[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 218 (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67180-67181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26750]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2014-0937]
Announcement of Public Meetings Regarding the Florida East Coast
Railroad Bridges, St. Lucie River, Stuart; Loxahatchee River, Jupiter;
and New River, Fort Lauderdale, FL
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will hold three public meetings for citizens
to provide oral and written comments relating to the current and future
operations of the Florida East Coast Railroad Bridges across the St.
Lucie River in Stuart, Florida, the Loxahatchee River, Jupiter,
Florida, and the New River in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Coast Guard
is soliciting public comment relating to navigation through these
bridges. Specific interests include the current and future impact of
bridge closings on navigation. These meetings will be open to the
public.
DATES: A public meeting will be held on November 12, 2014 from 6:30
p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park, 751
Sheridan Street, Hollywood, Florida to provide an opportunity for oral
and written comments regarding navigation on the New River, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. A public meeting will be held on November 13, 2014
from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the John F. Armstrong Wing Auditorium of
the Blake Library, 2351 SE Monterey Rd., Stuart, Florida to provide an
opportunity for oral and written comments regarding navigation on the
Saint Lucie River, Stuart, Florida. A public meeting will be held on
November 14, 2014 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Town of Jupiter
Council Chambers, 210 Military Trail, Jupiter, Florida to provide an
opportunity for oral and written comments regarding navigation on the
Loxahatchee River, Jupiter, Florida.
If you would like to submit written materials, please send comments
to the Coast Guard's Seventh District Bridge Branch no later than
December 1, 2014 using any of the four methods listed below. If you
request to make an oral presentation at the meeting please provide your
name and contact information to the Coast Guard's Seventh District
Bridge Branch no later than November 7, 2014 using any one of the four
methods listed below. Requests to make oral comments, written comments
and related material may also be submitted to Coast Guard personnel
specified at the meeting.
You may submit comments, materials, or requests to make oral
presentation to using any one of the following methods:
(1) Fax: (305) 415-6763.
(2) Mail: Brickell Federal Building C/O Seventh Coast Guard
District Bridge Branch, 909 SE 1ST AVE, Miami, FL, 33131-3050.
(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is (305) 415-6946.
(4) Email: [email protected].
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these
methods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions regarding this
meeting, call or email Mr. Gene Stratton, Coast Guard Bridge Branch;
telephone at 305-415-6740 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this public meeting by
submitting comments and related materials.
1. Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for these
public meeting (USCG-2014-0937), indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and material
by email, or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but please use only one of
these means. If you submit a comment by email, it will be considered
received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit the comment.
If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be considered
as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is received at the
Seventh Coast Guard District Bridge Branch. We recommend that you
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a phone
number in the body of your document so that we can contact you if we
have questions regarding your submission.
If you submit your comments by mail or hand 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.
2. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available call (305) 415-6946 to arrange a visit to the
Brickell Federal Building Suite 432, 909 SE 1ST AVE, Miami, FL, 33131-
3050, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
3. Privacy Act
Anyone can view comments received 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 a
Privacy Act notice regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008
issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
B. Basis and Purpose
The Coast Guard will hold three public meetings for citizens to
provide oral and written comments relating to the current and future
operations of the Florida East Coast Railroad Bridges across the St.
Lucie River in Stuart, Florida; the Loxahatchee River, Jupiter,
Florida; and the New River in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Coast Guard
is soliciting public comment relating to navigation through these
bridges. Specific interests include the current impact to navigation
through these bridges related to bridge closings for rail traffic and
comments related to future navigation impacts from proposed increases
of rail traffic.
It is the intent of the Seventh Coast Guard District Bridge
Administration Branch to collect comments from these public meetings
along with navigation surveys and other information to establish and
preserve the reasonable needs of navigation on these three rivers.
C. Procedural
The meetings are open to the public. Attendees at the meetings, 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 meetings may
end early if all present wishing to speak have done so.
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D. 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: October 27, 2014.
J.H. Korn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 2014-26750 Filed 11-10-14; 8:45 am]
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