[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 24882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11602]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-03-038]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Hackensack River, NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

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 
NJTRO HX Bridge, mile 7.7, across the Hackensack River at Secaucus, New 
Jersey. Under this temporary deviation the bridge may remain closed 
from 6 a.m. on May 10, 2003, through 5 p.m. on May 11, 2003, and from 6 
a.m. on May 17, 2003, through 5 p.m. on May 18, 2003. This temporary 
deviation is necessary to facilitate structural repairs at the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from May 10, 2003, through May 18, 
2003.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NJTRO HX Bridge has a vertical clearance 
in the closed position of 4 feet at mean high water and 9 feet at mean 
low water. The existing drawbridge operation regulations are listed at 
33 CFR 117.723(5)(e).
    The bridge owner, New Jersey Transit Operation (NJTRO), requested a 
temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations to 
facilitate necessary maintenance, the replacement of timber railroad 
ties on the moveable span. The bridge must remain in the closed 
position to perform these repairs.
    The Coast Guard coordinated this closure with the mariners who 
normally use this waterway to help facilitate this necessary bridge 
repair and to minimize any disruption to the marine transportation 
system.
    Under this temporary deviation the NJTRO HX Bridge may remain in 
the closed position from 6 a.m. on May 10, 2003, through 5 p.m. on May 
11, 2003, and from 6 a.m. on May 17, 2003, through 5 p.m. on May 18, 
2003.
    This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under 
33 CFR Sec.  117.35, and will be performed with all due speed in order 
to return the bridge to normal operation as soon as possible.

    Dated: April 28, 2003.
John L. Grenier,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, First Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 03-11602 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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