[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07702]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0040]


Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, 
New Orleans, LA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a deviation from the operating 
schedule that governs the Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./
Seabrook) bascule bridge across the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, mile 
4.6, at New Orleans, Louisiana. This deviation is necessary to 
accommodate the rescheduling of the New Orleans Endurance Festival 
event. This deviation allows the bridge to remain closed to navigation 
during the event.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. through 2 p.m. on May 
28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0040] is available 
at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email Geri Robinson, Bridge Administration 
Branch, Coast Guard, telephone (504) 671-2128, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 1, 2016, a United States Coast 
Guard notice of temporary deviation from drawbridge regulations under 
the same docket number, USCG-2016-0040, was published in the Federal 
Register [81 FR 5039]. That temporary deviation resulted from a request 
made by Premier Event Management, through the Louisiana Department of 
Transportation and Development (LDOTD), for a deviation from the 
operating schedule of the Senator Ted Hickey (Leon C. Simon Blvd./
Seabrook) bascule bridge across the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, mile 
4.6, at New Orleans, Louisiana. The deviation was requested to 
accommodate the New Orleans Endurance Festival event, which includes a 
triathlon, originally scheduled to be held on April 3, 2016. Due to 
colder than normal weather, the New Orleans Endurance Festival was 
postponed until May 28, 2016. Therefore, through this document, the 
Coast Guard issues a temporary deviation for the rescheduled date.
    The vertical clearance of the bascule span bridge is 46 feet above 
mean high water in the closed-to-navigation position and unlimited in 
the open-to-navigation position. The bridge is governed by 33 CFR 
117.458(c).
    This deviation is effective on May 28, 2016, from 7 a.m. through 2 
p.m. This deviation allows the bridge to remain closed to navigation 
for seven (7) hours on the day of the event.
    Navigation on the waterway consists of small tugs with and without 
tows, commercial vessels, and recreational craft, including sailboats.
    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed-to-navigation 
position may do so at anytime. The bridge will be able to open for 
emergencies, and there is no immediate alternate route. The Coast Guard 
will also inform the users of the waterways through our Local and 
Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the change in operating schedule for 
the bridge to minimize any impact 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: March 30, 2016.
Eric Washburn,
Bridge Administrator, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-07702 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am]
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