[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 62262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30687]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD11-97-009]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal 
Canal, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from regulations.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Coast Guard has issued a 
temporary deviation to the regulations governing the opening of the 
Fruitvale Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge over the Oakland Inner Harbor 
Tidal Canal. The deviation allows Alameda County, on behalf of the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, to provide an opening on 30 minutes advance 
notice between sunrise and sunset from December 1 through December 20, 
1997. At all other times, the bridge will continue to operate under its 
published regulations. The purpose of this deviation is to allow the 
Corps of Engineers to perform an electromagnetic test for adequacy of 
the bridge's 32 haul ropes.

DATES: The effective period of the deviation begins on Monday, December 
1, 1997 and continues through Saturday, December 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Jerry P. Olmes, Bridge Administrator, Eleventh Coast Guard 
District, Building 50-6 Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA, at (510) 437-
3514.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard anticipates that the 
economic consequences of this deviation will be minimal. Mariners can 
avoid experiencing any adverse consequences throughout the effective 
period by either providing the bridge operator 30 minutes advance 
notice between sunrise and sunset or transiting at other times. 
Moreover, the Coast Guard expects the bridge to resume its normal 
operating schedule before the end of the effective period if the Corps 
of Engineers completes its tests in less than 20 days.
    This deviation from the normal operating regulations in 33 CFR 
117.181 is authorized in accordance with the provisions of 33 CFR 
117.35.

    Dated: November 6, 1997.
J.C. Card,
Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 97-30687 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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