Proposed Rules. Notice of temporary deviation from regulations and request for comments

Agency: Coast Guard, DHS
Action: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations and request for comments
Citation: FR Doc. 04-27676 · CGD05-04-223 · 33 CFR 117

Summary

The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations to test an alternate drawbridge operation regulation for the Dominion Boulevard (US 17) Bridge across the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, at AICW mile 8.8, at Chesapeake, Virginia. Under this temporary 90-day deviation, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the draw of the bridge will open every hour on the half hour. During the temporary deviation, the bridge will continue to open on signal for commercial vessels that provide a two-hour advance notice and will open on demand at all times for commercial vessels carrying liquefied flammable gas or other hazardous materials. The purpose of this temporary deviation is to test an alternate drawbridge operation schedule for 90 days and solicit comments from the public.

Dates

This deviation is effective from 8:30 a.m. on December 13, 2004, to 4 p.m. on March 13, 2005. Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before March 14, 2005.

Supplementary Information

In an effort to ease vehicle traffic congestion as a result of recent vessel openings of the drawbridge, the Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge regulations to test for a period of 90 days an alternate drawbridge operation schedule. Under this 90-day temporary deviation, effective from December 13, 2004 to March 13, 2005, the Dominion Boulevard (US 17) Bridge, mile 8.8 in Chesapeake, shall open on signal for commercial vessels that provide a two-hour advance notice and will open on demand at all times for commercial vessels carrying liquefied flammable gas or other hazardous materials. From December 13, 2004 to March 13, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, the draw need be opened only every hour on the half hour. This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.43. Dated: December 10, 2004. Waverly W. Gregory, Jr., Chief, Bridge Administration Branch, Fifth Coast Guard District. [FR Doc. 04-27676 Filed 12-16-04; 8:45 am]