[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 38990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10758]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-06-078]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Long Island, New York Inland 
Waterway From East Rockaway Inlet to Shinnecock Canal, Jones Beach, NY

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations; request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a 
temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the 
Loop Parkway Bridge, across Long Creek at mile 0.7, at Jones Beach, New 
York. This deviation will test a change to the drawbridge operation 
schedule to determine whether a permanent change to the schedule is 
needed. This deviation will allow the bridge to open on signal for all 
marine traffic, Monday through Friday twice an hour at twenty and fifty 
minutes after the hour, from 6:20 a.m. to 7:20 p.m., except that, 
between 9:50 a.m. and 3:20 p.m., the bridge shall open on signal for 
all commercial vessels. On Saturday, Sunday, and Federal Holidays, the 
bridge shall open on signal once an hour, at twenty minutes after the 
hour, between 7:20 a.m. and 8:20 p.m., except that, the bridge shall 
open on signal for all commercial vessels. At all other times the 
bridge shall open on signal for all vessel traffic.

DATES: This deviation is effective from June 30, 2006 through September 
4, 2006. Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before November 3, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments and related material to Commander 
(dpb), 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 First Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch, 
maintains the public docket for this deviation. Comments and material 
received from the public, as well as documents indicated in this notice 
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: Judy Leung-Yee, Project Officer, First 
Coast Guard District, at (212) 668-7195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in evaluating this test schedule by 
submitting comments or related material. If you do so, please include 
your name and address, identify the docket number for this deviation 
(CGD01-06-078), 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. Comments must be received 
by November 3, 2006.

Background and Purpose

    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, New York State Department of Transportation, 
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 temporary deviation, in effect from June 30, 2006 
through September 4, 2006, the Loop Parkway Bridge at mile 0.7, across 
Long Creek, shall operate as follows:
    The bridge shall open on signal for all marine traffic, Monday 
through Friday twice an hour, at twenty and fifty minutes after the 
hour, from 6:20 a.m. to 7:20 p.m., except that, between 9:50 a.m. and 
3:20 p.m., the bridge shall open on signal for all commercial vessels. 
On Saturday, Sunday, and Federal Holidays, the bridge shall open on 
signal once an hour, at twenty minutes after the hour, between 7:20 
a.m. and 8:20 p.m., except that, the bridge shall open on signal for 
all commercial vessels. At all other times the bridge shall open on 
signal for all vessel traffic.
    This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under 
33 CFR 117.43.

    Dated: June 26, 2006.
Gary Kassof,
Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard District.
 [FR Doc. E6-10758 Filed 7-10-06; 8:45 am]
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