
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 39 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10086-10087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04278]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0139]


Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Long Creek & Sloop Channel, 
Hempstead, NY

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Loop Parkway Bridge, mile 0.7, 
across Long Creek, and the Meadowbrook State Parkway Bridge, mile 12.8, 
across Sloop Channel, both at Hempstead, New York. This temporary 
deviation is necessary to facilitate the Dee Snider's Motorcycle Ride 
to Fight Hunger on Long Island.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on September 
18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0139] is available 
at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' 
box and click ``SEARCH''. Click on Open Docket Folder on the line 
associated with this deviation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email Ms. Judy K. Leung-Yee, Project 
Officer, First Coast Guard District, telephone (212) 514-4330, email 
judy.k.leung-yee@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Long Island Cares, Inc. requested and the bridge owner for both 
bridges, the State of New York Department of Transportation, concurred 
with this temporary deviation from the normal operating schedule to 
facilitate a public event, the Dee Snider's Motorcycle Ride to Fight 
Hunger.
    The Loop Parkway Bridge, mile 0.7, across Long Creek has a vertical 
clearance in the closed position of 21

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feet at mean high water and 25 feet at mean low water. The existing 
bridge operating regulations are found at 33 CFR 117.799(f).
    The Meadowbrook State Parkway Bridge, mile 12.8, across Sloop 
Channel has a vertical clearance in the closed position of 22 feet at 
mean high water and 25 feet at mean low water. The existing bridge 
operating regulations are found at 33 CFR 117.799(h).
    Long Creek and Sloop Channel are transited by commercial fishing 
and recreational vessel traffic.
    Under this temporary deviation, the Loop Parkway and the 
Meadowbrook State Parkway Bridges may remain in the closed position 
between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on September 18, 2016.
    Vessels able to pass under the bridge in the closed position may do 
so at any time. The bridges will not be able to open for emergencies 
and there are no immediate alternate routes for vessels to pass.
    The Coast Guard will also inform the users of the waterways through 
our Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the change in operating 
schedule for the bridge so that vessels can arrange their transits to 
minimize any impact caused by the temporary deviation.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to 
its regular operating schedule immediately at the end of the effective 
period of this temporary deviation. This deviation from the operating 
regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: February 23, 2016.
C.J. Bisignano,
Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-04278 Filed 2-26-16; 8:45 am]
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