33 CFR § 117.8 - Permanent changes to drawbridge operation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s117.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 117.8 - Permanent changes to drawbridge operation."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "117.8"
section_name: "Permanent changes to drawbridge operation."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "BRIDGES"
part_number: "117"
part_name: "DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05-1; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "117"
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# 117.8 Permanent changes to drawbridge operation.
(a) Anyone may submit a written request to the District Commander for a permanent change to a drawbridge operating requirement. The request must include documentation supporting or justifying the requested change.
(b) If after evaluating the request, the District Commander determines that the requested change is not needed, he or she will respond to the request in writing and provide the reasons for denial of the requested change.
(c) If the District Commander decides that a change may be needed, he or she will begin a rulemaking to implement the change.
[USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70308, Dec. 4, 2006]