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provides otherwise, the computation of 

time and the granting of additional 

hearings, postponements, continuances, 

and extensions of time shall be in 

accordance with §§ 210.14 and 

210.16(d) of this chapter. 

(b) Whenever a party has the right or 

is required to perform some act or to 

take some action within a prescribed 

period after service of a document upon 

it, and the document was served by 

mail, the deadline shall be computed by 

adding to the end of the prescribed 

period the additional time allotted 

under § 210.16(d), unless the 

Commission, the administrative law 

judge, or another section of this part 

specifically provides otherwise. 

(c) Whenever a party has the right or 

is required to perform some act or to 

take some action within a prescribed 

period after service of a Commission 

document upon it, and the document 

was served by overnight delivery, the 

deadline shall be computed by adding 

one day to the end of the prescribed 

period, unless the Commission, the 

administrative law judge, or another 

section of this part specifically provides 

otherwise. 

(d) ‘‘Overnight delivery’’ is defined as 

delivery by the next business day. 

■ 3. Amend § 210.7 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 210.7 Service of process and other 

documents; publication of notices. 

(a) Manner of service. (1) The service 

of process and all documents issued by 

or on behalf of the Commission or the 

administrative law judge—and the 

service of all documents issued by 

parties under §§ 210.27 through 210.34 

of this part—shall be in accordance with 

§ 201.16 of this chapter, unless the 

Commission, the administrative law 

judge, or this or another section of this 

part specifically provides otherwise. 

(2) The service of all initial 

determinations as defined in § 210.42 

and all documents containing 

confidential business information—

issued by or on behalf of the 

Commission or the administrative law 

judge—on a private party shall be 

effected by serving a copy of the 

document by overnight delivery—as 

defined in § 210.6(d)—on the person to 

be served, on a member of the 

partnership to be served, on the 

president, secretary, other executive 

officer, or member of the board of 

directors of the corporation, association, 

or other organization to be served, or, if 

an attorney represents any of the above 

before the Commission, by serving a 

copy by overnight delivery on such 

attorney. 

* * * * * 

Issued: March 15, 2007. 

By Order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E7–5177 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

27 CFR Part 9 

[T.D. TTB–60; Re: Notice No. 58] 

RIN: 1513–AB18 

Green Valley of Russian River Valley 

Viticultural Area (2005R–412P) 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule; Treasury decision. 

SUMMARY: This Treasury decision 

renames the ‘‘Sonoma County Green 

Valley’’ viticultural area in northern 

California as the ‘‘Green Valley of 

Russian River Valley’’ viticultural area. 

This decision does not affect the 

location, size, or boundary of the 

viticultural area. We designate 

viticultural areas to allow vintners to 

better describe the origin of their wines 

and to allow consumers to better 

identify wines they may purchase. 

DATES: Effective Dates: This final rule is 

effective on April 23, 2007. Wine 

bottlers may continue to use approved 

labels bearing the former viticultural 

area name until April 23, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: N. 

A. Sutton, Regulations and Rulings 

Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, 925 Lakeville St., No. 

158, Petaluma, California 94952; 

telephone 415–271–1254. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background on Viticultural Areas 

TTB Authority 

Section 105(e) of the Federal Alcohol 

Administration Act (the FAA Act, 27 

U.S.C. 201 et seq.) requires that alcohol 

beverage labels provide consumers with 

adequate information regarding product 

identity and prohibits the use of 

misleading information on those labels. 

The FAA Act also authorizes the 

Secretary of the Treasury to issue 

regulations to carry out its provisions. 

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau (TTB) administers these 

regulations. 

Part 4 of the TTB regulations (27 CFR 

part 4) allows the establishment of 

definitive viticultural areas and the use 

of their names as appellations of origin 

on wine labels and in wine 

advertisements. Part 9 of the TTB 

regulations (27 CFR part 9) contains the 

list of approved viticultural areas. 

Definition 

Section 4.25(e)(1)(i) of the TTB 

regulations (27 CFR 4.25(e)(1)(i)) defines 

a viticultural area for American wine as 

a delimited grape-growing region 

distinguishable by geographical 

features, the boundaries of which have 

been recognized and defined in part 9 

of the regulations. These designations 

allow vintners and consumers to 

attribute a given quality, reputation, or 

other characteristic of a wine made from 

grapes grown in an area to its 

geographical origin. The establishment 

of viticultural areas allows vintners to 

describe more accurately the origin of 

their wines to consumers and helps 

consumers to identify wines they may 

purchase. Establishment of a viticultural 

area is neither an approval nor an 

endorsement by TTB of the wine 

produced in that area. 

Requirements 

Section 4.25(e)(2) of the TTB 

regulations outlines the procedure for 

proposing an American viticultural area 

and provides that any interested party 

may petition TTB to establish a grapegrowing region as a viticultural area. 

Petitioners may use the same procedure 

to request changes involving existing 

viticultural areas. Section 9.3(b) of the 

TTB regulations requires the petition to 

include—

• Evidence that the proposed 

viticultural area is locally and/or 

nationally known by the name specified 

in the petition; 

• Historical or current evidence that 

supports setting the boundary of the 

proposed viticultural area as the 

petition specifies; 

• Evidence relating to the 

geographical features, such as climate, 

soils, elevation, and physical features, 

that distinguish the proposed 

viticultural area from surrounding areas; 

• A description of the specific 

boundary of the proposed viticultural 

area, based on features found on United 

States Geological Survey (USGS) maps; 

and 

• A copy of the appropriate USGS 

map(s) with the proposed viticultural 

area’s boundary prominently marked. 

A petition requesting a change to an 

established viticultural area must 

include the appropriate evidence 

described above to support the 

requested change. 


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Sonoma County Green Valley 

Viticultural Area Background 

TTB’s predecessor agency, the Bureau 

of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 

(ATF), established the Sonoma County 

Green Valley viticultural area (27 CFR 

9.57) in a Treasury Decision (T.D. ATF–

161), published in the Federal Register 

at 48 FR 52577 on November 21, 1983. 

The 19,010-acre Sonoma County Green 

Valley viticultural area is located north 

of San Francisco in southern Sonoma 

County. The Sonoma County Green 

Valley viticultural area lies between the 

towns of Sebastopol, Forestville, and 

Occidental within the Russian River 

Valley viticultural area (27 CFR 9.66), 

which, in turn, lies entirely within the 

Sonoma Coast viticultural area (27 CFR 

9.116) and the multi-county North Coast 

viticultural area (27 CFR 9.30). 

(T.D. ATF–161 mistakenly stated the 

size of the Sonoma County Green Valley 

viticultural area as 32,000 acres. When 

this viticultural area was originally 

established in 1983, its total acreage was 

miscalculated since its boundaries did 

not coincide with the 640-acre sections 

marked on the USGS quadrangle maps, 

which made determining its size 

difficult. Since 1983, new digital 

technology has been developed that 

allows for more accurate calculations 

even when boundaries do not align with 

the section lines on USGS maps. Such 

technology was used to map this 

viticultural area and to determine its 

correct size—19,010 acres.) 

In 1982, the original petitioner sought 

to use the name ‘‘Green Valley’’ for this 

viticultural area. However, while ATF 

determined that the Green Valley name 

was appropriate for the area, ATF 

required the addition of ‘‘Sonoma 

County’’ to the name, and thus 

approved the name ‘‘Sonoma County 

Green Valley’’ as the viticultural area 

name. ATF took this action to avoid 

consumer confusion since ‘‘Green 

Valley’’ is a commonly used geographic 

place name in the United States. 

In approving the Sonoma County 

Green Valley viticultural area, ATF 

specifically noted its 1982 approval of 

the ‘‘Solano County Green Valley’’

viticultural area (27 CFR 9.44) with the 

same condition—that the county name 

appear in conjunction with the name 

proposed for the viticultural area to 

prevent consumer confusion with other 

‘‘Green’’ valleys located elsewhere in 

the United States. The subsequent T.D. 

ATF–161, establishing the Sonoma 

County Green Valley viticultural area, 

stated that since both ‘‘Green Valley’’

viticultural areas are located in northern 

California, the inclusion of the county 

name modifier in each viticultural area 

name helped to avoid consumer 

confusion by distinguishing between the 

two viticultural areas. 

Green Valley of Russian River Valley 

Petition 

The Winegrowers and Vintners of 

Sonoma County’s Green Valley, an 

association of local winegrowers and 

vintners based in Sebastopol, California, 

petitioned TTB to change the name of 

the ‘‘Sonoma County Green Valley’’

viticultural area to ‘‘Green Valley of 

Russian River Valley.’’ The group 

explained in its petition that the name 

change is warranted because the 

viticultural area is commonly referred to 

as ‘‘Green Valley,’’ without the Sonoma 

County modifier. Also, the Green Valley 

area is considered by many to be a subappellation of the Russian River Valley 

viticultural area by virtue of its location 

and similar climate. 

TTB notes that the recently expanded 

126,600-acre Russian River Valley 

viticultural area now encompasses the 

entire Sonoma County Green Valley 

viticultural area. (See T.D. TTB–32, 

published in the Federal Register at 70 

FR 53297 on September 8, 2005.) We 

also note that the proposed name 

change does not affect the established 

boundaries of either viticultural area. 

Three wineries located within the 

Sonoma County Green Valley 

viticultural area boundary line, 

according to the petition, consistently 

claim the ‘‘Sonoma County Green 

Valley’’ appellation on their wine labels. 

Other regional wineries use the Russian 

River Valley viticultural area name as an 

appellation of origin on their labels, the 

petition continues, but include 

references to the Sonoma County Green 

Valley viticultural area on their wines’

back labels and in their promotional 

materials. 

Changing the viticultural area name to 

‘‘Green Valley of Russian River Valley,’’

the petition explains, would provide 

greater clarity regarding the viticultural 

area’s location and its association with 

the cool climate of the Russian River 

Valley. Thus, the petition continues, 

consumers would have more accurate 

and descriptive geographical and 

climatic information for the wines of the 

viticultural area. 

Name Evidence 

The petition provides evidence, 

summarized below, to document that 

the Sonoma County Green Valley 

viticultural area is known, and referred 

to, simply as ‘‘Green Valley.’’ Also, the 

same evidence describes ‘‘Green Valley’’

as being a part of the larger Russian 

River Valley viticultural area. 

The Savor Wine Country magazine 

(winter 2003, page 78), published by the 

Press Democrat newspaper of Sonoma 

County, California, included a feature 

article on ‘‘Green Valley.’’ A map of the 

‘‘Green Valley’’ area and the Russian 

River Valley area, provided with the 

article, is generally consistent with the 

boundaries of both viticultural areas, 

including the (at that time) proposed 

boundary expansion of the Russian 

River Valley viticultural area. The 

article states that ‘‘Green Valley’’ is a 

sub-appellation of the sprawling 

Russian River Valley viticultural area. It 

also describes the abundant sparkling 

wine production, pinot noir grapes, and 

other agricultural products produced in 

the ‘‘Green Valley’’ area. The article 

characterizes the viticultural area as a 

diverse farming region with cool coastal 

breezes, coinciding with the climatic 

conditions found in the Russian River 

Valley viticultural area. 

A Los Angeles Times article of 

January 14, 2004, titled ‘‘Out of the 

Mist, Pinots,’’ describes the Russian 

River Valley viticultural area and its 

‘‘sub-regions’’ as having distinct wine 

personalities. The article states: 

‘‘Russian River Valley AVA and the 

Green Valley AVA are primarily 

climate-based appellations.’’ While 

expounding on the exceptional soils of 

the Russian River Valley viticultural 

area, the article also states: ‘‘The Green 

Valley AVA (a part of the Russian River 

AVA) yields bright, bold Pinots with 

crystalline fruit and piercing acidity.’’

A recent ‘‘Sonoma County Wine 

Country Guide,’’ published by the 

Sonoma County Wineries Association 

and included with the petition, 

describes the ‘‘Green Valley’’ area on 

page 24 as a small sub-appellation of the 

Russian River Valley viticultural area. 

The article also describes Green Valley’s 

marine-influenced climate and the 

Goldridge series soils, which are 

conducive to growing fruit. Also, the 

publication on page 18 contains an 

untitled map of Sonoma County’s rural 

western expanse that identifies the 

Sonoma County Green Valley 

viticultural area simply as ‘‘Green 

Valley.’’

Linkage of Two Viticultural Area Names 

By linking the name of the Green 

Valley viticultural area to the larger 

Russian River Valley viticultural area 

that surrounds it, the petitioners seek to 

prevent consumer confusion between 

the two established ‘‘Green Valley’’

viticultural areas of northern California, 

as well as between the Green Valley in 

Sonoma County and other ‘‘Green’’

valleys in the United States. TTB 

believes that adoption of the proposed 


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new ‘‘Green Valley of Russian River 

Valley’’ name would be permissible so 

long as it accurately reflects the 

geographical location of the viticultural 

area and does not otherwise create 

confusion for the consumer. 

In addition, we note that we have 

previously approved a viticultural area 

name that includes the name of a 

surrounding viticultural area within it 

in order to prevent consumer confusion. 

In that case, a petitioner proposed to 

establish the Oak Knoll District 

viticultural area within the larger Napa 

Valley viticultural area (27 CFR 9.23) in 

Napa County, California. In order to 

distinguish the proposed Oak Knoll 

District viticultural area from the 

established Oak Knoll Winery located in 

Oregon, TTB approved the addition of 

the ‘‘Napa Valley’’ name to the area’s 

name, resulting in the establishment of 

the ‘‘Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley’’

viticultural area (27 CFR 9.161). (See 

T.D. TTB–9, published in the Federal 

Register at 69 FR 8562 on February 25, 

2004.) 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

On May 2, 2006, TTB published in the 

Federal Register (71 FR 25795) Notice 

No. 58 regarding the proposed Sonoma 

County Green Valley viticultural area 

name change. We received no comments 

in response to that notice. 

TTB Finding 

After careful review of the petition, 

TTB finds that the evidence submitted 

supports changing the name of the 

‘‘Sonoma County Green Valley’’

viticultural area to ‘‘Green Valley of 

Russian River Valley,’’ as requested in 

the petition. Therefore, under the 

authority of the Federal Alcohol 

Administration Act and part 4 of our 

regulations, we amend our regulations 

to re-name the Sonoma County Green 

Valley viticultural area as the Green 

Valley of Russian River Valley 

viticultural area effective 30 days from 

the publication date of this document. 

Impact on Current Wine Labels 

General 

Part 4 of the TTB regulations prohibits 

any label reference on a wine that 

indicates or implies an origin other than 

the wine’s true place of origin. With 

approval of this viticultural area name 

change, the new name, ‘‘Green Valley of 

Russian River Valley,’’ will be 

recognized under 27 CFR 4.39(i)(3) as a 

name of viticultural significance. The 

text of the new regulation clarifies this 

point. This name change will affect 

vintners who currently and properly use 

the ‘‘Sonoma County Green Valley’’

viticultural area name, as explained in 

the Transition Period discussion below. 

We also remain of the view that it 

would not be appropriate to treat 

‘‘Green Valley’’ standing alone as a term 

of viticultural significance due to its 

widespread use across the United States 

as a geographic place name. For 

example, a recent search of the USGS 

Geographic Names Information System 

(http://geonames.usgs.gov/) found 65 

entries for ‘‘Green Valley’’ in 23 States, 

including at least 13 places in California 

in 11 different counties. 

Therefore, the part 9 regulatory text as 

amended in this document specifies that 

only the full ‘‘Green Valley of Russian 

River Valley’’ name is a term of 

viticultural significance for purposes of 

part 4 of the TTB regulations. 

Consequently, wine bottlers using the 

entire name, ‘‘Green Valley of Russian 

River Valley,’’ in a brand name, 

including a trademark, or in another 

label reference as to the origin of the 

wine, will have to ensure that the 

product is eligible to use the viticultural 

area’s name as an appellation of origin. 

For a wine to be labeled with a 

viticultural area name or with a brand 

name that includes a viticultural area 

name or other term identified as 

viticulturally significant in part 9 of the 

TTB regulations, at least 85 percent of 

the wine must be derived from grapes 

grown within the area represented by 

that name or other term, and the wine 

must meet the other conditions listed in 

27 CFR 4.25(e)(3). If the wine is not 

eligible to use the viticultural area name 

or other viticulturally significant term 

and that name or other term appears in 

the brand name, then the label is not in 

compliance and the bottler must change 

the brand name and obtain approval of 

a new label. Similarly, if the viticultural 

area name or other term appears in 

another reference on the label in a 

misleading manner, the bottler would 

have to obtain approval of a new label. 

Different rules apply if a wine has a 

brand name containing a viticultural 

area name or other viticulturally 

significant term that was used as a 

brand name on a label approved before 

July 7, 1986. See 27 CFR 4.39(i)(2) for 

details. 

Transition Period 

Holders of labels approved before the 

effective date of this final rule that use 

the ‘‘Sonoma County Green Valley’’

name to designate a viticultural area 

will be permitted to continue using 

those approved labels during the two 

year transition period. At the end of that 

two-year period, holders of ‘‘Sonoma 

County Green Valley’’ wine labels must 

discontinue use of those labels and will 

need to secure approval of new labels 

reflecting the correct use of the new 

viticultural area name as an appellation 

of origin. We believe the two year 

period will provide such label holders 

with adequate time to use up their old 

labels. In addition, ‘‘Sonoma County 

Green Valley’’ will remain a term of 

viticultural significance for two years 

from the effective date of this final rule. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

We certify that this regulation will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

This regulation imposes no new 

reporting, recordkeeping, or other 

administrative requirement. Any benefit 

derived from the use of a viticultural 

area name is the result of a proprietor’s 

efforts and consumer acceptance of 

wines from that area. Therefore, no 

regulatory flexibility analysis is 

required. 

Executive Order 12866 

This rule is not a significant 

regulatory action as defined by 

Executive Order 12866, 58 FR 51735. 

Therefore, it requires no regulatory 

assessment. 

Drafting Information 

N. A. Sutton of the Regulations and 

Rulings Division drafted this notice. 

List of Subjects in 27 CFR Part 9 

Wine. 

The Regulatory Amendment 

■ For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, we amend 27 CFR, chapter I, 

part 9, as follows: 

PART 9—AMERICAN VITICULTURAL 

AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 9 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 27 U.S.C. 205. 

Subpart C—Approved American 

Viticultural Areas 

■ 2. In § 9.57, the section heading, 

paragraph (a), the introductory text of 

paragraph (b), and the introductory text 

of paragraph (c) are revised and a new 

paragraph (d) is added to read as 

follows: 

§ 9.57 Green Valley of Russian River 

Valley. 

(a) Name. The name of the viticultural 

area described in this section is ‘‘Green 

Valley of Russian River Valley’’. For 

purposes of part 4 of this chapter, 

‘‘Green Valley of Russian River Valley’’

is a term of viticultural significance. 

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a term of viticultural significance until 

April 23, 2009. 

(b) Approved maps. The appropriate 

maps for determining the boundary of 

the Green Valley of Russian River Valley 

viticultural area are three United States 

Geological Survey maps. They are titled: 

* * * * * 

(c) Boundary. The Green Valley of 

Russian River Valley viticultural area is 

located in Sonoma County, California. 

The beginning point is located in the 

northeastern portion of the ‘‘Camp 

Meeker Quadrangle’’ map where the 

line separating Section 31 from Section 

32, in Township 8 North (T.8N.), Range 

9 West (R.9W.) intersects River Road. 

* * * * * 

(d) From December 21, 1983, until 

April 23, 2007, the name of this 

viticultural area was ‘‘Sonoma County 

Green Valley’’. Effective April 23, 2007, 

this viticulture area is named ‘‘Green 

Valley of Russian River Valley’’. 

Existing certificates of label approval 

showing ‘‘Sonoma County Green 

Valley’’ as the appellation of origin will 

be revoked by operation of this 

regulation on April 23, 2009. 

Signed: January 3, 2007. 

John J. Manfreda, 

Administrator. 

Approved: February 1, 2007. 

Timothy E. Skud, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax, Trade, and 

Tariff Policy). 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[CGD01–07–026] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 

Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, NY 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation 

from regulations. 

SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast 

Guard District, has issued a temporary 

deviation from the regulation governing 

the operation of the Hamilton Avenue 

Bridge across Gowanus Canal, mile 1.2, 

at Brooklyn, New York. Under this 

temporary deviation the draw may 

remain in the closed position from April 

3, 2007 through April 5, 2007 and from 

April 6, 2007 through September 29, 

2007, a four-hour advance notice shall 

be required for all bridge openings. This 

deviation is necessary to facilitate 

scheduled bridge maintenance. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

April 3, 2007 through September 29, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Materials referred to in this 

document are available for inspection or 

copying at the First Coast Guard 

District, Bridge Branch Office, One 

South Street, New York, New York, 

10004, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The telephone number is (212) 

668–7165. The First Coast Guard 

District Bridge Branch Office maintains 

the public docket for this temporary 

deviation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy 

Leung-Yee, Project Officer, First Coast 

Guard District, at (212) 668–7165. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Hamilton Avenue Bridge across 

Gowanus Canal, mile 1.2, at Brooklyn, 

New York, has a vertical clearance in 

the closed position of 19 feet at mean 

high water and 23 feet at mean low 

water. The existing operating 

regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.5. 

The bridge owner, New York City 

Department of Transportation 

(NYCDOT), requested a temporary 

deviation to allow the bridge to remain 

in the closed position to facilitate 

scheduled electrical and mechanical 

bridge maintenance. 

Under this temporary deviation the 

Hamilton Avenue Bridge may remain in 

the closed position from April 3, 2007 

through April 5, 2007, and from April 

6, 2007 through September 29, 2007, the 

draw shall open after at least a four-hour 

advance notice is given by calling the 

contractor at (201) 400–5243. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(c), 

this work will be performed with all due 

speed in order to return the bridge to 

normal operation as soon as possible. 

This deviation from the operating 

regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 

117.35. 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

Gary Kassof, 

Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard 

District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[CGD01–07–020] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 

Taunton River, Fall River and 

Somerset, MA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation 

from regulations. 

SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast 

Guard District, has issued a temporary 

deviation from the regulation governing 

the operation of the Brightman Street 

Bridge across the Taunton River at mile 

1.8, between Fall River and Somerset, 

Massachusetts. Under this temporary 

deviation, the bridge may remain in the 

closed position from 9 p.m. on April 13, 

2007 through 5 p.m. on April 28, 2007. 

This deviation is necessary to facilitate 

un-scheduled bridge maintenance. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

9 p.m. on April 13, 2007 through 5 p.m. 

on April 28, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Materials referred to in this 

document are available for inspection or 

copying at the First Coast Guard 

District, Bridge Branch Office, 408 

Atlantic Avenue, Boston, 

Massachusetts, 02110, between 7 a.m. 

and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The telephone 

number is (617) 223–8364. The First 

Coast Guard District Bridge Branch 

Office maintains the public docket for 

this temporary deviation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

McDonald, Project Officer, First Coast 

Guard District, at (617) 223–8364. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Brightman Street Bridge, across the 

Taunton River at mile 1.8, between Fall 

River and Somerset, Massachusetts, has 

a vertical clearance in the closed 

position of 27 feet at mean high water 

and 31 feet at mean low water. The 

existing drawbridge operation 

regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.619. 

The owner of the bridge, 

Massachusetts Highway Department 

(MHD), requested a temporary deviation 

to facilitate un-scheduled emergency 

bridge maintenance, replacement of 

deteriorated floor beams. The bridge 

will not be able to open while the bridge 

maintenance is underway. 

Under this temporary deviation, the 

Brightman Street Bridge need not open 

for the passage of vessel traffic from 9 

p.m. on April 13, 2007 through 5 p.m. 

on April 28, 2007. 


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