[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16784-16785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6861]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 114, 116, 118

[Docket No. USCG-2008-1188]
RIN 1625-AB36


General Bridge Regulation; Amendment

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is withdrawing its rulemaking concerning 
amendments to the general bridge regulations. The rulemaking was 
initiated to clarify the statutory responsibilities of bridge owners to 
remove their bridges from navigable waterways when they are no longer 
being used for land transportation functions. The Coast Guard will 
initiate a new rulemaking on this matter when an appropriate 
methodology, which might include an investigation and meetings, to be 
used in determining whether an unused bridge is an unreasonable 
obstruction to navigation is developed.

DATES: The proposed rule is withdrawn on March 22, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this withdrawn rulemaking is available for 
inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. 
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find 
this docket on the Internet by going to http://www.regulations.gov, 
inserting USCG-2008-1188 in the ``Keyword'' box, and then clicking 
``Search.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
notice, call or email Mr. Chris Jaufmann, Bridge Program, U.S. Coast 
Guard, telephone 202-372-1511, email [email protected]. If you 
have questions on viewing material in the docket, call Renee V. Wright, 
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    There were no documents published in the Federal Register for this 
rulemaking, but this rulemaking was announced in the Unified Agenda of 
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions beginning in fall agenda 2009. The 
Coast Guard does not currently have regulations describing the 
processes of requiring alteration or removal of unused bridges. This 
rulemaking would have proposed making amendments to the general bridge 
regulations to articulate the responsibility of the bridge owner to 
alter or remove unused bridges, and to describe the Coast Guard 
processes to require alteration or removal of those bridges.

Withdrawal

    The Coast Guard is withdrawing this rulemaking in order to 
ascertain the appropriate due process, which might include an 
investigation and meetings, to be used in determining whether an

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unused bridge is an unreasonable obstruction to navigation. The Coast 
Guard will initiate a new rulemaking when an appropriate methodology is 
developed.

Authority

    We issue this notice of withdrawal under the authority of 33 U.S.C. 
494, 502, 525; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

    Dated: March 9, 2012.
Dana A. Goward,
Director, Maritime Transportation Systems, United States Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2012-6861 Filed 3-21-12; 8:45 am]
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