[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49391-49392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23713]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-99-159]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Mystic River, CT

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a 
temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations governing 
the operation of the Amtrak Bridge, mile 2.4, across the Mystic River 
in Mystic, Connecticut. This deviation from the regulations allows the 
bridge owner to require a two hour advance notice for openings, Sunday 
through Thursday, 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and 12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m., 
September 7, 1999, through September 27, 1999. This action is necessary 
to facilitate electrical modifications at the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from September 7, 1999, through 
September 27, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Schmied, Project Officer, First 
Coast Guard District, at (212) 668-7165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Amtrak Bridge, mile 2.4, across the 
Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut, has a vertical clearance of 4 feet 
at mean high water, and 7 feet at mean low water in the closed 
position. The bridge owner, National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(Amtrak), requested a temporary deviation from the operating 
regulations to facilitate electrical modifications at the bridge.
    The Coast Guard granted a deviation allowing AMTRAK to deviate from 
the normal operating regulations to facilitate necessary repairs for 39 
days beginning on July 25, 1999, through September 2, 1999. The work 
did not begin on July 25 as scheduled. Work did not start until August 
3, 1999. The bridge owner has requested a second deviation for 21 days 
to complete the work.
    This deviation to the operating regulations allows the bridge owner 
to require a two hour advance notice for bridge openings for the Amtrak 
Bridge, mile 2.4, across the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut. This 
deviation will be in effect from Sunday through Thursday, 9:30 p.m. to 
11:30 p.m., and 12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m., September 7, 1999, through 
September 27, 1999. Requests for bridge openings can be made by calling 
(860) 395-2355 or on marine radio channel 13 VHF/FM. Mariners requiring 
an emergency opening are advised to call Amtrak's Chief Dispatcher at 
(617) 345-7569. Vessels that can pass under the bridge without

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an opening may do so at all times during the closed periods.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(c), this work will be performed 
with all due speed in order to return the bridge to normal operation as 
soon as possible. This deviation from the operating regulations is 
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: September 2, 1999.
R.M. LaRrabee,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 99-23713 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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