[Federal Register: December 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 234)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 68291-68292]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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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