[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 45535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15562]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-05-078]


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 from regulations and request for 
comment.

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SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a 
temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations to test 
an alternate drawbridge operation regulation for the Loop Parkway 
Bridge, at mile 0.7, across Long Creek, New York. Under this temporary 
90-day deviation the bridge will open on signal once an hour, on the 
half hour, between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., and at all other times 
after a 30 minute advance notice is given by calling the number posted 
at the bridge. The bridge will open promptly on signal for commercial 
vessels at any time.

DATES: This deviation is effective from August 15, 2005 through 
November 12, 2005. Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before 
November 30, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to Commander (obr), First Coast Guard 
District Bridge Branch, One South Street, Battery Park Building, New 
York, New York, 10004, or deliver them to the same address between 7 
a.m. and 3 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.

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 (CGD01-05-
078), 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. We may change this rule in view of them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Leung-Yee, Project Officer, First 
Coast Guard District, at (212) 668-7195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Loop Parkway Bridge has a vertical 
clearance in the closed position of 21 feet at mean high water and 25 
feet at mean low water. The existing drawbridge operation regulations 
are listed at 33 CFR 117.799(f).
    The bridge owner, Jones Beach State Park requested a temporary 
deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations to test an 
alternate drawbridge operation schedule to help better balance the 
needs between vehicular land traffic and marine vessel traffic.
    Under this 90-day temporary deviation, in effect from August 15, 
2005 through November 12, 2005, the Loop Parkway Bridge at mile 0.7, 
across Long Creek, shall operate as follows:
    The bridge shall open on signal once an hour, on the half hour, 
between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
    At all other times the bridge shall open on signal after a 30-
minute notice is given by calling the number posted at the bridge.
    The bridge shall open promptly on signal at any time for commercial 
vessels.
    This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under 
33 CFR 117.43.

    Dated: July 28, 2005.
Gary Kassof,
Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 05-15562 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]
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