[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 38989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10759]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-06-077]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Long Island, New York Waterway 
From East Rockaway Inlet to Shinnecock Canal, Hempstead, 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 
Meadowbrook State Parkway Bridge across Sloop Channel at mile 12.8, at 
Hempstead, 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 if at least a half-hour notice is given to the New York State 
Department of Transportation, except that, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on 
Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays, the draw shall open every 
hour, on the hour, if at least a half-hour notice is given.

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 
(CGD01-06-077), 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 Meadowbrook State Parkway Bridge has a vertical clearance in 
the closed position of 22 feet at mean high water and 25 feet at mean 
low water. The existing drawbridge operation regulations are listed at 
33 CFR 117.799(h).
    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 Meadowbrook State Parkway Bridge across 
Sloop Channel at mile 12.8, shall operate as follows:
    The bridge shall open on signal if at least half-hour notice is 
given to the New York State Department of Transportation, except that, 
from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays, the 
draw shall open every hour, on the hour, if at least a half-hour notice 
is given.
    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. E6-10759 Filed 7-10-06; 8:45 am]
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