[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 62939-62940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30020]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-01-212]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Hackensack River, NJ

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 
Witt-Penn (Route 7) Bridge, mile 3.1, across the Hackensack River at 
Jersey City, New Jersey. This temporary deviation will allow the bridge 
to remain in the closed position from 9 a.m. on December 4, 2001 
through 6 a.m. on December 7, 2001. This temporary deviation is 
necessary to facilitate maintenance repairs at the bridge.

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DATES: This deviation is effective from December 4, 2001 through 
December 7, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Schmied, Project Officer, First 
Coast Guard District, at (212) 668-7195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Witt-Penn (Route 7) Bridge has a 
vertical clearance in the closed position of 35 feet at mean high water 
and 40 feet at mean low water. The existing regulations require the 
draw to open on signal at all times.
    The bridge owner, New Jersey Department of Transportation, has 
requested a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operating 
regulations to facilitate scheduled maintenance, the replacement of the 
bridge power and communications cable at the bridge. The nature of the 
required maintenance repairs will require the bridge to be closed to 
navigation during the implementation of this work.
    This deviation to the operating regulations will allow the bridge 
to remain in the closed position from 9 a.m. on December 4, 2001 
through 6 a.m. on December 7, 2001.
    This deviation from the operating 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: November 26, 2001.
G.N. Naccara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 01-30020 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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