Ports and waterways safety: Hackensack River, NJ; safety zone,

[Federal Register: September 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 173)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 47455]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr08se98-25]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[CGD01-98-042]

RIN 2121-AA97

Safety Zone: Tri-State Inboard Powerboat Championships, Hackensack River, Secaucus, NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is withdrawing its notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a temporary safety zone in the Hackensack River for the Tri-State Inboard Powerboat Championships. The event has been cancelled by the sponsor. Therefore, the rule is no longer needed and the Coast Guard is terminating further rulemaking under docket number 98-042.

DATES: The notice of proposed rulemaking is withdrawn effective September 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Docements as indicated in this preamble are available for inspection or copying at Coast Guard Activities New York, 212 Coast Guard Drive, room 205, Staten Island, New York 10305, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is (718) 354-4195.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Junior Grade Alma Kenneally, Waterways Oversight Branch, Coast Guard Activities New York (718) 354-4195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 18, 1998, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled ``Safety Zone: Tri-State Inboard Powerboat Championships, Hackensack River, Secaucus, NJ'' in the Federal Register (63 FR 27243). This project is no longer necessary as the event has been cancelled by the sponsor, Meadowlands Inboard Racing Association. Therefore, this rulemaking is no longer necessary, and the Coast Guard is withdrawing the NPRM and terminating further rulemaking under docket number 98-042.

Dated: August 26, 1998. R.E. Bennis, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, New York.

[FR Doc. 98-24056Filed9-4-98; 8:45 am]

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