[Federal Register: December 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 235)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Coast Guard


33 CFR Part 117


[CGD01-02-136]
RIN 2115-AE47


 
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Long Island, New York Inland 
Waterway From East Rockaway Inlet to Shinnecock Canal, NY


AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.


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 
Wreck Lead Bridge, mile 4.4, across Reynolds Channel at Hempstead, New 
York. This deviation from the regulations allows the bridge to remain 
in the closed position from 6:30 a.m. on December 10, 2002 through 6:30 
a.m. on December 13, 2002. This deviation is necessary to facilitate 
scheduled maintenance at the bridge.


DATES: This deviation is effective from December 10, 2002 through 
December 13, 2002.


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


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The bridge owner, Long Island Railroad, 
requested a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operating 
regulations to facilitate necessary structural repairs, replacement of 
structural bracing, couplings, and deteriorated concrete, at the 
bridge.
    Under this deviation the Wreck Lead Bridge, mile 4.4, across 
Reynolds Channel at Hempstead, New York, may remain in the closed 
position from 6:30 a.m. on December 10, 2002 through 6:30 a.m. on 
December 13, 2002.
    There have been few requests to open this bridge during the 
requested time period scheduled for these structural repairs in past 
years. The Coast Guard and the bridge owner coordinated this closure 
with the facilities upstream from the bridge and no objections to this 
scheduled closure were received.
    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: November 22, 2002.
V.S. Crea,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 02-30930 Filed 12-5-02; 8:45 am]

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