[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 68291-68292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31645]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[CGD11-99-017]
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; China Basin, Mission Creek, CA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation to the
regulations governing operation of the City and County of San Francisco
3rd Street (Lefty O'Doul) bascule bridge which spans the China Basin
portion of Mission Creek (also known as the Channel Street Waterway)
mile 0.0, in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. The
deviation specifies that the bridge need not open for the passage of
vessels from December 1, 1999 through January 31, 2000. Normally, the
3rd Street Bridge opens on one-hour advance notice. The deviation is
needed to allow the City and County of San Francisco and its
contractors to complete bridge seismic retrofit and rehabilitation.
That work requires the bridge to remain in the closed to navigation
position.
DATES: The deviation is effective from 8 a.m., December 1, 1999 through
5 p.m., January 31, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jerry Olmes, Bridge Management
Specialist, Eleventh Coast Guard
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District, Building 50-6 Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA 94501-5100,
telephone (510) 437-3515.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard anticipates that economic
consequences of this deviation will be minimal. The bridge provides
only 1 foot vertical clearance over Mean High Water in the closed
position. The City and County of San Francisco held an Open House on
June 24, 1999 to advise concerned parties of the proposed work, and has
scheduled the work to minimize impacts on navigation.. A cruise vessel
which berths immediately upstream of the bridge has been able to secure
alternative moorings during the work. The work is scheduled when
recreational boating is minimal, and the City and County have provided
alternative moorings to one mariner who normally berths at the Mission
Creek Harbor Association moorings upstream of the bridge, but who
desired to moor downstream of the bridge during the closed period. The
closure will preclude the use of the San Francisco fire boat or other
emergency watercraft upstream of the bridge, however, all moorings can
be accessed via city streets by land based emergency equipment.
This deviation from the normal operating regulations in 33 CFR
117.149 is authorized in accordance with the provisions of 33 CFR
117.35.
Dated: November 24, 1999.
C.D. Wurster,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 99-31645 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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