[Federal Register: June 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 106)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 31005]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[CGD01-04-047]
Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Long Island, New York Inland
Waterway From East Rockaway Inlet to Shinnecock Canal, NY
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a
temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations governing
the operation of the Long Beach Bridge, at mile 4.7, across Reynolds
Channel New York. This temporary deviation will test a change to the
drawbridge operation regulations to determine whether a permanent
change is needed. Under this temporary deviation the Long Beach Bridge
need not open for vessel traffic from 10 p.m. to midnight on July 3,
2004.
DATES: This temporary deviation is effective from July 3, 2004, through
July 11, 2004. Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before
September 4, 2004.
ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to Commander (obr), First Coast Guard
District Bridge Branch at one South Street, Battery Park Building, New
York, NY 10004, or deliver them to the same address between 7 a.m. and
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is (212) 668-7165. The First Coast Guard District, Bridge
Branch, maintains the public docket for this rulemaking. Comments and
material received from the public, as well as documents indicated in
this preamble as being available in the docket, will become part of
this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at the
First Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Arca, Project Officer, First Coast
Guard District, at (212) 668-7069.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments or related material. If you do so, please include your name
and address, identify the docket number for this rulemaking (CGD01-04-
047), indicate the specific section of this document to which each
comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. Please submit
all comments and related material in an unbound format, no larger than
8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying. If you would like to know if
they reached us, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or
envelope. We will consider all comments and material received during
the comment period. Comments must be received by September 4, 2004.
Background and Purpose
The Long Beach Bridge has a vertical clearance of 20 feet at mean
high water and 24 feet at mean low water. The existing regulations are
listed at 33 CFR 117.799(g).
On April 27, 2004, the Town of Hempstead, Department of Public
Works requested that the Long Beach Bridge opening schedule be
temporarily changed to test an alternate operation schedule to allow
the bridge to remain closed to facilitate vehicular traffic and public
safety during the annual Salute to Veterans and Fireworks Display at
Town Park on Lookout Point, New York.
Under this temporary deviation the Long Beach Bridge need not open
for vessel traffic from 10 p.m. to midnight on July 3, 2004, with an
alternate weather date of July 11, 2004, should the public event be
postponed due to inclement weather on July 3, 2004.
This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under
33 CFR 117.43, to test an alternate operating schedule.
Dated: May 21, 2004.
John L. Grenier,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, First Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 04-12407 Filed 6-1-04; 8:45 am]
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