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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 19 / Monday, February 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations determined that this action is one of a category of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. This rule involves establishing a 48-hour anchor time limit in the Galveston Harbor Bolivar Roads Anchorage area B. It is categorically excluded from further review under paragraph L59a of Appendix A, Table 1 of DHS Instruction Manual 02301
00101, Rev. 1. A Record of Environmental Consideration supporting this determination is available in the docket. For instructions on locating the docket, see the ADDRESSES section of this preamble.

Dated: January 22, 2021.
John P. Nadeau, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
FR Doc. 202102000 Filed 12921; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 911004P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 117
Docket No. USCG20200334
RIN 1625AA09

G. Protest Activities The Coast Guard respects the First Amendment rights of protesters.
Protesters are asked to call or email the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to coordinate protest activities so that your message can be received without jeopardizing the safety or security of people, places or vessels.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 110
Anchorage grounds.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33
CFR part 110 as follows:

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, Atlantic City, NJ
AGENCY:
ACTION:

Coast Guard, DHS.

Temporary final rule.

The Coast Guard is temporarily modifying the operating schedule that governs the Route 30
Absecon Boulevard Bridge across the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway NJICW, Beach Thorofare, mile 67.2, at Atlantic City, NJ. This temporary modification will allow the drawbridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation position to accommodate critical bridge maintenance.

SUMMARY:

PART 110GALVESTON HARBOR, BOLIVAR ROADS CHANNEL, TEXAS

DATES:

1. The authority citation for part 110
continues to read as follows:

ADDRESSES:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 471, 2071; 46 U.S.C.
70034; 33 CFR 1.051; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

2. Revise 110.197b2 to read as follows:

110.197 Galveston Harbor, Bolivar Roads Channel, Texas.

b
2 Except when stress of weather makes sailing impractical or hazardous, vessels shall not anchor in anchorage areas A, B, or C for more than 48
hours unless expressly authorized by the Captain of the Port HoustonGalveston. Permission to anchor for longer periods may be obtained through Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service Houston/Galveston on VHFFM
channels 12 156.60 MHz or 13 156.65
MHz.

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This temporary final rule is effective from March 3, 2021, through 5
p.m. on March 31, 2023.
To view documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, go to https
www.regulations.gov. Type USCG
20200334 in the SEARCH box and click SEARCH. Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with this rulemaking.

If you have questions on this rule, call or email Mr. Mickey Sanders, Bridge Administration Branch, Fifth District, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 757 398
6587, email Mickey.D.Sanders2@
uscg.mil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Table of Abbreviations CFR Code of Federal Regulations DHS Department of Homeland Security FR Federal Register OMB Office of Management and Budget NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Advance, Supplemental Section U.S.C. United States Code NJICW New Jersey Intercoastal Waterway
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II. Background Information and Regulatory History On September 16, 2020, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled Drawbridge Operation Regulation; New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, Atlantic City, NJ in the Federal Register 85 FR
57808. We received one favorable comment and one irrelevant comment.
III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule The Coast Guard is issuing this rule under authority 33 U.S.C. 499. The New Jersey Department of Transportation, which owns and operates the Route 30
Absecon Boulevard Bridge, across the NJICW Beach Thorofare, at mile 67.2, in Atlantic City, NJ, requested the modification to allow the drawbridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation position. The closure is necessary to facilitate bridge maintenance of the drawbridge, while ensuring the safety of those performing bridge maintenance and vessels navigating in the area. A
work platform will reduce the horizontal clearance of the navigation channel to approximately 30 feet and temporary shielding will reduce the vertical clearance of the entire bridge to approximately 19 feet above mean high water in the closed position.
Under the temporary final rule, the drawbridge will remain in the closed-tonavigation position from 8 a.m. on March 3, 2021, through 5 p.m. on March 31, 2021; from 8 a.m. on November 1, 2021, through 5 p.m. on March 31, 2022;
and from 8 a.m. on November 1, 2022, through 5 p.m. on March 31, 2023. At all other times the drawbridge will operate per 33 CFR 117.733 e. The bridge will not be able to open for emergencies and there is no immediate alternative route for vessels unable to pass through the bridge in the closed position. Vessels that can safely transit through the bridge in the closed position with the reduced vertical and horizontal clearances may do so, if at least 30 minutes notice is given, to allow for safe navigation.
IV. Discussion of Comments, Changes and the Temporary Final Rule The Coast Guard provided a period of 30 days and two comments were received. One was in favor of the schedule change, and the other was outside the scope of the proposed regulation. No changes were made to the regulatory text of this temporary final rule.
V. Regulatory Analyses The Coast Guard developed this rule after considering numerous statues and Executive Orders related to rulemaking.

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