[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38988-38989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10761]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-06-76]


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 
Wantagh State Parkway Bridge, across Goose Creek, at mile 16.1, 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 if at least a half-hour notice is given to the New York State 
Department of Transportation, except that, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 
on Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays, the draw shall be opened 
every hour on the half-hour after 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

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material. If you do so, please include your name and address, identify 
the docket number for this deviation (CGD01-06-076), 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 Wantagh State Parkway Bridge has a vertical clearance in the 
closed position of 16 feet at mean high water and 19 feet at mean low 
water. The existing drawbridge operation regulations are listed at 33 
CFR Sec.  117.799(i).
    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 Wantagh State Parkway Bridge at mile 
16.1, across Goose Creek, shall operate as follows:
    The bridge shall open on signal if at least a half-hour notice is 
given to the New York State Department of Transportation, except that, 
from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal 
holidays, the draw shall be opened every hour on the half-hour after 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.
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