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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
CFR Citation: 33 CFR Part 117
RIN ID: RIN 1625-AA-09
USC ID: [USCG-2008-0113]
NOTICE: RULES
ACTION: Drawbridge Operation Regulations:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Intracoastal Waterway (ICW); Beach Thorofare, NJ
DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. on March 1, 2008, to 11:59 p.m. on May 1, 2008.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Margate Bridge, at ICW mile 74.0, across Beach Thorofare at Margate, New Jersey. This deviation is necessary to make emergency structural steel repairs.
SUMMARY: Intracoastal Waterway Beach Thorofare, NJ,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The subcontractor on behalf of the Margate Bridge Company, who owns and operates this doubleleaf bascule drawbridge, has requested a temporary deviation from the current operating regulations set out in 33 CFR 117.5 that requires the bridge to open promptly and fully for the passage of vessels when a request to open is given.Margate Bridge has a vertical clearance in the closed position to vessels of 14 feet above mean high water (MHW).
Under this temporary deviation, the drawbridge will provide partial openings of the lift spans for vessels. The emergency structural steel repairs require immobilizing half of the draw span to singleleaf operation each day, beginning 7 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2008, until and including 11:59 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2008, with a work barge occupying onehalf of the 58foot wide channel under the bridge, so passage through the bridge will be limited to a 29foot width for the duration of the project. The opposite connecting span while not under repair will continue to open for vessels if at least a halfhour advance notice is given to the bridge tender at (609) 8229175 or via marine radio on channel 13 VHF. Also, mariners requiring the full opening of the lift spans or the full width of the channel under the bridge will be directed to use the Atlantic Ocean as the alternate route between Absecon and Great Egg Harbor Inlets.
The Coast Guard will inform the users of the waterway through our Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the partial openings of the draw span to minimize transiting delays 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 designated
time period. This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
Dated: February 26, 2008.
Waverly W. Gregory, Jr.,
Chief, Bridge Administration Branch, Fifth Coast Guard District. [FR Doc. E84813 Filed 31008; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mrs. Sandra S. Elliott, Bridge Management Specialist, Fifth Coast Guard District, at (757) 3986557.
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