[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23488-23489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09286]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0219]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, 
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake, VA

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 SR 170 Centerville Turnpike Bridge, 
across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, mile 15.2, Albemarle and 
Chesapeake Canal, at Chesapeake, VA. The deviation is necessary to 
facilitate structural repairs to the superstructure of the SR 170 
Centerville Turnpike Draw Bridge. This temporary deviation will allow 
the drawbridge to change the operating schedule on specific dates and 
times.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 9 a.m. on April 27, 2013 until 
6 p.m. April 28, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2013-0219] 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. You may also visit the Docket 
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the 
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email Mr. Jim Rousseau, Bridge 
Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard, telephone (757) 398-
6557, email [email protected]. If you have questions on 
viewing the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of Chesapeake, who owns and 
operates this swing bridge, has requested a temporary deviation from 
the current operating regulations set out in 33 CFR 117.997(i), to 
facilitate structural repairs.
    Under the regular operating schedule, the S.R. 170 Centerville 
Turnpike Bridge, Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal mile 15.2, at 
Chesapeake, VA shall open on signal at any time for commercial vessels 
carrying liquefied flammable gas or other hazardous materials. From 
6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays: Need not open for the passage of 
recreational or commercial vessels that do not qualify; Need not open 
for commercial cargo vessels, including tug, and tug with tows, unless 
2 hours advance notice has been given to the Centerville Turnpike 
Bridge at (757) 547-3632; and from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays, the draw need only be opened on the 
hour and half hour. If any vessel is approaching the bridge and cannot 
reach the draw exactly on the hour or half hour, the draw tender may 
delay the opening ten minutes past the hour or half hour for the 
passage of the approaching vessel and any other vessels that are 
waiting to pass. It shall open on signal at all other times.
    The Centerville Turnpike Bridge has vertical clearances in the open 
and closed position of unlimited and 4 feet, above mean high water, 
respectively.
    Under this temporary deviation, the drawbridge will be operated 
under the following schedule to facilitate superstructure repairs, 
beginning at 9 a.m., on Saturday, April 27, 2013 and ending at 6 p.m., 
on Sunday, April 28, 2013, the drawbridge will open on signal every 
three hours on the following schedule: On Saturday, April 27th at 9 
a.m., noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m., and on Sunday, April 28th at 
midnight, 3 a.m., 6 a.m., 9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.; will open on 
signal for hazardous material vessels with a one-hour advance notice by 
calling (757-547-3632); and will open for an emergency as soon as 
safely possible. In case of inclement weather, the alternate dates will 
be rescheduled to weekend of May 4 and May 5, 2013.
    The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway caters to a variety of vessels 
from tug and barge traffic to recreational vessels traveling from 
Florida to Maine. The Coast Guard has carefully coordinated the 
restrictions with commercial and recreational waterway users. 
Additionally, the Coast Guard will inform users of the waterway through 
our Local and Broadcast Notice to Mariners of the closure periods for 
the bridge so that vessels can arrange their

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transits to minimize any impacts 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 
regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: April 9, 2013.
Waverly W. Gregory, Jr.,
Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2013-09286 Filed 4-18-13; 8:45 am]
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