9604 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 36 / Tuesday, February 24, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2015–0096] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Umpqua River, Reedsport, OR 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of deviation from 

drawbridge regulations. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a 

temporary deviation from the operating 

schedule that governs the U.S. 101 

Highway Bridge across the Umpqua 

River, mile 11.1, at Reedsport, OR. The 

deviation is necessary to accommodate 

steel bracing repair and electrical station 

repair on the bridge. This deviation 

allows the U.S. 101 Umpqua River 

Bridge to remain in the closed position 

during repairs. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

6 a.m. on February 23, 2015 to 11 p.m. 

on March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this 

deviation, [USCG–2015–0096] is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Type the docket number in the 

‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ 

Click on Open Docket Folder on the line 

associated with this deviation. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email the Bridge Administrator, Coast 

Guard Thirteenth District; telephone 

206–220–7282, email d13-pfd13bridges@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Oregon Department of Transportation 

requested that the U.S. 101 Umpqua 

River drawbridge, near Reedsport 

Oregon, remain in the closed-tonavigation position to facilitate steel 

bracing and stanchion repair. The U.S. 

101 Bridge crosses the Umpqua River at 

mile 11.1 and provides 36 feet of 

vertical clearance above mean high 

water when in the closed position. 

Currently, the U.S. 101 Umpqua River 

Bridge is operating under a Temporary 

Final Rule (TFR), 33 CFR 117.898(d), 78 

FR 70222, that allows the bridge to open 

once at 7 a.m. and once at 6 p.m., if an 

opening is requested at least six hours 

in advance. This TFR is effective from 

December 1, 2013 to September 30, 

2015. 

This deviation period is from 6 a.m. 

on February 23, 2015 to 11 p.m. March 

6, 2015. The deviation allows the U.S. 

101 Umpqua River Bridge, mile 11.1, to 

remain in the closed-to-navigation 

position and need not open for maritime 

traffic from 6 a.m. on February 23, 2015 

to 11 p.m. March 06, 2015, except that, 

in approximately the second week of the 

project, the bridge will open at 7 a.m. 

and 6 p.m. on one day only if a 

minimum of 6 hours advanced notice is 

given. Mariners needing an opening, 

approximately half way through this 

project, are requested to coordinate with 

the bridge repair Project Inspector, Don 

Hyatt, at 541–297–8804, with as much 

advanced notice as possible. 

Waterway usage on this stretch of the 

Umpqua River includes vessels ranging 

from occasional commercial tug and 

barge to small pleasure craft. Mariners 

will be notified and kept informed of 

the bridge’s operational status via the 

Coast Guard Notice to Mariners 

publication and Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners as appropriate. The draw span 

will not be able to open for emergencies 

and there is no immediate alternate 

route for vessels to pass. Vessels which 

do not require an opening of the bridge 

may continue to transit beneath the 

bridge during this repair period. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), 

the drawbridge must return to its regular 

operating schedule immediately at the 

end of the designated time period. This 

deviation from the operating regulations 

is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. 

Dated: February 13, 2015. 

Steven M. Fischer, 

Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard 

District. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03681 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 62 

RIN 2900–AO50 

Supportive Services for Veteran 

Families Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule adopts as final, with 

changes, a proposed rule of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to 

amend its regulations concerning the 

Supportive Services for Veteran 

Families Program (SSVF). In the 

proposed rule published on May 9, 

2014, VA proposed to make a number of 

changes to the SSVF program to 

emphasize the intended goals of SSVF. 

VA is making minor changes to the 

proposed rule based on comments we 

received. 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule is 

effective on March 26, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kuhn, National Center for Homelessness 

Among Veterans, Supportive Services 

for Veteran Families Program Office 

(10NC1), 4100 Chester Avenue, Suite 

200, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (877) 737– 

0111. (This is a toll-free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 9, 

2014, VA published a proposed rule in 

the Federal Register, at 79 FR 26669, to 

amend its regulations concerning the 

Supportive Services for Veterans 

Families (SSVF) program. Under 

authority provided by 38 U.S.C. 2044, 

VA has offered grants to eligible entities, 

identified in the regulations, that 

provide supportive services to very lowincome veterans and families who are at 

risk for becoming homeless or who, in 

some cases, have recently become 

homeless. The program has been a 

tremendous success, providing services 

to over 62,000 participants in fiscal year 

(FY) 2013, 20,000 more than projected. 

To date, over 80 percent of those 

discharged from SSVF have been placed 

in or saved their permanent housing. 

VA received 27 comments on the rule, 

and many of them supported the 

proposed changes in whole or in part. 

This final rule adopts the proposed rule 

with changes as discussed below. 

Definitions 

Several commenters offered 

suggestions regarding the definition of 

various terms. The most common 

recommendation was to amend the 

definition of the term ‘‘homeless.’’ 

Several of these comments 

recommended that VA establish 

different standards for homelessness in 

urban and rural areas. However, 

‘‘homeless’’ is a term defined in statute. 

In 38 U.S.C. 2044(f)(3), the term 

‘‘homeless’’ is defined as having the 

same meaning given that term in section 

103 of the McKinney-Vento 

Homelessness Assistance Act, codified 

at 42 U.S.C. 11302, which does not 

differentiate between urban and rural 

areas. Consequently, VA lacks the 

authority to vary the definition of 

‘‘homeless’’ between urban and rural 

areas. Even if VA did have authority to 

apply different definitions for different 


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