1994 to 
September 30, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LT John Arenstam, Planning and Waterways Management Section, Fifth 
Coast Guard District, 431 Crawford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23705-5004, 
Phone: (804) 398-6559.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Drafting Information

    The drafters of this regulation are LT John Arenstam, project 
officer for the Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, Portsmouth, VA, 
and LCDR Christopher Abel, project attorney, Fifth Coast Guard District 
Legal Office.

Background and Purpose

    This Regulated Navigation Area was requested by the U.S. Navy to 
repair the Onslow Swing Bridge on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to 
ensure the safety of the workers making the repairs and regulating the 
traffic transiting through the worksite. Since new pilings and 
fendering materials must be driven into the bottom of the Atlantic 
Intracoastal Waterway, the barge with the driving machinery may impede 
traffic while work actually is taking place. Additionally, workers on 
the barge may be dangerously impeded or thrown off if the barge is 
affected by wakes.
    The RNA is expected to be activated only during daylight hours 
while work actually is taking place. When the barge or workers are not 
present, the RNA will not be in effect. Mariners will be able to 
contact the bridge tender on VHF-FM channel 13 for up-to-date 
information regarding passage through the worksite. Vessel traffic will 
not be delayed for a period of more than 90 minutes.
    The RNA regulates the speed of vessels approaching the work area 
and their passage through the work area.
    Good cause exists for making this rule effective without a Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking and within 30 days of publication in the Federal 
Register. The request from the U.S. Navy was received within 30 days of 
the RNA's effective date. To delay the project until comments could be 
received would result in a considerable increase in seasonal maritime 
traffic passing underneath the bridge during the repair work. A delay 
would also significantly increase the cost of the project to the 
American taxpayers.

Regulatory Evaluation

    This rule is not a significant regulatory action under section 3(f) 
of Executive Order 12866 and does not require an assessment of 
potential costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that order. It 
has been exempted from review by the Office of Management and Budget 
under that order. It is not significant under the regulatory policies 
and procedures of the Department of Transportation (DOT) (44 FR 11040; 
February 26, 1979). The Coast Guard expects the economic impact of this 
rule to be so minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation under paragraph 
10e of the regulatory policies and procedures of DOT is unnecessary.

Small Entities

    Because it expects the impact of this rule to be so minimal, the 
Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule will not 
have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Environmental Assessment

    The Coast Guard has considered the environmental impact of this 
rule consistent with section 2.B.2.c of Commandant Instruction 
M16475.1B (National Environmental Protection Act), and actions to 
protect the public safety have been determined to be categorically 
excluded from further environmental documentation.

Federalism

    This action has been analyzed in accordance with the principles and 
criteria contained in Executive Order 12612, and it has been determined 
that this rule will not have sufficient federalism implications to 
warrant preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

    Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways.

Regulation

    In consideration of the foregoing, Subpart F of Part 165 of Title 
33, Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:

PART 165--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Part 165 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191; 33 CFR 1.05-1(g), 
6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; 49 CFR 1.46.

    2. A new Sec. 165.T05-074 is added, to read as follows:


Sec. 165.T05-074  Regulated Navigation Area: Atlantic Intracoastal 
Waterway, NC

    (a) Location. The following area is the Regulated Navigation Area: 
The waters of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway along Camp Lejeune, 
NC, within 500 yards of the Onslow Swing Bridge located at 
approximately N 34 deg.34.5', W 077 deg.16.5'.
    (b) General information. (1) The Captain of the Port and the Duty 
Officer at the Marine Safety Office, Wilmington, North Carolina, can be 
contacted at telephone number (910) 343-4895.
    (2) The Coast Guard Group Fort Macon will notify the maritime 
community of periods during which this Regulated Navigation Area will 
be activated via a marine broadcast Notice to Mariners.
    (c) Regulation. (1) The master of any vessel within the Regulated 
Navigation Area shall operate at a no-wake speed.
    (2) The master of any vessel within the Regulated Navigation Area 
shall not attempt to pass through the worksite or under the bridge 
while the work barge is in the channel.
    (3) If there is any question regarding the operational status of 
the work barge, the master of any vessel may request permission to 
transmit the Regulated Navigation Area by contacting the master of the 
vessel controlling the movement of the work barge. The master of the 
vessel controlling the movement of the work barge will monitor VHF-FM 
channel 13.
    (4) The master of the vessel controlling the movement of the work 
barge will ensure that the area is not closed to marine traffic for a 
period of more than 90 minutes.
    (5) The general regulations governing Regulated Navigation Areas 
contained in Sec. 165.13 apply.

    Dated: September 2, 1994.
John E. Schwartz,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Fifth District Commander, Acting, 
Portsmouth, VA.
[FR Doc. 94-23015 Filed 9-15-94; 8:45 am]
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