82 FR 48939 - Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Banana River, Indian Harbour Beach, FL

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 203 (October 23, 2017)

The Coast Guard is re-opening the comment period to solicit additional comments concerning its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, published in April 2017 that proposes to change the regulation governing Mathers Bridge across the Banana River, mile 0.5, in Indian Harbour Beach, FL. The Coast Guard District Seven Bridge Office received a request from the City of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida requesting to re-open the comment period in order to allow members of the public to comment that did not have awareness of the initial notice and comment period.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48939-48940]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22937]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0060]
RIN 1625-AA09


Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Banana River, Indian Harbour 
Beach, FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

[[Page 48940]]


ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is re-opening the comment period to solicit 
additional comments concerning its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 
published in April 2017 that proposes to change the regulation 
governing Mathers Bridge across the Banana River, mile 0.5, in Indian 
Harbour Beach, FL. The Coast Guard District Seven Bridge Office 
received a request from the City of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida 
requesting to re-open the comment period in order to allow members of 
the public to comment that did not have awareness of the initial notice 
and comment period.

DATES: Comments and relate material must reach the Coast Guard on or 
before November 22, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2017-0060 using Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.
    See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion 
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on 
submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this proposed 
rule, call or email LT Allen Storm with Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville 
Waterways; telephone 904-714-7616, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background and Purpose

    On April 24, 2017, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking 
(NPRM) entitled, ``Banana River, Indian Harbour Beach, FL'' in the 
Federal Register (82 FR 18877). The original comment period closed on 
June 23, 2017. The NPRM proposed the initial change to the regulation 
governing the Mathers Bridge across the Banana River, mile 0.5, in 
Indian Harbour Beach, FL and contains useful background and analysis 
related to the initial proposed change. The public is encouraged to 
review the NPRM.
    The City of Indian Harbour Beach notified the Seventh Coast Guard 
District Bridge Office they were unaware of the proposed regulation 
change as it impacts their residents. Reopening the comment period and 
providing notification of this action to the local media should 
accomplish the goal intended, which is to reach a broader range of 
waterway and highway users.

II. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    Public participation is essential to effective rulemaking, and 
consideration of all comments and material received during the comment 
period will be made. Your comment can help shape the outcome of this 
rulemaking. If you submit a comment, please include the docket number 
for this rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to 
which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or 
recommendation.
    We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be 
submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate 
instructions.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the 
docket, visit http://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice.
    Documents mentioned in this NPRM as being available in this docket 
and all public comments, will be in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that Web site's 
instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online docket and sign up 
for email alerts, you will be notified when comments are posted or a 
final rule is published.
    This notice, re-opening the comment period, ensures notice and 
opportunity to comment on the NPRM before making the proposed changes 
final. This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1223 and 5 
U.S.C. 552.

    Dated: October 17, 2017.
Peter J. Brown,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 2017-22937 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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