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U.S. Department of
<br />Homeland Security
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<br />United States
<br />Coast Guard
<br />Commander
<br />Seventh Coast Guard District
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE (11-14)
<br />909 SE First Avenue
<br />Miami, FL 33131-3050
<br />Staff Symbol: (dpb)
<br />Fax: (305) 415-6763
<br />Email:USCGD7DPBPublicComment
<br />@uscg.mil
<br />16593/2794/2342/2741
<br />September 4, 2014
<br />All interested parties are notifiedthat the Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, is
<br />conducting navigational surveys of three waterways impacted by rail traffic. We are soliciting
<br />written comments through this notice and will be accepting written comments regarding the
<br />reasonable needs of marine traffic at the following locations at the date and time indicated:
<br />WATERWAY/LOCATION AND COMMENT COLLECTION DATE/TIME:
<br />A. Waterway: New River, mile 1.82, Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co., FL (Lat:
<br />26°07'06.64"N, Long: 080°08'43.56"W). Comment collection: October 1, 2014, from
<br />7-9 p.m., at Embassy Suites, 1100 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316.
<br />B. Waterway: Loxahatchee River, mile 1.23, Jupiter, Palm Beach Co., FL (Lat: 26
<br />°56'51.50"N, Long: 080°05'25.10"W). Comment collection: October 2, 2014, from 7-9
<br />p.m., at Embassy Suites, 4350 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410.
<br />C. Waterway: St. Lucie River, mile 7.11, Okeechobee Waterway (OWW), Stuart, Martin
<br />Co., FL (Lat: 27° 12'13.02"N, Long: 080 ° 15'36.79"W). Comment collection: October
<br />3, 2014, from 7-9 p.m. at Hutchinson Island Marriott Beach Resort, 555 NE Ocean Blvd.
<br />Stuart, FL 34996.
<br />NAVIGATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS:
<br />In order to ensure the reasonable needs of navigation are being met by current bridge operation
<br />regulations, the U.S. Coast Guard is gathering written information from mariners to help
<br />determine if a change in federal bridge operating regulations should be considered. Interested
<br />parties are encouraged to complete the enclosed navigation survey and return it to the Seventh
<br />Coast Guard District offices to be included in the official record. Information helpful to this
<br />effort includes current and future use of the waterway (especially through movable bridges), the
<br />kind and type of vessels used, frequency of use, navigational hazards such as currents,
<br />obstructions, and those hazards that may not be evident from charts and published materials.
<br />SOLICITATION OF COMMENTS:
<br />In an effort to meet maritime needs, interested parties are requested to express their navigability
<br />concerns in writing. Comments will be received for the record at the Office of the Commander,
<br />Seventh Coast Guard District, Brickell Plaza Federal Building, 909 Southeast 1St Avenue, Suite
<br />432, Miami, Florida 33131-3050. Comments mailed on or before November 1, 2014, will be
<br />made part of the official record. Written comments can also be received via email at:
<br />USCGD7DPBPublicComment@uscg.mil. Written commentswill also be received at the
<br />locations and dates listed above.
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