Rule2023-17413
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Okeechobee Waterway, Stuart, FL
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Published
August 11, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard is canceling the temporary deviation concerning the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railroad Bridge, mile 7.41, and the NW Dixie Highway Bridge, mile 7.5, across the Okeechobee Waterway (OWW), at Stuart, Florida. The cancellation will allow the Coast Guard to review and adjudicate the comments posted to determine whether this temporary deviation would meet the safe and reasonable needs of navigation while taking into consideration competing modes of transportation.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54488-54489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17413]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2022-0222]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Okeechobee Waterway, Stuart, FL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notification of temporary deviation from regulations;
cancellation.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is canceling the temporary deviation
concerning the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railroad Bridge, mile 7.41, and
the NW Dixie Highway Bridge, mile 7.5, across the Okeechobee Waterway
(OWW), at Stuart, Florida. The cancellation will allow the Coast Guard
to review and adjudicate the comments posted to determine whether this
temporary deviation would meet the safe and reasonable needs of
navigation while taking into consideration competing modes of
transportation.
DATES: The temporary deviation published on June 8, 2023, 88 FR 37470,
is cancelled as of August 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To view documents mentioned in this preamble as being
available in the docket, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Type the
docket number (USCG-2022-0222) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click
``SEARCH''. In the Document Type column, select ``Supporting & Related
Material.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
cancellation, call or email Ms. Jennifer Zercher, Bridge Management
Specialist, Seventh Coast Guard District; telephone 305-415-6740, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91dbf4fffff8f7f4e3bfdfbfcbf4e3f2f9f4e3d1e4e2f2f6bffcf8fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ac0efe4e4e3eceff8a4c4a4d0eff8e9e2eff8cafff9e9eda4e7e3e6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 8, 2023, we published a temporary
deviation entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Okeechobee
Waterway, Stuart, FL'' in the Federal Register (88 FR 37470). The
temporary deviation concerned the anticipated significant increase in
railway activity across the FEC Railroad Bridge and the anticipated
negative impact on safe and reasonable navigation under the current
operating regulation. Given this concern, the Coast Guard issued a
temporary deviation to the FEC Railroad Bridge and the adjacent NW
Dixie Highway Bridge to allow the drawbridges to operate in concert and
on a more predictable schedule. This action was taken to assist the
Coast Guard in determining an operating schedule that would meet the
safe and reasonable needs of navigation, taking into consideration
other modes of transportation. This deviation from the operating
regulations was authorized pursuant to 33 CFR 117.35(a).
This temporary deviation is being cancelled to allow the Coast
Guard to review and adjudicate the comments posted to determine whether
this temporary deviation would meet the safe and reasonable needs of
navigation while taking into consideration competing modes of
transportation. If we determine this temporary deviation was not
effective, a second temporary deviation will be published in the
Federal Register to test an alternate operating schedule. The NW Dixie
Hwy Bridge has been removed from this docket to allow the Coast Guard
to commence separate rulemaking for the highway bridge to operate on
demand. In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the FEC Railroad Bridge
must return to its regular operating schedule immediately upon the
cancellation date of this deviation.
Dated: August 4, 2023.
Randall D. Overton,
Director, Bridge Administration, Seventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2023-17413 Filed 8-10-23; 8:45 am]
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