[Federal Register: December 30, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 250)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-04-148]

 
Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Newtown Creek, Dutch Kills, 
English Kills, and Their Tributaries, NY

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 
Metropolitan Avenue Bridge, mile 3.4, across English Kills at New York 
City, New York. Under this temporary deviation the bridge may remain 
closed 6 a.m. to midnight from December 27, 2004 through December 29, 
2004 and January 3, 2005 through January 5, 2005. This temporary 
deviation is necessary to facilitate bridge maintenance.

DATES: This deviation is effective from December 27, 2004 through 
January 5, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Leung-Yee, Project Officer, First 
Coast Guard District, at (212) 668-7195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Metropolitan Avenue Bridge has a 
vertical clearance in the closed position of 10 feet at mean high water 
and 15 feet at mean low water. The existing drawbridge operation 
regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.801(e).
    The owner of the bridge, New York City Department of Transportation 
(NYCDOT), requested a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation 
regulations to facilitate rehabilitation repairs at the bridge. The 
bridge must remain in the closed position to perform these repairs.
    Under this temporary deviation the NYCDOT Metropolitan Avenue 
Bridge may remain in the closed position 6 a.m. through midnight from 
December 27, 2004 through December 29, 2004 and January 3, 2005 through 
January 5, 2005.
    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: December 20, 2004.
David P. Pekoske,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 04-28547 Filed 12-29-04; 8:45 am]

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