[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 119 (Thursday, June 19, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34864-34865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13863]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[USCG-2008-0486]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Long Island, New York Inland 
Waterway From East Rockaway Inlet to Shinnecock Canal, Hempstead, NY, 
Public Event

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.

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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. Under this temporary deviation the bridge may 
remain in the closed position for 2\1/2\ hours to facilitate public 
safety during a public event, the Veterans Fireworks Display.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 9:30 p.m. through 11:59 p.m. on 
June 28, 2008 and in the case of rain, from 9:30 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. on 
June 29, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in 
the docket are part of docket USCG-2008-0486 and are available online 
at http://www.regulations.gov. They are also available for inspection 
or copying at two locations: the Docket Management Facility (M-30), 
U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, and 
the First Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch Office, 408 Atlantic 
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Leung-Yee, Project Officer, First 
Coast Guard District, at (212) 668-7165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Sec.  117.799(h)(2).
    The waterway has seasonal recreational vessels and fishing vessels 
of various sizes.

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    The Town of Hempstead, Department of Public Safety, requested a 
temporary deviation to facilitate a public event, the Veteran's 
Fireworks Display on June 28, 2008.
    Under this temporary deviation, in effect between 9:30 p.m. and 
11:59 p.m. on June 28, 2008, the Meadowbrook State Parkway Bridge at 
mile 12.8, across Sloop Channel, may remain in the closed position. 
Vessels that can pass under the bridge without a bridge opening may do 
so at all times.
    In the event of inclement weather on June 28, 2008, the deviation 
will be in effect on June 29, 2008, from 9:30 p.m. to 11:59 p.m., as a 
rain date.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the bridge must return to its 
regular operating schedule immediately at the end of the designated 
time period. This deviation from the operating regulations is 
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: June 11, 2008.
Gary Kassof,
Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. E8-13863 Filed 6-18-08; 8:45 am]
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