Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Newtown Creek, Dutch Kills, English Kills, and Their Tributaries, NY, 37677 [05-12931]
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under the authority of Pub. L. 102–587, 106
Stat. 5039.
2. § 117.103 is revised to read as
follows:
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§ 117.103
Bayou La Batre.
The draw of SR 188 Bridge, mile 2.3,
at Bayou La Batre, will open on signal
every hour on the hour daily between 4
a.m. and 8 p.m., Monday through
Sunday. The bridge need not open for
the passage of vessels on the hours of 7
a.m., 3 p.m., and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday. Monday through Friday
the draw will open on signal for the
passage of vessels at 3:30 p.m. The
bridge will remain closed to marine
traffic from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. daily except
for emergencies.
Dated: June 22, 2005.
Robert F. Duncan,
Rear Admiral, U. S. Coast Guard Commander,
Eighth Coast Guard District.
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(NYCDOT), requested a temporary
deviation from the drawbridge operation
regulations to facilitate rehabilitation
repairs at the bridge. The bridge must
remain in the closed position to perform
these repairs.
Under this temporary deviation the
NYCDOT Metropolitan Avenue Bridge
may remain in the closed position from
July 8, 2005 through July 22, 2005 and
from July 25, 2005 through August 31,
2005.
This deviation from the operating
regulations is authorized under 33 CFR
117.35, and will be performed with all
due speed in order to return the bridge
to normal operation as soon as possible.
Dated: June 23, 2005.
Gary Kassof,
Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 05–12931 Filed 6–29–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 165
33 CFR Part 117
[CGD05–05–033]
[CGD01–05–058]
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Drawbridge Operation Regulations:
Newtown Creek, Dutch Kills, English
Kills, and Their Tributaries, NY
Security Zone; Georgetown Channel,
Potomac River, Washington, DC
Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation
from regulations.
AGENCY:
The Commander, First Coast
Guard District, has issued a temporary
deviation from the drawbridge operation
regulations for the Metropolitan Avenue
Bridge, mile 3.4, across English Kills at
New York City, New York. Under this
temporary deviation the bridge may
remain in the closed position from July
8, 2005 through July 22, 2005 and from
July 25, 2005 through August 31, 2005.
This temporary deviation is necessary to
facilitate bridge maintenance.
DATES: This deviation is effective from
July 8, 2005 through August 31, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy
Leung-Yee, Project Officer, First Coast
Guard District, at (212) 668–7195.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Metropolitan Avenue Bridge has a
vertical clearance in the closed position
of 10 feet at mean high water and 15 feet
at mean low water. The existing
drawbridge operation regulations are
listed at 33 CFR 117.801(e).
The owner of the bridge, New York
City Department of Transportation
SUMMARY:
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Coast Guard, DHS.
Temporary final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is
establishing a temporary security zone
on the waters of the upper Potomac
River. This action is necessary to
provide for the security of a large
number of visitors to the annual July 4th
celebration on the National Mall in
Washington, DC. The security zone will
allow for control of a designated area of
the river and safeguard spectators and
high-ranking officials.
DATES: This rule is effective from 12:01
a.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time on July 4,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments and material
received from the public, as well as
documents indicated in this preamble as
being available in the docket, are part of
docket CGD05–05–033 and are available
for inspection or copying at Coast Guard
Sector Baltimore, Waterways
Management Division, between 8 a.m.
and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Ronald Houck, at Coast Guard Sector
Baltimore, Waterways Management
PO 00000
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Division, at telephone number (410)
576–2674 or (410) 576–2693.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulatory Information
On May 6, 2005, we published a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
entitled ‘‘Security Zone; Georgetown
Channel, Potomac River, Washington,
DC’’ in the Federal Register (70 FR
23948). We received seven pieces of
written correspondence commenting on
the proposed rule. Based on these
comments we reduced the size of the
security zone. No public meeting was
requested, and none was held.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast
Guard finds that good cause exists for
making this rule effective less than 30
days after publication in the Federal
Register. Immediate action is needed to
protect the public from waterborne acts
of sabotage or terrorism. Any delay in
the effective date of this rule is contrary
to the public interest.
Background and Purpose
Due to increased awareness that
future terrorist attacks are possible, the
Coast Guard, as lead Federal agency for
maritime homeland security, has
determined that the Captain of the Port
Baltimore must have the means to be
aware of, deter, detect, intercept, and
respond to asymmetric threats, acts of
aggression, and attacks by terrorists on
the American homeland while still
maintaining our freedoms and
sustaining the flow of commerce. This
security zone is part of a comprehensive
port security regime designed to
safeguard human life, vessels, and
waterfront facilities against sabotage or
terrorist attacks.
In this particular rulemaking, to
address the aforementioned security
concerns, and to take steps to prevent
the catastrophic impact that a terrorist
attack against a large number of
spectators and high-ranking officials
during the annual July 4th celebration
would have on the public interest, the
Coast Guard is establishing a security
zone that extends 75 yards from the
eastern shore upon the waters of the
Georgetown Channel of the Potomac
River, from the surface to the bottom,
between the Long Railroad Bridge (the
most eastern bridge of the 5-span,
Fourteenth Street Bridge Complex) to
the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Bridge and all waters in between, totally
including the waters of the Georgetown
Channel Tidal Basin.
This security zone will help the Coast
Guard to prevent vessels or persons
from engaging in terrorist actions
against a large number of spectators and
high-ranking officials during the annual
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[CGD01-05-058]
Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Newtown Creek, Dutch Kills,
English Kills, and Their Tributaries, NY
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 drawbridge operation regulations for the
Metropolitan Avenue Bridge, mile 3.4, across English Kills at New York
City, New York. Under this temporary deviation the bridge may remain in
the closed position from July 8, 2005 through July 22, 2005 and from
July 25, 2005 through August 31, 2005. This temporary deviation is
necessary to facilitate bridge maintenance.
DATES: This deviation is effective from July 8, 2005 through August 31,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Leung-Yee, Project Officer, First
Coast Guard District, at (212) 668-7195.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Metropolitan Avenue Bridge has a
vertical clearance in the closed position of 10 feet at mean high water
and 15 feet at mean low water. The existing drawbridge operation
regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.801(e).
The owner of the bridge, New York City Department of Transportation
(NYCDOT), requested a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation
regulations to facilitate rehabilitation repairs at the bridge. The
bridge must remain in the closed position to perform these repairs.
Under this temporary deviation the NYCDOT Metropolitan Avenue
Bridge may remain in the closed position from July 8, 2005 through July
22, 2005 and from July 25, 2005 through August 31, 2005.
This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under
33 CFR 117.35, and will be performed with all due speed in order to
return the bridge to normal operation as soon as possible.
Dated: June 23, 2005.
Gary Kassof,
Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 05-12931 Filed 6-29-05; 8:45 am]
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