[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61519-61520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29505]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[CCGD08-99-014]
RIN 2115-AE47
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Illinois River, IL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Final Rule
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is amending the drawbridge regulation for
remote operation of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad (E.J. & E.),
Drawbridge at Mile 290.1 on the Illinois Waterway. The present
regulation states the bridge is remotely operated from the E.J. & E.
offices in Gary, Indiana. The regulation as amended, allows E.J. & E.
Railroad Company to relocate the remote operator to their office in
East Joliet, Illinois, approximately 1.5 miles from the bridge. The
operation of the bridge will be unaffected by the proposed relocation
of the operator.
DATES: This rule is effective November 12, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Documents as indicated in this preamble are available for
inspection or copying at the offices of the Commander, Bridge Branch,
Eighth Coast Guard District, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63103-
2832, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The telephone number is 314-539-3900, extension 378.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger K. Wiebusch, Bridge
Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard District, 314-539-3900, Ext. 378.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulatory History
This rule is being published as a final rule and is effective upon
publication in the Federal Register. Relocation of the bridge operator
and the associated address change will not affect operation of the
bridge, and will have no impact on navigation or the public. For these
reasons, the Coast Guard for good cause finds, under 5 U.S.C 553(b)(B)
and (d)(3), that notice, and public procedure on the notice, before the
effective date of this rule are unnecessary and that this rule should
be made effective in less than 30 days after publication.
Background
Presently E.J. & E. Railway Company remotely operates this bridge
from their offices in Gary, Indiana, approximately 40 miles distant
from the bridge. The
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bridge operator will be moved to East Joliet, Illinois approximately
1.5 miles distant from the bridge, without changing the present
operation of the bridge.
This rule requires E.J. & E. Railroad to operate the bridge from
their offices in East Joliet, Illinois. No other changes to the present
operation of the bridge are planned.
Regulatory Evaluation
This is not a significant regulatory action under section 3(f) of
the Executive Order 12866 and does not require an assessment of
potential costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that order. It
has not been reviewed 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
proposal to be so minimal that a full Regulatory Evaluation under
paragraph 10e of the regulatory policies and procedures of DOT is
unnecessary.
The regulation change will not affect the present safe operation of
the bridge.
Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the
Coast Guard must consider whether this regulation change will have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Small entities include small businesses, not-for-profit organizations
that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their
fields and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than
50,000. Since the regulation change will have no affect on present
operating conditions for rail or river traffic, there will be little,
if any impact on small entities. Therefore, the Coast Guard certifies
under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this regulation change will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Collection of Information
This regulation change does not provide for a collection of
information under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Federalism
The Coast Guard has analyzed this regulation change under the
principles and criteria contained in Executive Order 13132 and have
determined that this regulation change does not have implications for
federalism under that Order.
Environment
The Coast Guard considered the environmental impact of this
regulation change and concluded that under Figure 2-1, paragraph 32(e)
of Commandant Instruction M16475.1C, this regulation change is
categorically excluded from further environmental documentation. This
regulation change merely alters the drawbridge operating regulations to
coincide with present operating conditions. A ``Categorical Exclusion
Determination'' is available in the docket for inspection or copying
where indicated under ADDRESSES.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117
Bridges.
Regulations
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends
33 CFR part 117 as follows:
PART 117--DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 117 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 49 CFR 1.46; 33 CFR 1.05-1(g); section
117.255 also issued under the authority of Pub. L. 102-587, 106
Stat. 5039.
Sec. 117.393 [Amended]
2. In Sec. 117.393, paragraph (d) is amended by removing the words
``Gary, Indiana,'' and adding in their place the words ``East Joliet,
Illinois,''.
Dated: October 7, 1999.
Paul J. Pluta,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 99-29505 Filed 11-10-99; 8:45 am]
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