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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a 

temporary deviation from the operating 

schedule that governs the Broadway 

Bridge across the Willamette River, mile 

11.7, at Portland, OR. The deviation is 

necessary to accommodate the Portland 

Race for the Roses event. This deviation 

allows the bridge to remain in the down, 

or closed, position to facilitate the safe 

movement of event participants across 

the bridge. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

4 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on April 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this 

deviation, [USCG–2015–0205] 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 temporary 

deviation, call or email Mr. Steven 

Fischer, Bridge Administrator, 

Thirteenth Coast Guard District; 

telephone 206–220–7282, email 

Steven.M.Fischer@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Multnomah County requested that the 

Broadway Bascule Bridge remain closed 

to vessel traffic to facilitate the safe, 

uninterrupted roadway passage of 

participants in the Portland Race for the 

Roses event. The Broadway Bridge 

crosses the Willamette River at mile 

11.7 and provides 90 feet of vertical 

clearance above Columbia River Datum 

0.0 while in the closed-to-navigation 

position. 

Under normal conditions, this bridge 

operates in accordance with 33 CFR 

117.897, which allows for the bridge to 

remain closed between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through 

Friday and also requires advance 

notification when a bridge opening is 

needed. This deviation allows the 

bascule span of the Broadway Bridge 

across the Willamette River, mile 11.7, 

to remain in the closed-to-navigation 

position and need not open for maritime 

traffic from 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. April 

19, 2015. The bridge shall operate in 

accordance to 33 CFR 117.897 at all 

other times. Waterway usage on this 

stretch of the Willamette River includes 

vessels ranging from commercial tug 

and barge to small pleasure craft. 

Vessels able to pass through the 

bridge in the closed positions may do so 

at any time. The bridge will be able to 

open for emergencies and there is no 

immediate alternate route for vessels to 

pass. The Coast Guard will also inform 

the users of the waterways through our 

Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners 

of the change in operating schedule for 

the bridge so that vessels can arrange 

their transits to minimize any impact 

caused by the temporary deviation. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), 

the drawbridge must return to its regular 

operating schedule immediately at the 

end of the effective period of this 

temporary deviation. This deviation 

from the operating regulations is 

authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. 

Dated: March 23, 2015. 

Steven M. Fischer, 

Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard 

District. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07020 Filed 3–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2015–0046] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 

Snake Creek, Islamorada, FL 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation 

from regulations; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a 

temporary deviation from the operating 

schedule that governs the Snake Creek 

Bridge across Snake Creek, at 

Islamorada, FL. This deviation will test 

a change to the drawbridge operation 

schedule to determine whether a 

permanent change to the schedule is 

needed. This deviation will allow Snake 

Creek Bridge to open once an hour 

between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Local 

officials are requesting this action to 

assist in reducing traffic caused by 

bridge openings. 

DATES: This deviation is effective 

without actual notice from March 27, 

2015 to 6 p.m. on July 14, 2015. For the 

purposes of enforcement, actual notice 

will be used from 8 a.m. on March 16, 

2015, until March 27, 2015. 

Comments and related material must 

be received by the Coast Guard on or 

before September 14, 2015. Requests for 

public meetings must be received by the 

Coast Guard on or before July 14, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2015–0046 using any one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail or Delivery: 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. Deliveries 

accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except federal 

holidays. The telephone number is 202– 

366–9329. 

See the ‘‘Public Participation and 

Request for Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. To avoid duplication, please 

use only one of these three methods. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this temporary 

deviation, call or email Coast Guard 

Sector Key West Waterways 

Management Division; telephone 305– 

292–8772, email D07-DG-SECKWWaterwaysManagement@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: 

A. 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 you have 

provided. 

1. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

rulemaking (USCG–2015–0046), 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. You 

may submit your comments and 

material online (http://

www.regulations.gov), or by fax, mail or 

hand delivery, but please use only one 

of these means. 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 


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the Coast Guard when it is received at 

the Docket Management Facility. We 

recommend that you include your name 

and a mailing address, an email address, 

or a phone number in the body of your 

document so that we can contact you if 

we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, type 

the docket number [USCG–2015–0046] 

in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click 

‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on ‘‘Submit a 

Comment’’ on the line associated with 

this rulemaking. If you submit your 

comments by mail or hand delivery, 

submit them in an unbound format, no 

larger than 81⁄2 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 and may 

change the rule based on your 

comments. 

2. 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, type the 

docket number (USCG–2015–0046) in 

the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click 

‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket 

Folder on the line associated with this 

rulemaking. 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. 

3. Privacy Act 

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). 

4. Public Meeting 

As of now, we do not plan to hold a 

public meeting. You may submit a 

request for one using one of the three 

methods specified under ADDRESSES. 

Please explain 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. 

B. Basis and Purpose 

The Snake Creek Bridge in 

Islamorada, Florida, owned by the 

Florida Department of Transportation, 

has a vertical clearance of 27 feet in the 

closed position. The normal operating 

schedule as published in 33 CFR 

117.331 is—‘‘The draw of the Snake 

Creek bridge, at Islamorada, Florida, 

shall open on signal, except that from 

8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the draw need open 

only on the hour and half-hour.’’ This 

schedule has been in effect since 2001. 

For the following reasons the Coast 

Guard is testing a new schedule for the 

Snake Creek Bridge: 

1. As reported by village and city 

councils, vessel traffic has negatively 

impacted Islamorada and surrounding 

communities. This temporary deviation 

is intended to test a new bridge 

operation schedule to reduce vehicular 

traffic caused by bridge openings during 

peak travel times. 

2. On January 8–10, 2013, the Florida 

Department of Transportation 

conducted a traffic monitoring study 

1400 feet south of the Snake Creek 

Bridge on US–1. The study found peak 

traffic volumes occurring at 08:45 a.m. 

and between 12:15 p.m. and 15:15 p.m. 

The types of vessels navigating Snake 

Creek include sport fishing vessels and 

catamaran sailboats. 

This deviation is effective from 8 a.m. 

on March 16, 2015 until 6 p.m. on July 

14, 2015. This deviation will allow the 

Snake Creek Bridge in Islamorada, 

Florida to open on the top of the hour 

from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

During the test deviation, vessels may 

signal the bridge to open on the top of 

the hour from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Any vessel that can safely transit 

under the Snake Creek Bridge while 

closed may continue to navigate under 

the bridge during this deviation. 

As an alternate route, vessel operators 

may consider the use of Channel Five, 

a navigable channel above Long Key, 

Florida 5.7 nautical miles southwest of 

Snake Creek Bridge. The fixed US–1 

bridge has a vertical clearance of 65 feet. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), 

the drawbridge must return to its regular 

operating schedule immediately at the 

end of this temporary deviation’s 

effective period. This deviation from the 

operating regulations is authorized 

under 33 CFR 117.35. 

Dated: March 6, 2015. 

Barry Dragon, 

U.S. Coast Guard, Bridge Administrator, 

Seventh Coast Guard District. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06949 Filed 3–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2015–0189] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone; Vessel Fire and Escort, 

Port of New York, NJ, NY 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary safety zone on 

the navigable waters of the Port of New 

York for the transit of the M/V GREY 

SHARK. This action is necessary to 

provide for the safety of life on 

navigable waters during the transit of 

the vessel in distress due to a shipboard 

fire and ongoing damage control 

operations. Entering into, transiting 

through, remaining, anchoring or 

mooring within this safety zone is 

prohibited unless authorized by the 

Captain of the Port (COTP) New York. 

DATES: This rule is effective without 

actual notice from March 27, 2015 until 

April 1, 2015. For the purposes of 

enforcement, actual notice will be used 

from the date the rule was signed, 

March 18, 2015 until April 1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in 

this preamble are part of docket [USCG– 

2015–0189]. To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to 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 

rulemaking. 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, contact 

LT Douglas Neumann, Waterways 

Management Division, Coast Guard 

Sector New York, (718) 354–4154, 

Douglas.W.Neumann@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: 

Table of Acronyms 

COTP Captain of the Port 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 


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