Drawbridge operations: New Jersey,
[Federal Register: January 5, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 3)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 353-354]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD01-99-206]
Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Passaic River, NJ
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 for the NJTRO Newark-Harrison (Morristown Line) Bridge, mile 5.8, across the Passaic River between Newark and Harrison, New Jersey. This deviation from the regulations allows the bridge owner to keep the bridge in the closed position from 2 a.m. on January 7, 2000, to 2 a.m. on January 9, 2000. This action is necessary to facilitate mechanical repairs at the bridge.
DATES: This deviation is effective January 7, 2000, through January 9, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Yee, Project Officer, First Coast Guard District, at (212) 668-7165.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NJTRO Newark-Harrison (Morristown Line) Bridge, mile 5.8, across the Passaic River between Newark and Harrison, New Jersey, has a vertical clearance of 15 feet at mean high water, and 20 feet at mean low water in the closed position. The bridge owner, New Jersey Transit, requested a temporary deviation from the operating regulations to facilitate mechanical repairs at the bridge. The existing operating regulations listed at 33 CFR 117. 739(g) require the bridge to open on signal, if at least a one-hour advance notice is given to the drawtender at the Upper Hack Bridge. An additional half- hour delay in opening is permitted if the drawtender is not at the Upper Hack Bridge and at the Lower Hack Bridge. From 7:15 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 6:50 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays, the draw need not open for vessel traffic.
This deviation to the operating regulations allows the owner of the NJTRO Newark-Harrison (Morristown Line) Bridge to keep the bridge in the closed position from 2 a.m. on January 7, 2000, through 2 a.m. on January 9, 2000. Vessels that can pass under the bridge without an opening may do so at all times.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(c), this work will be performed with all due
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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: December 17, 1999. R.M. Larrabee, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
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