[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11919-11920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6360]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD07-02-009]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Commercial Boulevard Bridge (SR 
870), Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Mile 1059.0, Lauderdale-by-the-
Sea, Broward County, FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations, request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, has approved a 
test deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the 
Commercial Boulevard (SR 870) bridge at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea across 
the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, mile 1059.0 in Lauderdale-by-the-
Sea, Florida. This deviation allows the drawbridge to open on the hour, 
20 minutes after the hour, and 40 minutes after the hour from 7 a.m. to 
6 p.m. This action is intended to improve the movement of vehicular 
traffic while not unreasonably interfering with the movement of vessel 
traffic. Comments on this test deviation are encouraged.

DATES: This rule is effective from April 17, 2002, until July 16, 2002.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments and related material to Commander 
(obr), Seventh Coast Guard District, 909 S.E. 1st Avenue, Room 432, 
Miami, FL 33131. Comments and material received from the public, as 
well as comments indicated in this preamble as being available in the 
docket, are part of docket [CGD07-02-009] and are available for 
inspection or copying at Commander (obr), Seventh Coast Guard District, 
909 S.E. 1st Avenue, Room 432, Miami, FL 33131 between 8 a.m. and 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Barry Dragon, Chief, Operations 
Section, Seventh Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch at (305) 415-6743.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    We encourage you to comment on this test schedule by submitting 
comments and related material. If you do so, please include your name 
and address, identify the docket number for this notice [CGD07-02-009], 
indicate the specific section of this document to which each comment 
applies, and give the reason for each comment. Please submit all 
comments and related material in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/
2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying. If you would like to know they 
reached us, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or 
envelope. We will consider all comments and material received during 
the comment period.

Public Meeting

    We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a 
request for a meeting by writing to the Seventh Coast Guard District 
Bridge Branch at the address under ADDRESSES explaining why one would 
be beneficial. If we determine that one would aid in the Discussion of 
the Test Schedule, we will hold one at a time and place announced by a 
separate notice in the Federal Register.

Discussion of the Test Schedule

    The existing regulations of the Commercial Boulevard bridge (SR 
870), mile 1059.0, at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea allow the draw to open on 
signal, except that, from November 1 through May 15

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from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, the draw need open only 
on the hour, quarter-hour, half-hour, and three-quarter-hour, and from 
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays, the draw 
need open only on the hour, 20 minutes after the hour, and 40 minutes 
after the hour.
    The City of Fort Lauderdale requested on January 3, 2002, that the 
Coast Guard review the existing regulation of the Commercial Boulevard 
bridge as they believe the existing regulations are not meeting the 
needs of vehicle and vessel traffic. This test deviation will allow the 
draw to open only on the hour, 20 minutes after the hour, and 40 
minutes after the hour. We will utilize the data collected from this 
test deviation to determine if new operating regulations need to be 
created for this bridge to facilitate vehicle and vessel traffic 
movement.
    The District Commander has granted a test deviation from the 
operating requirements listed in 33 CFR 117.261(ee) to evaluate the 
effect of this new schedule on vehicle and vessel traffic. Under this 
deviation, the Commercial Boulevard Bridge need open only on the hour, 
20 minutes after the hour, and 40 minutes after the hour from April 17, 
2002, until July 16, 2002.

    Dated: March 7, 2002.
Greg Shapley,
Chief, Bridge Administration, Seventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 02-6360 Filed 3-15-02; 8:45 am]
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