[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2603]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD08-98-004]


Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Black River, Canadian Pacific 
Railway, Soo District, WI

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District has issued a 
temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the 
Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Drawbridge swing span 
drawbridge across the Black River at mile 1.0 at LaCrosse, Wisconsin. 
This deviation allows the bridge to remain closed to navigation from 
Tuesday, January 6, 1998, through Thursday, February 5, 1998. This 
closure is necessary to facilitate removal and rebuilding of mechanical 
devices to avoid problems during the next navigation season.

DATES: The deviation is effective from Tuesday, January 6, 1998, 
through Thursday, February 5, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roger K. Wiebusch, Bridge Administrator, Director, Western Rivers 
Operations, (314) 539-3900, extension 378.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad 
Drawbridge has a vertical clearance of 16.9 feet above normal pool in 
the closed-to-navigation position. All locks in the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers St. Paul District have been closed for the winter and this 
has greatly reduced the amount of commercial navigation in the LaCrosse 
area. Local marine industry have stated that they anticipate no 
problems with the closure.
    This deviation requires that the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul 
Railroad Drawbridge remain closed to navigation from January 6, 1998 
through February 5, 1998. The drawbridge operation regulations, when 
not amended by a deviation, require that the drawbridge open on signal 
if at least two hours notice is given.

    Dated: January 20, 1998.
T. W. Josiah,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 98-2603 Filed 2-2-98; 8:45 am]
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