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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
CFR Citation: 33 CFR Part 117
CGD ID: [CGD01-05-039]
NOTICE: RULES
ACTION: Drawbridge operations:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Newtown Creek, Dutch Kills, English Kills, and Their Tributaries, NY
DATES: This deviation is effective from May 16, 2005 through June 17, 2005.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations for the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge, mile 3.4, across English Kills at New York City, New York. Under this temporary deviation the bridge may remain in the closed position from May 16 through May 20, May 23 through May 27, and May 30 through June 17, 2005. This temporary deviation is necessary to facilitate bridge maintenance.
SUMMARY: New York,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Metropolitan Avenue Bridge has a vertical clearance in the closed position of 10 feet at mean high water and 15 feet at mean low water. The existing drawbridge operation regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.801(e).The owner of the bridge, New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), requested a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations to facilitate rehabilitation repairs at the bridge. The bridge must remain in the closed position to perform these repairs.
Under this temporary deviation the NYCDOT Metropolitan Avenue Bridge may remain in the closed position from May 16, through May 20, May 23 through May 27, and May 30 through June 17, 2005.
This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under
33 CFR 117.35, and will be performed with all due speed in order to return the bridge to normal operation as soon as possible.
Dated: May 9, 2005.
Gary Kassof,
Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 059701 Filed 51305; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Judy Leung-Yee, Project Officer, First Coast Guard District, at (212) 6687195.
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