Document ID: USCG-2013-0936-0002
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Upper Mississippi River, Rock Island, IL (Federal Register Publication) (Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.)
Posted Date: 2014-02-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10011-10012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03873]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0936]

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Upper Mississippi River, Rock 
Island, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice canceling temporary deviation from regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is canceling the temporary deviation 
concerning the Rock Island Railroad and Highway Drawbridge across the 
Upper

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Mississippi River, mile 482.9, at Rock Island, Illinois due to work 
scheduling issues and has been postponed to a later date.

DATES: The temporary deviation published on November 22, 2013, 78 FR 
69995, is cancelled as of January 22, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2013-0936] 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. You may also visit the Docket 
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the 
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
cancellation, call or email Eric A. Washburn, Bridge Administrator, 
Western Rivers, Coast Guard; telephone 314-269-2378, email 
Eric.Washburn@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the docket, 
call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-
366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Basis and Purpose

    On November 22, 2013, we published a temporary deviation entitled 
``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Upper Mississippi River, Rock 
Island, IL'' in the Federal Register (78 FR 69995). The temporary 
deviation concerned a change from the operating schedule that governs 
the Rock Island Railroad and Highway Drawbridge across the Upper 
Mississippi River, mile 482.9, at Rock Island, Illinois. The bridge 
owner was scheduled to perform preventive maintenance and critical 
repairs that are essential to the continued safe operation of the 
drawbridge. The work was scheduled in the winter, when the impact on 
navigation was minimal, instead of scheduling the work at other times 
in the year, when river traffic is prevalent. The deviation allowed the 
bridge to be maintained in the closed-to-navigation position for 77 
days. This deviation from the operating regulations was authorized 
under 33 CFR 117.35.

B. Cancellation

    This deviation is cancelled as of January 22, 2014, due to work 
scheduling issues during the winter months.

    Dated: February 7, 2014.
Eric A. Washburn,
Bridge Administrator, Western Rivers.
[FR Doc. 2014-03873 Filed 2-21-14; 8:45 am]
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