Document ID: USCG-2016-0099-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Hackensack River, Kearney, NJ
Posted Date: 2016-02-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 7974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03148]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0099]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Hackensack River, Kearney, 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 Amtrak Portal Bridge across the 
Hackensack River, mile 5.0, at Kearney, New Jersey. This deviation is 
necessary to allow the bridge owner to perform structural repairs at 
the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 10 p.m. on February 26, 2016 to 
5 a.m. on February 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0099] 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 Joe M. Arca, Project Officer, First 
Coast Guard District, telephone (212) 514-4336, email 
joe.m.arca@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Amtrak Portal Bridge across Hackensack 
River, at Kearney, New Jersey, has a vertical clearance in the closed 
position of 23 feet at mean high water and 28 feet at mean low water. 
The existing bridge operating regulations are found at 33 CFR 
117.723(e).
    The waterway is transited by seasonal recreational vessels of 
various sizes. There is one sewage facility upstream of the bridge that 
transits the bridge twice a week.
    The bridge owner, AMTRAK, requested a temporary deviation from the 
normal operating schedule to facilitate structural repairs at the 
bridge.
    Under this temporary deviation, the Amtrak Portal railroad bridge 
shall remain in the closed position from 10 p.m. on February 26, 2016 
to 5 a.m. February 28, 2016.
    Vessels able to pass under the bridge in the closed position may do 
so at any time. The bridge will not be able to open for emergencies and 
there is no immediate alternate route for vessels to pass.
    The Coast Guard will inform the users of the waterways through our 
Local Notice and Broadcast to Mariners of the change in operating 
schedule for the bridge so that vessel operations can 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: February 11, 2016.
C.J. Bisignano,
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-03148 Filed 2-16-16; 8:45 am]
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