Document ID: USCG-2012-0013-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Connecticut River, Old Lyme, CT (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2012-02-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 6465-6466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2787]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0013]

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Connecticut River, Old Lyme, CT

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 regulation governing the operation of the 
Old Saybrook-Old Lyme RR Bridge, mile 3.4, across the Connecticut River 
at Old Lyme, Connecticut. The deviation is necessary to facilitate 
bridge maintenance. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the 
closed position for three days.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 7 a.m. on March 5, 2012 through 
11 p.m. on March 7, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket USCG-2012-0013 and are available online 
at www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2012-0013 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 email Ms. Judy Leung-Yee, Project Officer, First Coast Guard 
District, judy.k.leung-yee@uscg.mil, or telephone (212) 668-7165. If 
you have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Old Saybrook-Old Lyme RR Bridge at mile 
3.4, across the Connecticut River at Old Lyme, Connecticut, has a 
vertical clearance in the closed position of 19 feet at mean high water 
and 22 feet at mean low water. The drawbridge operation regulations are 
listed at 33 CFR 117.205(b).
    The owner of the bridge, National Passenger Railroad Corporation 
(Amtrak), requested a temporary deviation from the regulations to 
facilitate bridge maintenance by replacing the secondary reducer 
bearing.
    Under this temporary deviation the Old Saybrook-Old Lyme RR Bridge 
may remain in the closed position from 7 a.m. on March 5, 2012 through 
11 p.m. on March 7, 2012.
    All known waterway users were notified and no objections were 
received.
    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.

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    Dated: January 26, 2012.
Gary Kassof,
Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2012-2787 Filed 2-7-12; 8:45 am]
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