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4TH QUARTER 2008 LISTING—Continued 

Docket No. Location Type Effective date 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–005 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 4/15/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–006 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 4/28/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–007 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 4/27/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–009 .... Kansas City, KS .............. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 6/30/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–010 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 5/4/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–011 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 5/7/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–012 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 5/14/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–013 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 5/15/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–014 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 5/19/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–015 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 5/31/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–016 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 7/4/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–017 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 7/4/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–018 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 7/4/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–019 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 7/4/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–020 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Security Zones (Part 165) ......................................... 7/3/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–021 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Security Zones (Part 165) ......................................... 7/6/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–026 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Security Zones (Part 165) ......................................... 8/1/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–027 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 8/25/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–028 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 9/2/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–029 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 9/2/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–030 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 9/8/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–031 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 9/14/2007 

COTP Upper Mississippi River–2007–032 .... St. Louis, MO .................. Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 9/8/2007 

COTP Western Alaska–2007–001 ................. Kodiak Island, AK ............ Safety Zones (Parts 147 and 165) ........................... 5/24/2007 

[FR Doc. E9–24135 Filed 10–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2009–0754] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 

Elizabeth River, Eastern Branch, VA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation 

from regulations; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Commander, Fifth Coast 

Guard District, has issued a temporary 

deviation from the regulation governing 

the operation of the Berkley Bridge 

across the Eastern Branch of the 

Elizabeth River, mile 0.4, at Norfolk, 

Virginia. This deviation will test a 

change in the drawbridge operation 

schedule to determine whether a 

schedule change is needed. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

9 a.m. on October 9, 2009 through 2:30 

p.m. on March 9, 2010. 

Comments and related material must 

be received by the Coast Guard on or 

before December 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2009–0754 using any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• 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. 

• 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 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these methods. 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 e-mail Waverly Gregory, 

Bridge Administrator, Fifth Coast Guard 

District, telephone 757–398–6222, 

e-mail Waverly.W.Gregory@uscg.mil. 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 rulemaking 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. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

rulemaking (USCG–2009–0754), 

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 online (http:// 

www.regulations.gov), or by fax, mail or 

hand delivery, but please use only one 

of these means. If you submit a 

comment online via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, 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 Docket Management Facility. 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. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, click on the 

‘‘submit a comment’’ box, which will 

then become highlighted in blue. In the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box insert ‘‘USCG–2009– 

0754,’’ click ‘‘Search,’’ and then click on 

the balloon shape in the ‘‘Actions’’ 

column. If you submit your comments 

by mail or hand delivery, submit them 

in an unbound format, no larger than 


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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 and may change 

the rule based on your comments. 

Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, click on the 

‘‘read comments’’ box, which will then 

become highlighted in blue. In the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box insert ‘‘USCG–2009– 

0754’’ and click ‘‘Search.’’ Click the 

‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ in the ‘‘Actions’’ 

column. You may also visit the Docket 

Management Facility in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the Department 

of Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation to use 

the Docket Management Facility. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of 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 a Privacy 

Act notice regarding our public dockets 

in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Public Meeting 

We do not now plan to hold a public 

meeting. But you may submit a request 

for one using one of the four methods 

specified under ADDRESSES. Please 

explain why one would be beneficial. If 

we determine that one would aid this 

rulemaking, we will hold one at a time 

and place announced by a later notice 

in the Federal Register. 

Background and Purpose 

On behalf of the Cities of Chesapeake 

and Norfolk, Virginia, the Virginia 

Department of Transportation (VDOT) 

who owns and operates the lift-type 

Berkley Bridge has requested a 

temporary deviation to the existing 

bridge regulations. The normal 

operating schedule allows the Berkley 

Bridge, mile 0.4, with a vertical 

clearance of 48 feet at mean high tide in 

Norfolk, Virginia, to remain closed one 

hour prior to the published start of a 

scheduled marine event regulated under 

33 CFR 100.501, and remain closed 

until one hour following the completion 

of the event unless the Patrol 

Commander designated under § 100.501 

allows the bridge to open for 

commercial vessel traffic. In addition, 

the bridge shall open on signal any time 

except from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 

3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays, and 

shall open at any time for vessels with 

a draft of 18 feet or more, provided that 

at least 6 hours advance notice has been 

given to the Berkley Bridge Traffic 

Control Room at (757) 494–2490 as 

required by 33 CFR 117.1007(b) and (c). 

Vessel traffic on this waterway 

consists of pleasure craft, tug and barge 

traffic, and ships with assist tugs 

seeking repair yards. There is no 

alternate waterway route around the 

bridge. 

Due to the temporary closure of two 

area bridges, this bridge and its 

approaches has experienced vehicular 

traffic back-ups, delays, and congestion. 

By adjusting the scheduled bridge 

openings, we anticipate a decrease in 

vehicular traffic congestion during the 

daytime hours. During this test 

deviation, VDOT will gather data from 

the scheduled openings, along with 

vessel counts, to compare, evaluate, and 

monitor both old and new traffic 

patterns in hope of reducing roadway 

congestion on the bridge and local 

commuting area by adjusting bridge 

openings to ensure any future regulation 

will not have a significant impact on 

navigation. 

The Berkley Bridge is the principle 

arterial route in and out of the City of 

Norfolk and serves as the major 

evacuation highway in the event of 

emergencies. According to vehicular 

traffic counts submitted by VDOT for 

the last quarter of calendar year 2008 

the average daily traffic volumes at the 

Berkley Bridge are as shown below: 

October .... 2008 83,296 vehicles. 

November 2008 99,643 vehicles. 

December 2008 106,856 vehicles. 

The traffic counts reveal that from 

October 2008 to December 2008, the 

Berkley Bridge has experienced a seven 

percent (or 23,560-car) increase in traffic 

flow during the morning and evening 

rush hours. The Coast Guard anticipates 

a continued increase in vehicular traffic 

over the bridge due to the previously 

referenced temporary closure of two 

area bridges and and anticipates that 

traffic will subside when those bridges 

return to service. 

A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

USCG–2009–0754, is being issued in 

conjunction with this Temporary 

Deviation to obtain additional public 

comments. 

The Coast Guard will evaluate public 

comments from this Temporary Test 

Deviation and the above-referenced 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to 

determine if a proposed temporary 

change to the drawbridge operating 

regulation is warranted for the duration 

of the project. 

The Test Schedule 

From 9 a.m. on October 9, 2009 

through 2:30 p.m. on March 9, 2010, the 

draw shall open on signal at 9 a.m., 11 

a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

At all other times, the drawbridge will 

operate in accordance with the current 

operating regulations outlined in 33 

CFR 117.1007(b) and (c). 

During this test deviation, VDOT will 

gather data from the scheduled 

openings, along with vessel counts, to 

compare, evaluate, and monitor both old 

and new traffic patterns in hope of 

reducing roadway congestion on the 

bridge and local commuting area by 

adjusting bridge openings to ensure a 

future regulation will not have a 

significant impact on navigation. 

Additional Information 

This deviation has been coordinated 

with the main commercial waterway 

user group that has vessels transiting in 

this area and there is no expectation of 

any significant impacts on navigation. 

Vessels with a mast height of less than 

48 feet can pass underneath the bridge 

in the closed position. There are no 

alternate waterway routes. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), 

the drawbridge must return to its regular 

operating schedule immediately at the 

end of the designated time period. This 

deviation from the operating regulations 

is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. 

Dated: August 20, 2009. 

Wayne E. Justice, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Fifth Coast Guard District. 

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POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 20 

Customer Deposit of International 

Mailpieces 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is revising 

the Mailing Standards of the United 

States Postal Service, International Mail 

Manual (IMM®) to require all mailpieces 

weighing more than 13 ounces and 


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