Drawbridge operations: Connecticut,
[Federal Register: September 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 176)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49391-49392]
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[DOCID:fr13se99-19]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD01-99-159]
Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Mystic River, CT
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.
SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations governing the operation of the Amtrak Bridge, mile 2.4, across the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut. This deviation from the regulations allows the bridge owner to require a two hour advance notice for openings, Sunday through Thursday, 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and 12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m., September 7, 1999, through September 27, 1999. This action is necessary to facilitate electrical modifications at the bridge.
DATES: This deviation is effective from September 7, 1999, through September 27, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Schmied, Project Officer, First Coast Guard District, at (212) 668-7165.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Amtrak Bridge, mile 2.4, across the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut, has a vertical clearance of 4 feet at mean high water, and 7 feet at mean low water in the closed position. The bridge owner, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), requested a temporary deviation from the operating regulations to facilitate electrical modifications at the bridge.
The Coast Guard granted a deviation allowing AMTRAK to deviate from the normal operating regulations to facilitate necessary repairs for 39 days beginning on July 25, 1999, through September 2, 1999. The work did not begin on July 25 as scheduled. Work did not start until August 3, 1999. The bridge owner has requested a second deviation for 21 days to complete the work.
This deviation to the operating regulations allows the bridge owner to require a two hour advance notice for bridge openings for the Amtrak Bridge, mile 2.4, across the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut. This deviation will be in effect from Sunday through Thursday, 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and 12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m., September 7, 1999, through September 27, 1999. Requests for bridge openings can be made by calling (860) 395-2355 or on marine radio channel 13 VHF/FM. Mariners requiring an emergency opening are advised to call Amtrak's Chief Dispatcher at (617) 345-7569. Vessels that can pass under the bridge without
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an opening may do so at all times during the closed periods.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(c), this work will be performed with all due speed in order to return the bridge to normal operation as soon as possible. This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
Dated: September 2, 1999. R.M. LaRrabee, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 99-23713Filed9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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