[Federal Register: April 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 22427-22428]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2008-0224]
Announcement of Public Meeting Regarding the Naheola Railroad
Bridge Across the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway, Mile 173.5, Near
Pennington, AL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting for citizens to
provide oral comments relating to the alteration of the Naheola
Railroad Bridge near Pennington, Alabama. The meeting will allow
interested persons to present comments and information about the bridge
being unreasonably obstructive to navigation. The meeting will be open
to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on May 21, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
If you would like to submit written materials as part of the meeting
record or request to make an oral presentation at the meeting please
provide your information to the District Bridge Administrator no later
than May 16, 2008. If you wish to add comments directly to the Docket,
they must reach the Coast Guard no later than May 16, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Alabama's Delta Resource
Center, 30945 Five Rivers Boulevard, Spanish Fort, Alabama 36527. Send
written material, requests to make oral presentation or comments to
Commander (dwb), Eighth Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch, 1222
Spruce Street, Room 2.107F, Saint Louis, Missouri 63103.
All other comments and materials may be submitted under the Coast
Guard docket number USCG-2008-0224 to the Docket Management Facility at
the U.S. Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use
only one of the following methods:
(1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3) Hand delivery: Room W12-140 on the Ground Floor of the West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The
telephone number is 202-366-9329.
(4) Fax: 202-493-2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions regarding this
notice call Mr. Roger K. Wiebusch, Bridge Administrator, telephone
(314) 269-2378. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material
to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this action by submitting
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted,
without change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with the
Department of Transportation (DOT) to use the Docket Management
Facility. Please see DOT's ``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.
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Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
notice (USCG-2008-0224), indicate the specific section of this document
to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. We
recommend that you include your name and a mailing address, an e-mail
address, or a phone number in the body of your document so that we can
contact you if we have questions regarding your submission. You may
submit your comments and material by electronic means, mail, fax, or
delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address under
ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and material by only one
means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an
unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would
like to know that they reached the Facility, 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.
Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this notice as
being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any
time, click on ``Search for Dockets,'' and enter the docket number for
this notice (USCG-2008-0224) in the Docket ID box, and click enter. You
may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the
Ground Floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments received into
any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment
(or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review the Department of
Transportation's Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://
DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
Background
Complaints have been received alleging that the bridge is
unreasonably obstructive to navigation. Information available to the
Coast Guard indicates numerous bridge allisions have occurred between
1995 and 2007. The navigation opening of the bridge is 150 feet and
causes significant delays to commercial water traffic. Mariners transit
the bridge under a non-navigation span when possible. During periods of
high water mariners often double trip the bridge, which adds many hours
to the bridge transit. Based on the comments received at the public
meeting, the bridge may be found to be unreasonably obstructive to
navigation. Such a finding may require relocating and increasing the
horizontal clearance of the railroad bridge to meet the reasonable
needs of navigation.
Procedural
The hearing is open to the public. Attendees at the meeting, who
wish to present testimony and have not previously made a request to do
so, will follow those having submitted a request, as time permits. If a
large number of persons wish to speak, the presiding officer may limit
the time allotted to each speaker. Conversely, the public meeting may
end early if all present wishing to speak have done so.
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as
soon as possible.
Dated: March 20, 2008.
Roger K. Wiebusch,
Bridge Administrator.
[FR Doc. E8-9008 Filed 4-24-08; 8:45 am]
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