[Federal Register: August 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 153)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48394-48395]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[CGD05-04-146]
RIN 1625-AA09
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Manasquan River, NJ
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has issued a
temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations to test
an alternate drawbridge operation schedule for the Route 70 Bridge
across Manasquan River, mile 3.4, at Riviera Beach, New Jersey. Under
this temporary 90-day deviation, the draw of the bridge will open on
signal on the hour, except that from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays; and from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. every day
the draw need not be opened. The purpose of this temporary deviation is
to test an alternate drawbridge operation schedule for 90 days and
solicit comments from the public.
DATES: This deviation is effective from August 2, 2004, through October
31, 2004. Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before 5 November
2004.
ADDRESSES: You may mail comments and related material to Commander
(obr), Fifth Coast Guard District, Federal Building, 4th Floor, 431
Crawford Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23704-5004, or they may be hand
delivered to the same address between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The Commander (obr), Fifth Coast Guard
District maintains the public docket for this test schedule. Comments
and material received from the public, as well as documents indicated
in this preamble as being available in the docket, will become part of
this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at the
above address.
Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this test deviation by
submitting comments and related material. If you do so, please include
your name and address, identify the docket number for this test
deviation CGD05-04-146, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Waverly W. Gregory, Jr., Bridge
Administrator, Fifth Coast Guard District, at (757) 398-6222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective on July 11, 2003, the bridge
owner, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, was officially
permitted to operate the Route 70 Bridge across Manasquan River with
new regulations. The new operating regulations listed at 33 CFR Sec.
117.727 allows the draw of the bridge to open on signal on the hour,
except that from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays; and from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., every day the draw need not be
open.
Based on comments received on the new operating regulations of the
bridge and in an effort to facilitate vessel and vehicular traffic
while providing for the reasonable needs of navigation, the District
Commander has offered a test period to reexamine the rush hour closure
periods during the forthcoming recreational boating season. The new
proposal will test a new rush hour period from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays, as opposed to the current 4
p.m. to 7 p.m. regulatory hours. Therefore, the last drawbridge opening
for vessels before the rush hour will occur at 4 p.m. and first opening
following the rush hour will be at 7 p.m.
Under this 90-day temporary deviation, effective from August 2,
2004 through October 31, 2004, the Route 70 Bridge across Manasquan
River shall open on signal on the hour, except that from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays; and from 11 p.m.
to 7 a.m., every day the draw need not be opened.
This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under
33 CFR 117.43.
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Dated: July 29, 2004.
Waverly W. Gregory, Jr.,
Chief, Bridge Administration Branch, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 04-18204 Filed 8-9-04; 8:45 am]
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