Document ID: USCG-2018-0226-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Hackensack River, Jersey City, NJ
Posted Date: 2018-04-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15067-15068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07215]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0226]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Hackensack River, Jersey City, 
NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Route 1 & 9 (Lincoln Highway) 
Bridge across the Hackensack River, mile 1.8, at Jersey City, New 
Jersey. The deviation is necessary to limit and control bridge openings 
during the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Pulaski Skyway 
Bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective without actual notice from April 9, 
2018 through 11:59 p.m. on July 31, 2018. For the purposes of 
enforcement, actual notice will be used from 12:01 a.m. on April 2, 
2018, until April 9, 2018.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2018-0226, is available 
at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' 
box and click ``SEARCH''. Click on Open Docket Folder on the line 
associated with this deviation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email Judy K. Leung-Yee, Bridge Management 
Specialist, First District Bridge Branch, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 
212-514-4336, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The owner of the bridge, the New Jersey 
Department of Transportation, requested a temporary deviation in order 
to complete the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the adjacent 
Pulaski Skyway Bridge. The Route 1 & 9 Bridge across the Hackensack 
River, mile 1.8, at Jersey City, New Jersey is a vertical lift bridge 
with a vertical clearance of 35 feet at mean high water and 40 feet at 
mean low water in the closed position. The existing drawbridge 
operating regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.5.
    This temporary deviation will allow the Route 1 & 9 Bridge to open 
on signal from April 2, 2018 to July 31, 2018, except that the draw 
will not open to vessel traffic, Monday through Friday, between 6 a.m. 
and 9:30 a.m. and between 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., except holidays. On 
Federal holidays, the Route 1 & 9 Bridge will open on signal. Tide 
dependent deep draft vessels may request bridge openings during the 
rush hour closure periods, provided that at least a six hour advance 
notice is given by calling the number posted at the bridge.
    The waterway is transited by recreational vessels and commercial 
vessels. Coordination with waterway users has indicated no objections 
to the proposed closure of the draw. Vessels able to pass through the 
bridge in the closed position may do so at any time. There is no 
alternate route for vessels to pass, but the bridge will be able to 
open

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for emergencies. The Coast Guard will also inform the users of the 
waterways through our Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the 
change in operating schedule for the bridge so vessel operators may 
arrange their transits to minimize any impact caused by the temporary 
deviation.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to 
its regular operating schedule immediately at the end of the effective 
period of this temporary deviation. This deviation from the operating 
regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: April 2, 2018.
Christopher J. Bisignano,
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2018-07215 Filed 4-6-18; 8:45 am]
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