
[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 [www.gpo.gov]
[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 https://www.regulations.gov. 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 
[email protected].

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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