[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68245-68246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34081]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD11-95-003]
RIN 2115-AE47


Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal 
Canal, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Proposed rule; termination.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is terminating rulemaking which would have 
amended the regulation for the draws of the Alameda County vehicular 
bridges crossing the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal at the following 
locations: Park Street, mile 7.3; Fruitvale Avenue, mile 7.7; High 
Street, mile 8.1; as well as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers railroad 
bridge, mile 7.7 at Fruitvale Avenue. The proposed rule did not meet 
the reasonable needs of navigation. The County apparently is no longer 
interested in pursuing this rulemaking.

DATES: This proposed rulemaking is terminated December 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry P. Olmes, Bridge Section, 
Eleventh Coast Guard District, Building 50-6, Coast Guard Island, 
Alameda, CA 94501-5100, telephone (510) 437-3515.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulatory History

    On May 9, 1995, the Coast Guard published the NPRM in the Federal 
Register (60 FR 24599). The Coast Guard received 18 letters in response 
to the NPRM, 6 of which requested a public hearing. The Coast Guard 
then decided to reopen the comment period and hold a public hearing; a 
notice of reopening of the comment period and of the public hearing was 
published in the Federal

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Register on September 12, 1995 (60 FR 47317). The comment period was 
extended until October 31, 1995, and a public hearing was held on 
October 5, 1995.
    The majority of respondents objected to the proposal for reasons of 
safety and inconvenience to waterway users. Based on the comments 
received, the Coast Guard denied the request. The Coast Guard offered a 
counter proposal, but the County did not respond to the counter 
proposal.
    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Coast Guard is 
terminating all further rulemaking under docket number CGD11-95-003.

    Dated: December 12, 1997.
J.C. Card,
Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 97-34081 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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