[Federal Register: September 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 174)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54572-54573]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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.
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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,
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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]
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