
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 14844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06491]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0157]


Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Cerritos Channel, Long Beach, CA

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 Commodore Schuyler F. Heim highway 
bridge across the Cerritos Channel, mile 4.9 at Long Beach, CA. The 
deviation is necessary to allow Southern California Edison Company to 
temporarily disconnect electric service to the bridge while performing 
circuit switching. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the 
closed-to-navigation position during the deviation period.

DATES: This deviation is effective without actual notice from March 20, 
2015 to 2 a.m. on March 23, 2015. For the purposes of enforcement, 
actual notice will be used from 10 p.m. on March 15, 2015, until March 
20, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2015-0157], 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 David H. Sulouff, Chief, Bridge 
Section, Eleventh Coast Guard District; telephone 510-437-3516, email 
David.H.Sulouff@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the docket, 
call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-
366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: California Department of Transportation has 
requested a temporary change to the operation of the Commodore Schuyler 
F. Heim highway bridge, mile 4.9, over Cerritos Channel, at Long Beach, 
CA. The drawbridge navigation span provides a vertical clearance of 37 
feet above Mean High Water in the closed-to-navigation position and a 
maximum of 43 feet due to construction falsework over the channel at 
the bridge. The draw opens on signal; except that, from 6:30 a.m. to 8 
a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday except Federal 
holidays, the draw need not be opened for the passage of vessels, as 
required by 33 CFR 117.147(a). Navigation on the waterway is commercial 
and recreational.
    The drawspan will be secured in the closed-to-navigation position 
from 10 p.m. on March 15, 2015 to 2 a.m. on March 16, 2015; and from 10 
p.m. on March 22, 2015 to 2 a.m. on March 23, 2015 to allow Southern 
California Edison Company to switch electrical power for the bridge to 
another source. This temporary deviation has been coordinated with the 
waterway users. No objections to the proposed temporary deviation were 
raised.
    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed position may 
do so at anytime. The bridge will not be able to open for emergencies 
and there is an alternate route around Terminal Island for routine and 
emergency navigation. The Coast Guard will also inform the users of the 
waterway through our Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the 
change in operating schedule for the bridge so 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.

    Dated: March 11, 2015.
D.H. Sulouff,
District Bridge Chief, Eleventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2015-06491 Filed 3-19-15; 8:45 am]
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