[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45059-45060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17005]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-02-076]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Eastchester Creek, 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 governing 
the operation of the South Fulton Avenue Bridge, mile 2.9, across 
Eastchester Creek in New York. This deviation allows the bridge owner 
to keep the bridge in the closed position from 8 a.m. on Monday through 
4:30 p.m. on Thursday, from July 22, 2002 through August 22, 2002. This 
action is necessary to facilitate structural maintenance on the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from July 22, 2002 through August 
22, 2002.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Fulton Avenue Bridge has a 
vertical clearance of 6 feet at mean high water, and 13 feet at mean 
low water in the closed position. The existing drawbridge operating 
regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.793.
    The bridge owner, Westchester County Department of Public Works, 
requested a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operating 
regulations to facilitate scheduled structural maintenance, sidewalk 
replacement, at the bridge.
    This deviation from the operating regulations allows the bridge 
owner to keep the bridge in the closed position from 8 a.m. on Monday 
through 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, 2002 through August 22, 2002.
    This work 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.


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    Dated: June 25, 2002.
V.S. Crea,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 02-17005 Filed 7-5-02; 8:45 am]
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