[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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