[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 42602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20318]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-01-129]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Jamaica Bay and Connecting 
Waterways, NY

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 for the 
Marine Parkway (Gil Hodges Memorial) Bridge, mile 3.0, across Rockaway 
Inlet in New York. This deviation will allow the bridge to remain in 
the closed to navigation position from 8 a.m. on August 20, 2001 
through 4:30 p.m. on August 25, 2001. This temporary deviation is 
necessary to facilitate emergency repairs at the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from August 20, 2001 through August 
25, 2001.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Marine Parkway (Gil Hodges memorial) 
Bridge, at mile 3.0, across Rockaway Inlet has a vertical clearance in 
the closed position of 55 feet at mean high water and 59 feet at mean 
low water. The existing drawbridge operating regulations are listed at 
33 CFR 117.795(a).
    The bridge owner, Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, requested 
a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operating regulations to 
facilitate emergency replacement of the lift span clutch shaft bearings 
at the bridge.
    This deviation to the operating regulations allows the Marine 
Parkway (Gil Hodges Memorial) Bridge to remain in the closed to 
navigation position from 8 a.m. on August 20, 2001 through 4:30 p.m. on 
August 25, 2001.
    The bridge owner did not provide the required thirty-day notice to 
the Coast Guard for this temporary deviation; however, this deviation 
was approved because the repairs are vital unscheduled repairs that 
must be performed without delay to insure bridge operating safely and 
to prevent an unscheduled closure due to component failure.
    This temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation 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: August 6, 2001.
G.N. Naccara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 01-20318 Filed 8-13-01; 8:45 am]
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