[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57893-57894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16094]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[CGD01-05-094]
RIN 1625-AA11


Regulated Navigation Area: Navigable Waters Within Narragansett 
Bay, RI and Mount Hope Bay, MA, Including the Providence River and 
Taunton River

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings, and re-opening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to public requests, the Coast Guard will hold two 
public meetings to receive comments on its Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the existing Regulated Navigation Area 
(RNA) in the Providence River, Narragansett Bay, and Mount Hope Bay. 
Additionally, the Coast Guard is re-opening the period to receive 
comments on that NPRM. Holding two public meetings and re-opening the 
comment period will provide the public additional opportunities and 
more time to submit comments and recommendations.

DATES: A public meeting will be held in Fall River, MA, on October 16, 
2006, beginning at 7 p.m., and in Warwick, RI, on October 19, 2006, 
beginning at 7 p.m. Comments and related material must reach the Coast 
Guard on or before November 1, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments and related material to U.S. Coast 
Guard Sector Southeastern New England, Prevention Department, 20 Risho 
Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914-1208. U.S. Coast Guard Sector 
Southeastern New England maintains the public docket for this 
rulemaking. Comments and documents will become part of this docket and 
will be available for inspection and copying at the same address 
between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    The public meetings locations are:
     Bristol Community College, Margaret Jackson Arts Center 
Theater, 777 Elsbree Street, Fall River, Massachusetts; and
     Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus, 
Henderson Presentation Room 4080, 400 East Avenue, Warwick, 
Rhode Island.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edward G. LeBlanc at Coast Guard 
Sector Southeastern New England, 401-435-2351.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    On May 25, 2006, the Commander, First Coast Guard District, 
published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 
Register that proposed revisions to current navigation safety measures 
in Narragansett Bay, including the Providence River, and proposed new 
measures for vessels operating in Mount Hope Bay, particularly when 
transiting through the old and new Brightman Street bridges. (See the 
Federal Register Vol. 71, pages 30108-30112.) A total of six comments 
were received by the August 23, 2006 deadline.
    Two of those comments requested public hearings, and we have 
determined that providing an opportunity for oral presentations at 
public meetings would assist the Coast Guard in this rulemaking. 
Therefore, we will sponsor public hearings at the times and places 
described in the Public Meetings paragraph below. Additionally, the 
Coast Guard is re-opening the comment period through November 1, 2006.
    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
comments and related material. If you do so, please include your name 
and address, identify the docket number for this rulemaking (CGD01-05-
094), 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 
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 proposed rule in view of them. 
Comments received on or before November 1, 2006, will be considered 
timely.

Public Meetings

    We intend to hold two public meetings to receive comments on our 
proposed rule published May 25, 2006, that would revise some provisions 
of the existing RNA in the Providence River, Narragansett Bay, and 
Mount Hope Bay. For information on facilities or services for 
individuals with disabilities, or to request special assistance at the 
meetings, please call Mr. Edward G. LeBlanc of Coast Guard Sector 
Southeastern New England at 401-435-2351.
    The times, dates, and locations for these two meetings are:
     From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, October 16, 2006, at 
Bristol Community College, Margaret Jackson Arts Center Theater, 777 
Elsbree Street, Fall River, Massachusetts; and
     From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, October 19, 2006, at the 
Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus, Henderson 
Presentation Room 4080, 400 East Avenue, Warwick, Rhode 
Island.
    We may adjourn these public meetings earlier if all comments have 
been received from those present.

    Dated: September 18, 2006.
T.S. Sullivan,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. E6-16094 Filed 9-29-06; 8:45 am]
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