Rule2024-17223
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Osprey, FL
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Published
August 6, 2024
Effective
August 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Blackburn Point Bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GICW), mile 63.1, at Osprey, FL. The Casey Key Association has requested the Coast Guard changing the operating schedule allowing the drawbridge scheduled openings. This deviation will test a change to the drawbridge operation schedule to determine whether a permanent change to the schedule is needed. The Coast Guard is seeking comments from the public regarding this deviation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63815-63816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17223]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0628]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway,
Osprey, FL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of temporary deviation from regulations; request
for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the
operating schedule that governs the Blackburn Point Bridge across the
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GICW), mile 63.1, at Osprey, FL. The Casey
Key Association has requested the Coast Guard changing the operating
schedule allowing the drawbridge scheduled openings. This deviation
will test a change to the drawbridge operation schedule to determine
whether a permanent change to the schedule is needed. The Coast Guard
is seeking comments from the public regarding this deviation.
DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. on August 12, 2024,
through 7 p.m. on January 31, 2025.
Comments and related material must reach the Coast Guard on or
before September 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2024-0628 using Federal Decision Making Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this test
deviation, call or email Ms. Jennifer Zercher, Bridge Management
Specialist, Seventh Coast Guard District; telephone 571-607-5951, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2f8d7dcdcdbd4d7c09cfc9ce8d7c0d1dad7c0f2c7c1d1d59cdfdbde"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="276d4249494e4142550969097d4255444f42556752544440094a4e4b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background, Purpose and Legal Basis
Blackburn Point Bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
(GICW), mile 63.1, at Osprey, FL, is a swing bridge with a 9-foot
vertical clearance at mean high water in the closed position. The
normal operating schedule for the bridge is set forth in 33 CFR 117.5.
The Coast Guard received a request from the Casey Key Association
to consider changing the operating schedule for the Blackburn Point
Bridge
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by allowing the drawbridge scheduled openings instead of on demand
openings. This request was made to assist with vehicle congestion
during the weekday daylight hours. This temporary deviation will test a
change to the drawbridge operation schedule to determine if the
reasonable needs of navigation are maintained and whether a permanent
change to the schedule is needed.
Under this temporary deviation, the Blackburn Point Bridge shall
open on signal; except that from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays, the draw need only open on the hour,
twenty minutes after the hour, and forty minutes after the hour. Public
vessels of the United States and tugs with tows, upon proper signal,
will be passed through any time. Vessels able to pass without an
opening may do so at any time.
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 so that vessel operators can arrange their
transits 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.
II. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We view public participation as essential to effective rulemaking
and will consider all comments and material received during the comment
period. Your comment can help shape the outcome of this rulemaking. If
you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to which
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation.
Submitting comments. We encourage you to submit comments through
the Federal Decision Making Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. To
do so, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, type USCG-2024-0628 in the
search box and click ``Search.'' Next, look for this document in the
Search Results column, and click on it. Then click on the Comment
option. If your material cannot be submitted using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, contact the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions.
View material in the docket. To view documents mentioned in this
deviation as being available in the docket, find the docket as
described in the previous paragraph, and then select ``Supporting &
Related Material'' in the Document Type column. Public comments will
also be placed in our online docket and can be viewed by following
instructions on the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> Frequently Asked
Questions web page. Also, if you go to the online docket and sign up
for email alerts, you will be notified when comments are posted, or a
final rule is published of any posting or updates to the docket.
We review all comments received, but we will only post comments
that address the topic of this deviation. We may choose not to post
off-topic, inappropriate, or duplicate comments that we receive.
We accept anonymous comments. Comments we post to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> will include any personal information you have
provided. For more about privacy and submissions in response to this
document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226,
March 11, 2020).
Dated: July 31, 2024.
Randall D. Overton,
Director, Bridge Administration, Seventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2024-17223 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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