Document ID: USCG-2014-0365-0008
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Illinois Waterway, Joliet, IL; Public Meeting (Federal Register Publication) ( Notice of public meeting; request for comments.)
Posted Date: 2014-12-05T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 72154-72155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28608]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0365]
RIN 1625-AA09

Drawbridge Operation Regulation: Illinois Waterway, Joliet, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comments.

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SUMMARY:  The Coast Guard announces a public meeting to receive 
comments on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled 
``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Illinois Waterway, Joliet, IL'' that 
was published in the Federal Register on August 27, 2014. As stated in 
the NPRM, the Coast Guard proposes to modify the operating regulations 
for six drawbridges, located between river mile 285.8 and river mile 
288.7, across the Illinois Waterway, at Joliet, Illinois. The NPRM 
proposes to consolidate the current operating regulation, which 
includes five on-site bridge tender control stations, into one 
centralized control point for all five drawbridges. The NPRM also 
proposes to add a sixth drawbridge that will also operate under the 
centralized control point. The proposed action is intended to improve 
navigational safety and operational efficiency in the Joliet area.

DATES: A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 
from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. We are also re-opening the comment period for 
this proposed rule. Comments and related material submitted after the 
meeting must be received by the Coast Guard on or before December 26, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at City of Joliet, City 
Hall, 150 West Jefferson Street, Planning Conference Room, Joliet, IL 
60432.
    You may submit written comments identified by docket number USCG-
2014-0365 before or after the meeting using any one of the following 
methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    (3) 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.
    (4) 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 four methods. 
Our online docket for this rulemaking is available on the Internet at 
http://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2014-0365.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning the 
meeting or the proposed rule, please call or email Mr. Eric Washburn, 
Bridge Administrator, Western Rivers, (314) 269-2378, email 
eric.washburn@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or submitting 
material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose

    We published a NPRM in the Federal Register on August 27, 2014 (79 
FR 51132), entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Illinois 
Waterway, Joliet, IL.'' We did not plan to hold a public meeting, but 
we received several valid requests for one and have concluded that a 
public meeting would aid this proposed rulemaking.
    In the NPRM, we proposed to modify the operating regulations for 
six drawbridges in the Joliet Harbor, based on an Illinois Department 
of Transportation request.
    You may view the NPRM in our online docket and comments submitted 
thus far by going to http://www.regulations.gov. Once there, insert 
``USCG-2014-0365'' in the ``Keyword'' box and click ``Search.'' 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.
    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting 
comments either orally at the meeting or in writing before or at the 
meeting. If you bring written comments to the meeting, you may submit 
them to Coast Guard personnel specified at the meeting to receive 
written comments. These comments will be posted to the public docket 
for this proposed rulemaking. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided.
    Comments submitted after the meeting must reach the Coast Guard on 
or before December 26, 2014. 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.
    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).

Information on Service for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the public meeting, 
contact Mr. Eric Washburn at the telephone number or email address 
indicated under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
document.

Public Meeting

    The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting regarding its Drawbridge 
Operation Regulation; Illinois Waterway, Joliet, IL proposed rule on 
Tuesday, December 16, 2014, from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. at City of Joliet, 
City Hall, 150 West Jefferson Street, Planning Conference Room, Joliet, 
IL 60432. We plan to record this meeting using an

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audio-digital recorder and then make that audio recording available 
through a link in our online docket. We will also provide a written 
summary of the meeting and comments and will place that summary in the 
docket.

    Dated: November 25, 2014.
Kevin S. Cook,
Rear Admiral, Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2014-28608 Filed 12-4-14; 8:45 am]
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