[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33328-33329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16397]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[USCG-09-0210]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Hackensack River, Jersey City, 
NJ, Maintenance

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice cancelling temporary deviation from regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is cancelling the temporary deviation 
concerning the operation of the Witt Penn Bridge across the Hackensack 
River at mile 3.1, across the Hackensack River, at Jersey City, New 
Jersey. A temporary deviation was previously approved for the Lower 
Hack

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Bridge at mile 3.4 across the Hackensack River and notice of that 
temporary deviation was made along with the notice for the Witt Penn 
Bridge. This temporary deviation was issued to facilitate bridge 
maintenance for the above bridges; however, the maintenance for the 
Witt Penn Bridge has been postponed necessitating the early 
cancellation of that portion of the temporary deviation. The 
maintenance of the Lower Hack Bridge will continue as planned, and the 
temporary deviation approved for the Lower Hack Bridge remains in 
effect. Once new dates are provided for the maintenance of the Witt 
Penn Bridge any new temporary deviation will be published in the 
Federal Register.

DATES: The temporary deviation published on April 29, 2009 (74 FR 
19421) pertaining to the Witt Penn Bridge across the Hackensack River 
at mile 3.1, across the Hackensack River, at Jersey City, New Jersey is 
cancelled as of June 23, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this cancelled deviation is available for 
inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. 
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find 
this docket on the Internet by going to http://www.regulations.gov, 
selecting the Advanced Docket Search option on the right side of the 
screen, inserting USCG-2009-0210 in the Docket ID box, pressing Enter, 
and then clicking on the item in the Docket ID column.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Kassof, Project Officer, First 
Coast Guard District, [email protected], telephone 212-668-7165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose

    On April 29, 2009, we published a temporary deviation entitled 
``Drawbridge Operation Regulations; New Jersey'' in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 19421). The temporary deviation concerned the Witt Penn 
Bridge at mile 3.1, and the Lower Hack Bridge, mile 3.4, both across 
the Hackensack River at Jersey City, New Jersey.

Cancellation

    The Coast Guard received an additional request from the bridge 
owner of the Witt Penn Bridge, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 
on June 10, 2009, requesting the cancellation of the temporary 
deviation for the Witt Penn Bridge because the scheduled maintenance 
repairs did not begin on schedule due to a contractual dispute.
    The work for the Lower Hack Bridge began on schedule and will 
continue through July 22, 2009, as planned.
    The remaining bridge closure time period necessary to complete the 
maintenance work for the Lower Hack Bridge remains in effect through 
July 22, 2009. If granted, a temporary deviation for the Witt Penn 
Bridge covering the revised maintenance work period will be published 
under a new temporary deviation in the Federal Register.
    The need to cancel the temporary deviation for the scheduled 
maintenance at the Witt Penn Bridge was due to a contractual dispute 
which delayed the start date of the bridge maintenance.

    Dated: June 17, 2009.
Gary Kassof,
Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. E9-16397 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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