[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23683]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD08-01-031]


Drawbridge Operating Regulation; Bayou Lafourche, LA

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 
SR 1 (Leeville) vertical lift bridge across Bayou Lafourche, mile 13.3, 
at Leeville, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. This deviation allows the 
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) to close 
the bridge to navigation from 8 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 
5:30 p.m. daily from Monday, September 24, 2001 through Saturday, 
November 3, 2001. This temporary deviation is issued to allow for the 
cleaning and painting of the vertical lift span of the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 8 a.m. on Monday, September 24, 
2001 until 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Unless otherwise indicated, documents referred to in this 
notice are available for inspection or copying at the office of the 
Eighth Coast Guard District, Bridge Administration Branch, Commander 
(obc), 501 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70130-3396. The 
Bridge Administration Branch maintains the public docket for this 
temporary deviation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Frank, BridgeAdministration 
Branch, telephone (504) 589-2965.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SR 1 (Leeville) vertical lift span 
bridge across Bayou Lafourche, mile 13.3, at Leeville, Lafourche 
Parish, Louisiana, has a vertical clearance of 40 feet above mean high 
water in the closed-to-navigation position and 73 feet above mean high 
water in the open-to-navigation position. The containment equipment for 
the project will reduce the vertical clearance by two feet. Navigation 
on the waterway consists mainly of fishing vessels, recreation vessels 
and tugs with tows. LDOTD requested a temporary deviation from the 
normal operation of the drawbridge in order to accommodate the cleaning 
and painting of the vertical lift span on the bridge. This work is 
necessary for the continued safe operation of the bridge. A separate 
deviation will be required in the future to accommodate the cleaning 
and painting of the tower counterweight sections of the bridge.
    This deviation allows the draw of the SR 1 (Leeville) vertical lift 
span drawbridge across Bayou Lafourche, 13.3, to remain closed to 
navigation from 8 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. from 
Monday, September 24, 2001 through Saturday, November 3, 2001.

    Dated: September 6, 2001.
Roy J. Castro,
Rear Admiral, U. S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 01-23683 Filed 9-20-01; 8:45 am]
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