Document ID: USCG-2010-0536-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Charles River, Boston, MA, Public Event (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2010-07-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38411-38412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16117]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0536]

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Charles River, Boston, MA, 
Public Event

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 regulations governing the operation of the 
Craigie Bridge across the Charles River, mile 1.0, at Boston, 
Massachusetts. The deviation is necessary to facilitate public safety 
during the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, by allowing the bridge to 
remain in the closed position

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to evacuate pedestrian traffic after the conclusion of the public 
event.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 11 p.m. on July 4, 2010, 
through 1 a.m. on July 5, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket USCG-2010-0536 and are available online 
at http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2010-0536 in the 
``Keyword'' and then clicking ``Search''. They are also available for 
inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. 
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
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 rule, 
call or e-mail Mr. John W. McDonald, Project Officer, First Coast Guard 
District, john.w.mcdonald@uscg.mil, telephone (617) 223-8364. If you 
have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Craigie Bridge, across the Charles River 
at mile 1.0, at Boston, Massachusetts, has a vertical clearance in the 
closed position of 13.5 feet at normal pool elevation above the Charles 
River Dam. The existing drawbridge operation regulations are listed at 
33 CFR 117.591(e).
    The waterway is predominantly a recreational waterway supporting 
various size vessels. This yearly holiday event and the annual short 
term bridge closure necessary to facilitate the evacuation of the large 
number of pedestrians viewing the fireworks display are well known to 
local boating interests and no objections have been received in past 
years.
    The owner of the bridge, the Massachusetts Department of 
Transportation (Mass DOT), requested a temporary deviation to 
facilitate public safety during this public event, the 2010 Boston Pops 
Fireworks Spectacular.
    Under this temporary deviation, in effect from 11 p.m. on July 4, 
2010 through 1 a.m. on July 5, 2010, the Craigie Bridge at mile 1.0, 
across the Charles River at Boston, Massachusetts, may remain in the 
closed position.
    Vessels that can pass under the bridge without a bridge opening may 
do so at all times.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the bridge must return to its 
regular operating schedule immediately at the end of the designated 
time period. This deviation from the operating regulations is 
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: June 22, 2010.
Gary Kassof,
Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2010-16117 Filed 7-1-10; 8:45 am]
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