Document ID: USCG-2014-0937-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Florida East Coast Railroad Bridges, St. Lucie River, Stuart; Loxahatchee River, Jupiter; and New River, Fort Lauderdale, FL (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2014-11-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 218 (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67180-67181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing 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: USCGD7DPBPublicComment@uscg.mil.
    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 USCGD7DPBPublicComment@uscg.mil.

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.
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