NYCkayaker Address letter where? Re: Coast Guard and New York Port Security

Fri May 9 22:30:59 EDT 2008

Here's the link for the entire notice:

http://cryptome.org/uscg050608.htm

And here is the section on procedures and addresses for comments:

Safety and Security Zones: New York Marine Inspection Zone and
Captain of the Port Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to modify several aspects of the
permanent safety and security zones within the New York Captain of the
Port Zone. This action is necessary to consolidate, clarify, and
otherwise modify safety and security zone regulations to eliminate
unnecessary regulations and better meet the safety and security needs
of the New York and New Jersey port community. This action would modify
existing safety and security zones, consolidate and modify safety and
security zones currently found in separate regulations, and remove
certain safety and security zones.

DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management
Facility on or before July 7, 2008. Comments sent to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) on collection of information must reach OMB
on or before July 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number USCG-2007-0074 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one
of the following methods:
    (1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) 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.
    (3) Hand delivery: Room W12-140 on the Ground Floor of the West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The
telephone number is 202-366-9329.
    (4) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    You must also send comments on collection of information to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. To ensure that the comments are received on time, the preferred
method is by e-mail at nlesser at omb.eop.gov or fax at 202-395-6566. An
alternate, though slower, method is by U.S. mail to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk Officer, U.S.
Coast Guard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this proposed
rule, call Lieutenant Commander Mike McBrady, Waterways Management
Division, Coast Guard Sector New York (718) 354-2353. 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 that you have provided. We have an agreement with
the Department of Transportation (DOT) to use the Docket Management
Facility. Please see DOT's ``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.

Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking (USCG-2007-0074), indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each
comment. 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.
You may submit your comments and material by electronic means, mail,
fax, or delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address under
ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and material by only one
means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, please 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. We may change this
proposed rule in view of them.

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 at
any time. Enter the docket number for this rulemaking (USCG-2007-0074)
in the Search box, and click ``Go >>.'' You may also visit either the
Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the
DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays; or the Waterways Management Division, Coast Guard Sector New
York, 212 Coast Guard Drive, Staten Island, NY 10305 between 9 a.m. and
3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of all 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 the Department of
Transportation's Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://
DocketsInfo.dot.gov.

Public Meeting

    We do not now plan to hold a public meeting. But you may submit a
request for one to the Docket Management Facility at the address under
ADDRESSES explaining 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.

On 5/9/08 10:18 PM, "William" <haawill at yahoo.com> wrote:

> That's what I'd like to know.
> 
> --- rob buchanan <robbuc at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> I agree that this proposal is misguided. It would
>> close off too much of the
>> harbor and make it less navigable and less safe for
>> human-powered boats. The
>> channel between ellis and liberty islands is
>> particularly useful when you
>> want or need to get out of the middle of everything.
>> Imagine a big squall
>> out of the west, and some coast guard guy telling
>> you you can't take shelter
>> along the jersey shore. The suicide kayaker scenario
>> is just not a credible
>> threat--there are a million better ways to cause
>> mayhem, if that is your
>> aim. It certainly doesn't justify closing off access
>> to giant chunks of
>> public water. We all need to write letters about
>> this individually, and
>> persuade whatever groups we belong to, and the
>> elected officials that
>> represent us, to take a stand.
>>  
>> 
>> On 5/9/08 11:21 AM, "mike" <mpidel at optonline.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I spend a lot of time at Wagner park at the tip of
>> Manhattan at the battery.
>>> The amount of people that walk, cycle, and use the
>> waterfront parks along
>>> this bulkhead has to be 1000 times greater than
>> the users of Ellis island.
>>> Large powerboats and numerous jet skis habitually
>> violate the current
>>> restrictions. What are they trying to protect on
>> Ellis island? The sailing
>>> school is thankfully putting up a strong
>> resistance to these new rules.  How
>>> deep is this areas north of Ellis island, could
>> larger vessels get close?
>>> Kayaks, human powered boats, and smaller sailboats
>> should be excluded from
>>> this madness. The security distance from the
>> Battery Park bulkhead at Wagner
>>> Park should be increased and enforced better.
>>> The cruise ship security no entry area should be
>> marked by buoys or some
>>> method. 
>>> They really should exclude human powered boats
>> from many of these proximity
>>> regs.
>>> The heliport security zone may be a red herring
>> since there are plans to
>>> move the one near pier 63 further out into the
>> river away from the greenway.
>>> 
>>>>> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Coast Guard and New York
>> Port Security
>>>>>> Liberty and Ellis Islands and Liberty State
>> Park,
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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