[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54572-54573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20457]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-04-114]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Fore River, ME

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a 
temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations for the 
Casco Bay Bridge, mile 1.5, across the Fore River between Portland and 
South Portland, Maine. This temporary deviation allows the bridge owner 
to require a four-hour advance notice for bridge openings from 
September 7, 2004 through November 5, 2004. Additionally, this 
deviation also allows the bridge to remain in the closed position, 
Monday through Friday, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. from September 13, 2004 through 
October 1, 2004, and again, Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
from October 4, 2004 through October 22, 2004. This temporary deviation 
is necessary to facilitate structural modifications at the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from September 7, 2004 through 
November 5, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McDonald, Project Officer, First 
Coast Guard District, at (617) 223-8364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The bridge owner, Maine Department of 
Transportation, requested a temporary deviation from the drawbridge 
operating regulations to facilitate structural modifications designed 
to improve reliability of the operating system at the bridge. The Coast 
Guard coordinated these requested closures with the mariners that 
normally use this waterway in order to minimize any disruption to the 
marine transit system.
    Under this temporary deviation a four-hour advance notice for 
bridge openings shall be required from September 7, 2004 through 
November 5,

[[Page 54573]]

2004. Additionally, the bridge may also remain in the closed position, 
Monday through Friday, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. from September 13, 2004 through 
October 1, 2004, and again, Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
from October 4, 2004 through October 22, 2004.
    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: August 25, 2004.
David P. Pekoske,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 04-20457 Filed 9-8-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-15-P